Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Walker Jenkins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 225

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 138

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	132	76

Runs	11	13

Hits	27	17

Singles	18	11

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	15	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	11	7

Strikeouts	32	18

Batting Average	.205	.224

On Base Pct	.262	.298

Slugging Pct	.303	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.565	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	11

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	2

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.221

On Base Pct	‐	.291

Slugging Pct	‐	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
News
	The Diamondbacks released OF Max Kepler. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	Walker Jenkins went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 23rd
	The Diamondbacks designated Max Kepler for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	Walker Jenkins went 3-for-4 in a 3-0 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th
	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	Walker Jenkins went 3-for-4 in a 5-4 loss to the Angels in 10 innings on Thursday with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 18th
	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	Walker Jenkins went 1-for-3 in an 11-1 win over the Tigers with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 1st
	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	Walker Jenkins went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with a double, one RBI and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sat, Apr 4th		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Sun, Apr 5th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 6th		vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 7th		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Apr 24th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Apr 26th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Fri, May 1st		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, May 3rd		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Tue, May 5th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 6th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190
Fri, May 8th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sat, May 9th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sun, May 10th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Wed, May 13th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)
Fri, May 15th		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 16th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, May 17th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Mon, May 18th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Tue, May 19th		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#270
Wed, May 20th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, May 22nd		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 23rd		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#237
Sun, May 24th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Mon, May 25th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Tue, May 26th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th		@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#88
Thu, May 28th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, May 29th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Sat, May 30th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st		vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Thu, Jun 4th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Jun 12th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st		@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Jun 28th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224
Mon, Jun 29th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jul 1st		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 7th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Sun, Jul 12th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Sat, Jul 18th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sat, Jul 25th		vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186
Sun, Jul 26th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Tue, Jul 28th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Thu, Jul 30th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Aug 4th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Wed, Aug 5th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Fri, Aug 7th		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Wed, Aug 12th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Aug 16th		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Mon, Aug 17th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th		vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 21st		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 24th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Tue, Aug 25th		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Aug 29th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Sun, Aug 30th		vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#233
Mon, Aug 31st		vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#146
Mon, Sep 7th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 8th		@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Sep 11th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th		vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Sun, Sep 13th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Mon, Sep 14th		vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Sep 15th		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Wed, Sep 16th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Fri, Sep 18th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Sat, Sep 19th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 20th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Mon, Sep 21st		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#162
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#255
Fri, Sep 25th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Sat, Sep 26th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Sun, Sep 27th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Walker Jenkins (2026)

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