Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 60	# 302
VBR	# 46	# 1152

Projections

Runs	34	9
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	34	10
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.259	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	60

Runs	45	10

Hits	83	14

Singles	55	7

Doubles	15	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	42	12

Stolen Bases	20	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	28	6

Strikeouts	102	19

Batting Average	.221	.233

On Base Pct	.277	.309

Slugging Pct	.363	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	.792

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	242	64

Runs	34	9

Hits	63	15

Singles	39	9

Doubles	13	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	34	10

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	6

Strikeouts	57	20

Batting Average	.259	.229

On Base Pct	.314	.306

Slugging Pct	.442	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	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	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 in the doubleheader against the Brewers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-2 in win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 in a 9-2 win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 11th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 6-1 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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