Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Cam Smith RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 152
VBR	# 25	# 132

Projections

Runs	13	11
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	14	10
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.268	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 185

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	# 154

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	# 143

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 136

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 237

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	527	438

Runs	72	57

Hits	128	93

Singles	81	55

Doubles	22	16

Triples	3	5

Home Runs	22	17

RBI	70	50

Stolen Bases	24	10

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	37	36

Strikeouts	141	120

Batting Average	.243	.212

On Base Pct	.295	.278

Slugging Pct	.421	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.666

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	79

Runs	13	11

Hits	25	19

Singles	15	12

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	14	10

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	21	22

Batting Average	.268	.244

On Base Pct	.321	.313

Slugging Pct	.467	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Cam Smith RF - HOU
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 9-4 loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Cam Smith went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 7-5 win over the Twins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Cam Smith went 3-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Cam Smith went 3-for-4 in a win over the Padres with two home runs, two RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a 9-5 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 5-4 win over the Giants on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
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			Cam Smith RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#389
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#151	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#415
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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