Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	# 285	# 424

Projections

Runs	21	19
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	19	20
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.264	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	206	47

Runs	23	4

Hits	59	10

Singles	46	6

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	18	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	34	12

Batting Average	.286	.213

On Base Pct	.339	.235

Slugging Pct	.398	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	160	147

Runs	21	19

Hits	42	35

Singles	30	22

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	19	20

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	15

Strikeouts	29	33

Batting Average	.264	.238

On Base Pct	.325	.313

Slugging Pct	.390	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	Max Kepler has received an 80-game suspension for PED use as announced by Major League Baseball. The free-agent outfielder tested positive for Epitrenbolone, which is in violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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