Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Callihan 2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1138	# 405

Projections

Runs	10	19
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	10	19
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.224	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 246	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Callihan 2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	35

Runs	12	3

Hits	19	7

Singles	11	4

Doubles	3	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	15	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	27	10

Batting Average	.244	.200

On Base Pct	.326	.211

Slugging Pct	.449	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.553

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Callihan 2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	143

Runs	10	19

Hits	20	34

Singles	13	22

Doubles	4	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	10	19

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	15

Strikeouts	28	32

Batting Average	.224	.238

On Base Pct	.288	.315

Slugging Pct	.354	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Callihan 2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow 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
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Callihan 2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#219	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#300	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#240	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ WSH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs SD
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 (6-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
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 Tyler Callihan (2026)

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