Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Sal Frelick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 157	‐
VBR	# 412	# 424

Projections

Runs	18	19
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	15	20
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.258	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	47

Runs	33	4

Hits	65	10

Singles	47	6

Doubles	14	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	34	9

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	25	2

Strikeouts	31	12

Batting Average	.236	.213

On Base Pct	.301	.235

Slugging Pct	.330	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.630	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	147

Runs	18	19

Hits	36	35

Singles	27	22

Doubles	6	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	15	20

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	15

Strikeouts	21	33

Batting Average	.258	.238

On Base Pct	.322	.313

Slugging Pct	.361	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Brewers placed OF Sal Frelick on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. 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
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Sal Frelick could miss extended time. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Sal Frelick left Friday’s game against the Marlins due to right shoulder soreness. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Sal Frelick went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Sal Frelick went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s 7-2 win over the Reds with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Sal Frelick (2026)

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