Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Mike Tauchman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 46	# 1288

Projections

Runs	29	3
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	29	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.260	.221

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	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	404	‐

Runs	51	‐

Hits	95	‐

Singles	62	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	47	‐

Stolen Bases	21	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	29	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.287	‐

Slugging Pct	.394	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	206	19

Runs	29	3

Hits	53	4

Singles	33	3

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	48	5

Batting Average	.260	.221

On Base Pct	.314	.313

Slugging Pct	.446	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
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	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	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	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	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 Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Mike Tauchman (2026)

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