Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 43	# 1242

Projections

Runs	28	3
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	29	4
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.261	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	‐

Runs	51	‐

Hits	97	‐

Singles	64	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	21	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	29	‐

Strikeouts	108	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.287	‐

Slugging Pct	.392	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	26

Runs	28	3

Hits	53	6

Singles	33	4

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	29	4

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	47	7

Batting Average	.261	.243

On Base Pct	.315	.315

Slugging Pct	.449	.438

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
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	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	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
	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
	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
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			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for Tyler Austin (2026)

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