Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 360	# 1237

Projections

Runs	17	4
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	17	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.239	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	68	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.280	‐

Slugging Pct	.397	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	31

Runs	17	4

Hits	31	7

Singles	19	5

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	17	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	29	8

Batting Average	.239	.238

On Base Pct	.314	.307

Slugging Pct	.401	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	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
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Tyler Austin (2026)

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