Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Oneil Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	‐
VBR	# 116	# 381

Projections

Runs	21	17
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	20	18
Stolen Bases	9	1
Batting Average	.242	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	60

Runs	45	7

Hits	66	13

Singles	42	7

Doubles	10	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	2

RBI	44	12

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	30	5

Strikeouts	98	13

Batting Average	.264	.217

On Base Pct	.350	.269

Slugging Pct	.472	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	133

Runs	21	17

Hits	33	32

Singles	19	20

Doubles	6	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	20	18

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	14

Strikeouts	48	30

Batting Average	.242	.238

On Base Pct	.332	.314

Slugging Pct	.453	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Oneil Cruz is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Oneil Cruz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Oneil Cruz to be sidelined through the All-Star break in July. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Oneil Cruz (2026)

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