Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 44	# 391

Projections

Runs	26	15
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	27	16
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.261	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	83

Runs	53	8

Hits	100	19

Singles	65	11

Doubles	18	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	2

RBI	52	15

Stolen Bases	22	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	30	8

Strikeouts	112	19

Batting Average	.237	.229

On Base Pct	.289	.290

Slugging Pct	.398	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.687	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	119

Runs	26	15

Hits	49	28

Singles	31	18

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	27	16

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	44	26

Batting Average	.261	.237

On Base Pct	.314	.313

Slugging Pct	.449	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	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	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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 Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
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			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Max Kepler (2026)

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