Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Jose Azocar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 60	‐
VBR	# 46	# 1377

Projections

Runs	34	1
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	34	0
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.259	.152

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	17

Runs	45	2

Hits	83	6

Singles	55	4

Doubles	15	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	0

RBI	42	0

Stolen Bases	20	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	28	1

Strikeouts	102	4

Batting Average	.221	.353

On Base Pct	.277	.389

Slugging Pct	.363	.471

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	242	5

Runs	34	1

Hits	63	1

Singles	39	1

Doubles	13	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	34	0

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	57	1

Batting Average	.259	.152

On Base Pct	.314	.198

Slugging Pct	.442	.178

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.376

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	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	Jose Azocar was designated for assignment ahead of Thursday's game against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Braves selected the contract of OF José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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 Braves re-signed OF José Azócar to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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 Braves designated José Azócar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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 Braves selected the contract of OF José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Tue, May 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			Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Jose Azocar (2026)

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