Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 327
VBR	# 363	# 837

Projections

Runs	17	14
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	17	11
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.239	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 288

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	68	248

Runs	7	22

Hits	16	52

Singles	9	37

Doubles	5	8

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	14	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	4

Walks	5	28

Strikeouts	14	46

Batting Average	.235	.210

On Base Pct	.280	.288

Slugging Pct	.397	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.602

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	114

Runs	17	14

Hits	31	26

Singles	19	18

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	17	11

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	11

Strikeouts	29	26

Batting Average	.239	.228

On Base Pct	.314	.299

Slugging Pct	.401	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.647

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
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	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp 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	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
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			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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