Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Joshua Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 60	‐
VBR	# 43	# 1386

Projections

Runs	32	1
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	32	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.259	.172

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	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	383	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	85	‐

Singles	56	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	20	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	29	‐

Strikeouts	104	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.279	‐

Slugging Pct	.368	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	230	6

Runs	32	1

Hits	60	1

Singles	37	1

Doubles	12	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	32	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	0

Strikeouts	54	2

Batting Average	.259	.172

On Base Pct	.313	.224

Slugging Pct	.443	.287

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.511

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
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
	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
	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
	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
	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
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			Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Joshua Baez (2026)

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