Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	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	# 51	‐
VBR	# 46	# 421

Projections

Runs	33	19
Home Runs	12	5
RBI	37	20
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.261	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 295

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


At Bats	299	35

Runs	43	3

Hits	73	7

Singles	37	4

Doubles	21	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	42	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	45	1

Strikeouts	61	10

Batting Average	.244	.200

On Base Pct	.346	.211

Slugging Pct	.462	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.807	.553

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


At Bats	230	148

Runs	33	19

Hits	60	35

Singles	35	22

Doubles	13	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	5

RBI	37	20

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	15

Strikeouts	55	33

Batting Average	.261	.238

On Base Pct	.340	.315

Slugging Pct	.474	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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 Soderstrom is not in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Athletics outfielder Tyler Soderstrom (hip) could be activated as soon as Wednesday versus the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said Tyler Soderstrom has resumed baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Tyler Soderstrom has not resumed baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#207	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#142	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#163	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#395	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#130	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#134
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#91	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#107	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#39	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#258	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#46	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#266	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#132	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#187	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-3)	#126	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#46	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#271
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#288	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (3-1)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#288
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

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