Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	# 190
VBR	# 43	# 326

Projections

Runs	28	15
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	29	15
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.261	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	# 189

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 152

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	304

Runs	51	33

Hits	97	87

Singles	64	60

Doubles	17	24

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	48	41

Stolen Bases	21	4

Caught Stealing	2	5

Walks	29	30

Strikeouts	108	58

Batting Average	.236	.286

On Base Pct	.287	.355

Slugging Pct	.392	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	123

Runs	28	15

Hits	53	32

Singles	33	22

Doubles	11	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	29	15

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	15	10

Strikeouts	47	26

Batting Average	.261	.264

On Base Pct	.315	.328

Slugging Pct	.449	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
News
	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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	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	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	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	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 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	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
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			Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Troy Johnston (2026)

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