Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Trei Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 60	‐
VBR	# 44	# 1294

Projections

Runs	30	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	31	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.260	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	5

Runs	49	0

Hits	90	0

Singles	58	0

Doubles	17	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	45	0

Stolen Bases	20	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	0

Strikeouts	105	3

Batting Average	.228	.000

On Base Pct	.282	.000

Slugging Pct	.382	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	216	13

Runs	30	2

Hits	56	3

Singles	34	2

Doubles	11	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	31	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	51	4

Batting Average	.260	.226

On Base Pct	.314	.316

Slugging Pct	.449	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	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 Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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
	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
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			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
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 (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Trei Cruz (2026)

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