Jackson Merrill
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 195LBS | Age: 22
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #27, San Diego Padres | Severna Park HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 593 554 77 162 24 16 .292 .326 .500 .826
2025 55 50 10 21 4 1 .420 .455 .740 1.195
2 Seasons 648 604 87 183 28 17 .303 .337 .520 .857
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .292 24 16 .826
2025 .420 4 1 1.195
2 Seasons .303 28 17 .857
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2024 21 2214 462 52 11.3 8.8 90.4 111.6 14.6 39.6 .300 .531 .352 .369 .430 43.9 17.0 4.9
2025 22 181 41 10 24.4 18.2 92.5 110.9 13.5 53.7 .378 .794 .507 .499 .601 51.2 18.2 5.5
Player 2395 503 62 12.3 9.6 90.5 111.6 14.5 40.8 .306 .553 .365 .380 .444 44.5 17.1 4.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 36.8 63.2 33.1 26.0 4.1 32.3 41.8 26.0 16.9 15.6 4.3 15.4 26.2 21.6
2025 39.0 61.0 34.1 26.8 0.0 36.6 31.7 31.7 22.0 14.6 2.4 14.6 17.1 29.3
Player 37.0 63.0 33.2 26.0 3.8 32.6 41.0 26.4 17.3 15.5 4.2 15.3 25.4 22.3
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 3.0 26.2 26.4 25.3 7.8 11.3 8.8
2025 2.4 31.7 14.6 17.1 9.8 24.4 18.2
Player 3.0 26.6 25.4 24.7 8.0 12.3 9.6
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 1 57 31.5 17 .438 .563 .453 9.7 11.8 18.2 .385 .638 .450 57.1
2025 Slider -1.0 0 31 17.1 11 .200 .300 .259 11.8 9.1 14.3 .282 .519 .372 33.3
2025 Curveball 23.6 5 23 12.7 8 .625 1.375 .838 23.1 25.0 28.6 .317 .995 .540 50.0
2025 Sweeper 11.6 2 19 10.5 6 .250 1.000 .450 27.3 16.7 16.7 .459 1.759 .722 50.0
2025 Sinker -1.9 0 17 9.4 5 .250 .250 .320 27.3 40.0 50.0 .201 .241 .298 0.0
2025 Changeup -0.6 0 15 8.3 3 .333 .333 .300 44.4 33.3 25.0 .590 .717 .570 50.0
2025 Cutter 29.5 4 14 7.7 4 1.000 2.000 1.263 9.1 0.0 -- .738 1.550 .961 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -5.4 0 5 2.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 5 716 32.3 176 .280 .530 .372 20.6 17.0 14.6 .295 .602 .395 45.6
2024 Sinker 0.2 1 345 15.6 99 .322 .467 .374 14.4 10.1 11.9 .336 .588 .413 50.0
2024 Slider 1.2 4 303 13.7 85 .259 .481 .353 24.9 21.2 17.6 .308 .496 .361 49.2
2024 Changeup 1.6 4 221 10.0 56 .333 .556 .377 26.4 19.6 14.3 .316 .499 .366 40.9
2024 Curveball 1.4 3 192 8.7 58 .321 .411 .322 17.1 17.2 13.5 .265 .363 .273 38.3
2024 Cutter 0.5 1 190 8.6 46 .349 .581 .397 14.9 10.9 15.2 .343 .557 .385 37.5
2024 Sweeper 1.5 2 122 5.5 30 .214 .571 .334 28.8 26.7 16.3 .243 .466 .315 38.1
2024 Split-Finger 0.8 1 100 4.5 34 .219 .375 .278 25.5 26.5 20.5 .225 .442 .307 39.1
2024 Slurve -5.2 -1 15 0.7 5 .000 .000 .140 0.0 0.0 0.0 .044 .055 .175 0.0
2024 Screwball 19.7 1 4 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .771 2.432 1.327 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 592 2,214 4 2 7 7 20
2025 55 181 7 3 1 1 12
Player 647 2,395 12 6 8 12 32
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 2,214 49.3 80.0 85.8 34.4 64.2 41.9 45.8 56.9 20.5 7.9 90.3
2025 181 53.0 83.3 86.3 31.8 63.0 45.9 45.5 59.1 19.6 7.2 100.0
Player 2,395 49.6 80.3 85.8 34.2 64.2 42.2 45.7 57.1 20.4 7.8 91.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2024 94 97 96 91 76 90 78 70 79 68 78 8 73 14 81 97 90 56 50 29
2025 75 73
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 22.8 25 25.8 -1 18 24 7 28.0
2025 22.0 4 3.8 0 3 3 1 25.0
Player 22.7 29 29.5 -1 21 27 8 27.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2024 25 26 23 26 22 26 30 26 19 20 22 31 31 20 27 20 24 23 26 35 28 23 35 32 23 24 21 31 32 25 22
2025 4 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 6 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 5 3
Player 29 32 27 29 25 30 33 29 21 22 24 35 36 24 31 23 28 26 29 38 33 29 39 38 26 28 24 35 37 30 25
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 90.4 2.1 ↑ 92.5
Launch Angle 14.6 -1.1 ↓ 13.5
Barrel % 11.3 13.1 ↑ 24.4
Hard Hit % 43.9 7.3 ↑ 51.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.6 14.1 ↑ 53.7
xBA .300 0.078 ↑ .378
BA .292 0.128 ↑ .420
xwOBA .369 0.130 ↑ .499
wOBA .352 0.155 ↑ .507
xSLG .531 0.263 ↑ .794
SLG .500 0.240 ↑ .740
K% 17.0 1.2 ↑ 18.2
BB% 4.9 0.6 ↑ 5.5
Swing % 56.9 2.2 ↑ 59.1
Whiff% 20.5 -0.9 ↓ 19.6
In Zone % 49.3 3.7 ↑ 53.0
Out of Zone % 50.7 -3.7 ↓ 47.0
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 -2.6 ↓ 31.8
First Pitch Swing % 45.8 -0.3 ↓ 45.5
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 -7.3 ↓ 58.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2024 Shades L 584 175 30.0 .376 .300
2025 Shades L 55 19 34.5 .498 .524
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 524 15.3 43.9% 0.0% 296 18.0 8.4% 0.3%
2025 30 14.7 53.3% 0.0% 34 19.3 11.8% 0.0%
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