Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Gonzalez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 46	# 1348

Projections

Runs	34	1
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	34	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.259	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Gabriel Gonzalez LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	369	2

Runs	43	1

Hits	79	1

Singles	53	1

Doubles	15	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	38	0

Stolen Bases	19	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	28	2

Strikeouts	100	0

Batting Average	.214	.500

On Base Pct	.271	.750

Slugging Pct	.342	.500

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	1.250

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Gabriel Gonzalez LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	242	10

Runs	34	1

Hits	63	2

Singles	39	2

Doubles	13	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	34	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	57	2

Batting Average	.259	.227

On Base Pct	.314	.274

Slugging Pct	.442	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.592

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Gabriel Gonzalez LF,RF - MIN
News
	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	Gabriel Gonzalez is back in the lineup for Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	The Twins optioned Gabriel Gonzalez to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	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	The Twins recalled Gabriel Gonzalez from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	The Twins have optioned outfielder Gabriel Gonzalez to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 in the Padres 4-2 loss against the Nationals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
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			Gabriel Gonzalez LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Gonzalez for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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