Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	# 378
VBR	# 44	# 1114

Projections

Runs	26	8
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	27	7
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.261	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 425

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	419	146

Runs	52	23

Hits	98	35

Singles	64	24

Doubles	18	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	8

RBI	50	17

Stolen Bases	21	11

Caught Stealing	2	4

Walks	29	11

Strikeouts	112	58

Batting Average	.234	.240

On Base Pct	.284	.298

Slugging Pct	.389	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	58

Runs	26	8

Hits	49	13

Singles	31	9

Doubles	10	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	27	7

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	4

Strikeouts	44	19

Batting Average	.261	.225

On Base Pct	.314	.280

Slugging Pct	.449	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Derek Hill went 1-for-1 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Derek Hill went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, two singles, and two RBI in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Derek Hill went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Derek Hill hit a two-run homer in his only at-bat during Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Derek Hill was dealt to the Phillies on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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