Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Parker Meadows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Parker Meadows CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 362
VBR	# 25	‐

Projections

Runs	11	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.268	.294

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 354

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 320

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	537	36

Runs	72	3

Hits	128	9

Singles	81	7

Doubles	22	1

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	22	0

RBI	70	2

Stolen Bases	24	3

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	38	2

Strikeouts	142	10

Batting Average	.238	.250

On Base Pct	.291	.308

Slugging Pct	.413	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	17

Runs	11	2

Hits	21	5

Singles	13	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.268	.294

On Base Pct	.322	.368

Slugging Pct	.464	.529

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.898

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Parker Meadows CF - DET
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 9-4 loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Parker Meadows has been working out at the Tigers team facility in Florida. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 7-5 win over the Twins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Parker Meadows is continuing to complete rehab daily. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday to repair a radial fracture in left forearm. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Tigers transferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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 Tigers placed OF Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a left radius fracture and a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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			Parker Meadows CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#375	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#375	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#218
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#249	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#257	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF	Anthony Molina		vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Parker Meadows (2026)

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