Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	# 270
VBR	# 44	# 292

Projections

Runs	26	18
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	27	15
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.261	.261

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	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 225

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	243

Runs	53	28

Hits	100	67

Singles	65	51

Doubles	18	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	5

RBI	52	18

Stolen Bases	22	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	30	17

Strikeouts	112	39

Batting Average	.237	.276

On Base Pct	.289	.335

Slugging Pct	.398	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.687	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	136

Runs	26	18

Hits	49	35

Singles	31	25

Doubles	10	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	27	15

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	44	25

Batting Average	.261	.261

On Base Pct	.314	.321

Slugging Pct	.449	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
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			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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