Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 43	# 1369

Projections

Runs	28	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	29	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.261	.163

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	407	20

Runs	51	3

Hits	96	4

Singles	63	4

Doubles	17	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	0

RBI	48	3

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	29	1

Strikeouts	107	9

Batting Average	.236	.200

On Base Pct	.288	.238

Slugging Pct	.393	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	.438

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	10

Runs	28	1

Hits	53	2

Singles	33	1

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	47	3

Batting Average	.261	.163

On Base Pct	.315	.236

Slugging Pct	.449	.220

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.455

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
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	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	The Cubs recalled OF Kevin Alcántara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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			Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

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