Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nate Eaton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 53	# 1267

Projections

Runs	26	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.260	.199

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	431	32

Runs	55	3

Hits	104	4

Singles	69	1

Doubles	18	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	54	5

Stolen Bases	22	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	30	5

Strikeouts	112	12

Batting Average	.241	.125

On Base Pct	.292	.282

Slugging Pct	.399	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	19

Runs	26	2

Hits	48	4

Singles	30	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	43	5

Batting Average	.260	.199

On Base Pct	.314	.254

Slugging Pct	.444	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
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	The Boston Red Sox optioned Nate Eaton to Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Nate Eaton will begin serving a two-game suspension on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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 MLB has suspended Nate Eaton three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Nate Eaton went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Colorado. He started in left field with Jarren Duran at designated hitter and batted leadoff for the first time. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Nate Eaton went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Seattle. He started in right field and provided Boston’s only run with a solo shot to left field in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nate Eaton (2026)

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