Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 45	# 273
VBR	# 21	# 1260

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.265	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 262

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

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


At Bats	514	120

Runs	70	14

Hits	123	20

Singles	77	13

Doubles	21	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	22	4

RBI	69	10

Stolen Bases	24	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	37	10

Strikeouts	136	53

Batting Average	.239	.167

On Base Pct	.292	.259

Slugging Pct	.420	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.551

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


At Bats	98	6

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	1

Singles	16	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	23	2

Batting Average	.265	.189

On Base Pct	.318	.302

Slugging Pct	.463	.261

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.562

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
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	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	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	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
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
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Matt Wallner (2026)

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