Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 352
VBR	# 377	‐

Projections

Runs	18	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.236	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 304

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	59	115

Runs	7	9

Hits	13	22

Singles	7	13

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	12	20

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	5

Strikeouts	13	34

Batting Average	.220	.191

On Base Pct	.273	.221

Slugging Pct	.390	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	32	‐

Singles	20	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.396	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.708	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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