Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Jeff McNeil (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 252
VBR	# 21	# 243

Projections

Runs	14	10
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.265	.263

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 236

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 173

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 281

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	514	382

Runs	70	39

Hits	123	102

Singles	77	78

Doubles	21	18

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	22	6

RBI	69	46

Stolen Bases	24	7

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	37	26

Strikeouts	136	45

Batting Average	.239	.267

On Base Pct	.292	.317

Slugging Pct	.420	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	80

Runs	14	10

Hits	26	21

Singles	16	15

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	23	11

Batting Average	.265	.263

On Base Pct	.318	.327

Slugging Pct	.463	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH
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	Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with one run scored, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	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	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Twins with one double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 25th
	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	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Jeff McNeil went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	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	Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Rays with one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Jeff McNeil (2026)

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