Jackson Merrill

Bats L Throws R6'3" 195 lbBorn 2003 Baltimore, USADebut 2024Team SD1x All-StarDraft 2021 R1 #27 San Diego Padres, Severna Park HSContract 9 y/$135M (26-34) 2026: $2,111,111

Awards: All-MLB Second Team, NL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 123.0FIELD+ 99.4 at CFTotal 3.35 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	486	445	123	25	3	17	33	90	5	0.276	0.328	0.462	0.789	0.185	0.339	18.6	6.8	111.7	2.21
2027	564	516	142	28	4	21	38	116	18	0.276	0.327	0.467	0.795	0.191	0.340	20.5	6.8	118.7	3.05

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 118 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Greg Gross	1975	120.9	116.0	501
2	Max West	1939	116.4	104.7	590
3	Jack Smith	1917	114.9	50.2	181
4	Heinie Manush	1924	117.9	101.3	312
5	Carlos May	1970	118.3	121.4	574
6	Rick Monday	1968	131.0	133.9	481
7	Willie Crawford	1969	116.1	89.6	336
8	Barry Bonds	1987	111.1	148.8	614
9	Clint Hurdle	1980	110.6	183.1	89
10	Johnny Callison	1961	108.0	132.2	672

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			564		142	28	4	21		18	38	116	0.276	0.327	0.467	0.795	118.7
2026*	SDN	125	523	65	116	20	2	19		24	33	129	0.240	0.290	0.408	0.698	90.3
2025	SD	115	483	59	116	25	6	16	67	1	33	108	0.264	0.317	0.457	0.774	109.9
2024	SD	156	593	77	162	31	6	24	90	16	29	101	0.292	0.326	0.500	0.826	125.1
Career		271	1076	136	278	56	12	40	157	17	62	209	0.280	0.322	0.481	0.803	118.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	523	90.6	14.8	11.2	47.1	27.3	37.0	0.256	0.460	0.329	29.0
2025	483	89.7	15.2	13.0	42.9	27.1	37.7	0.263	0.490	0.347	28.5
2024	593	90.4	14.6	11.3	43.9	20.5	34.5	0.300	0.547	0.375	28.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	OF	114	1001	284	9	1	1	0.997
2024	SD	OF	155	1323	392	8	3	4	0.993

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	211	5 HR, 5 SB	0.273	0.782
2023	A+	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Bat	300	10 HR, 10 SB	0.280	0.762
2022	A	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	219	5 HR, 8 SB	0.325	0.869
2022	Rk	ACL Padres	Bat	31	1 HR, 3 SB	0.433	1.152
2021	Rk	ACL Padres	Bat	120	0 HR, 5 SB	0.280	0.722

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.317	0.310	0.317	0.307
2025	0.288	0.363	0.338	0.336
2024	0.288	0.387	0.337	0.382

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	9	2	3	2	0	1	2	1	2	0.333	0.364	0.889	1.253
2024	7	24	4	6	1	1	1	5	3	6	0.250	0.333	0.500	0.833
Career	10	33	6	9	3	1	2	7	4	8	0.273	0.342	0.606	0.948