Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 60	# 198
VBR	# 44	# 409

Projections

Runs	32	16
Home Runs	9	4
RBI	32	16
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.259	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 150

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 168

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 223

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 189

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	379	226

Runs	45	28

Hits	83	54

Singles	55	31

Doubles	15	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	12	11

RBI	42	33

Stolen Bases	20	9

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	28	7

Strikeouts	104	53

Batting Average	.219	.239

On Base Pct	.275	.276

Slugging Pct	.359	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	230	129

Runs	32	16

Hits	60	31

Singles	37	20

Doubles	12	7

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	32	16

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	17	8

Strikeouts	54	30

Batting Average	.259	.241

On Base Pct	.314	.291

Slugging Pct	.444	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	Jackson Merrill went 4-for-6 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 19-2 win over the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 6-1 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	According to Guardians skipper Stephen Vogt, there is a "slight chance" that outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) could be available off the bench for Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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