Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Steven Kwan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 141
VBR	# 21	# 154

Projections

Runs	14	13
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	15	8
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.265	.276

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 127

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	# 139

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	# 174

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 175

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 83

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	519	447

Runs	71	68

Hits	124	122

Singles	78	101

Doubles	21	17

Triples	3	2

Home Runs	22	2

RBI	69	27

Stolen Bases	24	9

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	37	71

Strikeouts	138	53

Batting Average	.239	.273

On Base Pct	.291	.375

Slugging Pct	.418	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	91

Runs	14	13

Hits	26	25

Singles	16	20

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	15	8

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	7	11

Strikeouts	23	10

Batting Average	.265	.276

On Base Pct	.318	.356

Slugging Pct	.463	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
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	Steven Kwan went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals with a double, three runs scored and a walk. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st
	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	Steven Kwan went 5-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Angels in 10 innings on Tuesday with a walk, three runs scored and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Padres on Saturday with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Steven Kwan went 3-for-5 in an 8-2 win over the White Sox on Friday with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Steven Kwan combined to go 1-for-8 with a walk and a steal across both games of his team's Tuesday doubleheader against the Reds. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Steven Kwan (2026)

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