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Alex Verdugo for Jacob Melton (2026)
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Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA  | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB  | |
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| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | ‐ | # 1222 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 4 |
| Home Runs | ‐ | 1 |
| RBI | ‐ | 3 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 2 |
| Batting Average | ‐ | .208 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | FA | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
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| Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | ‐ | 28 |
| Runs | ‐ | 4 |
| Hits | ‐ | 6 |
| Singles | ‐ | 4 |
| Doubles | ‐ | 1 |
| Triples | ‐ | 0 |
| Home Runs | ‐ | 1 |
| RBI | ‐ | 3 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | ‐ | 0 |
| Walks | ‐ | 2 |
| Strikeouts | ‐ | 9 |
| Batting Average | ‐ | .208 |
| On Base Pct | ‐ | .271 |
| Slugging Pct | ‐ | .346 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | ‐ | .617 |
| Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| News | ||
| Alex Verdugo has a shoulder injury that is expected to keep him out the rest of the season and require surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd | |
| Verdugo will likely need an extended run of success at Triple-A El Paso before putting himself in consideration for a promotion to San Diego. He posted a .585 OPS across 213 plate appearances with Atlanta in 2025 and signed a minor-league deal with the Padres on March 1. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th | Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th | |
| The Padres signed OF Alex Verdugo to a minor league contract Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-7) | #96 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-8) | #90 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #45 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #54 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (10-4) | #9 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #93 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | #347 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #103 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #219 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (7-7) | #192 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #304 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #13 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #18 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-7) | #231 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (7-5) | #86 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #124 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (6-7) | #134 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #273 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (12-1) | #22 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #409 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #58 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #93 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | #347 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-5) | #51 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-10) | #46 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-5) | #24 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (9-6) | #68 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-8) | #60 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (2-9) | #85 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (5-5) | #362 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-9) | #28 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #287 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (6-3) | #104 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #141 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (5-6) | #53 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-9) | #28 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #287 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (7-5) | #12 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (4-6) | #112 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (10-6) | #57 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (5-8) | #40 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #81 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #42 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #63 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (3-5) | #25 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (4-7) | #67 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #42 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #63 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-3) | #294 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #313 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #39 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) | ||||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Ty Madden | #277 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #73 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (5-1) | #101 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto (0-2) | #213 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Lake Bachar (1-1) | #197 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (10-6) | #57 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #141 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (5-6) | #53 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | Jake Bennett (6-3) | #104 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri (3-4) | #426 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (8-6) | #44 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) | #129 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | Eric Lauer (5-5) | #362 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #65 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #288 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (7-4) | #55 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #147 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | Michael Wacha (5-7) | #70 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | Luinder Avila (5-3) | #271 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (5-8) | #84 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (4-6) | #140 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #180 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-8) | #123 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (5-8) | #84 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | Seth Lugo (4-6) | #140 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-3) | #365 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #161 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (2-1) | #23 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-5) | #137 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #18 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-4) | #62 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (3-5) | #25 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | Paul Blackburn (3-1) | #217 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (3-9) | #64 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #10 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-4) | #98 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | Eduardo Rivera (0-1) | #275 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | Patrick Sandoval (0-0) | #144 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (12-2) | #29 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (7-5) | #12 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-9) | #28 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #156 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | Shane Bieber (2-1) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #80 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-10) | #46 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (8-5) | #51 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | Cal Quantrill (3-3) | #312 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-8) | #32 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (10-8) | #17 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (5-6) | #404 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (3-7) | #231 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (7-4) | #195 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #432 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | Gabriel Hughes (0-2) | #230 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | |||||
