Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 44	# 1261

Projections

Runs	30	3
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	30	2
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.259	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 76	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	85

Runs	49	9

Hits	90	25

Singles	58	21

Doubles	17	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	45	12

Stolen Bases	20	5

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	10

Strikeouts	105	25

Batting Average	.228	.294

On Base Pct	.282	.368

Slugging Pct	.382	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	212	20

Runs	30	3

Hits	55	5

Singles	34	3

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	30	2

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	50	6

Batting Average	.259	.235

On Base Pct	.313	.295

Slugging Pct	.448	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
News
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Brewers confirmed Brandon Lockridge will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 7-6 loss against the Braves on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Brandon Lockridge will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	The Brewers have transferred outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Brandon Lockridge's return has been bumped back to late July. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) received a PRP injection on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Jackson Merrill (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation