Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	# 167
VBR	# 47	# 243

Projections

Runs	29	18
Home Runs	8	7
RBI	29	21
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.260	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DTD

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	# 118

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	124

Runs	50	26

Hits	92	36

Singles	59	14

Doubles	17	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	14

RBI	46	36

Stolen Bases	20	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	29	19

Strikeouts	106	54

Batting Average	.231	.290

On Base Pct	.284	.386

Slugging Pct	.391	.702

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	1.088

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	206	131

Runs	29	18

Hits	53	31

Singles	33	18

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	7

RBI	29	21

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	15

Strikeouts	48	44

Batting Average	.260	.240

On Base Pct	.314	.322

Slugging Pct	.446	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.768

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
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	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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 Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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