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 272 243 33 64 7 1 .263 .328 .416 .744
2 Seasons 865 797 110 226 31 17 .284 .327 .474 .801
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .292 24 16 .826
2025 .263 7 1 .744
2 Seasons .284 31 17 .801
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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 22 926 188 23 12.2 8.5 88.5 110.9 14.2 39.9 .277 .498 .324 .360 .431 37.8 21.7 8.5
Player 3140 650 75 11.5 8.7 89.8 111.6 14.5 39.7 .293 .521 .343 .366 .430 42.2 18.5 6.0
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 43.6 56.4 28.2 22.9 5.3 34.0 36.2 29.8 23.4 17.0 3.2 10.6 19.1 26.6
Player 38.8 61.2 31.7 25.1 4.5 32.8 40.2 27.1 18.8 16.0 4.0 14.0 24.2 23.1
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 3.2 33.5 20.2 22.3 8.5 12.2 8.5
Player 3.1 28.3 24.6 24.5 8.0 11.5 8.7
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 -0.4 -1 305 32.9 87 .227 .347 .310 31.6 28.7 26.0 .231 .418 .333 42.0
2025 Sinker -2.0 -3 138 14.9 42 .243 .270 .268 16.2 16.7 25.9 .268 .485 .364 35.5
2025 Slider -2.1 -3 123 13.3 34 .156 .281 .200 29.2 23.5 25.0 .254 .468 .316 36.0
2025 Changeup -2.1 -2 100 10.8 30 .185 .259 .243 20.0 6.7 8.3 .277 .361 .318 20.0
2025 Cutter 6.2 5 84 9.1 22 .429 .905 .564 28.1 18.2 26.7 .369 .733 .476 58.8
2025 Curveball 10.3 7 69 7.5 24 .500 .833 .571 24.4 16.7 19.0 .386 .743 .477 50.0
2025 Sweeper 3.5 2 65 7.0 21 .250 .438 .367 27.0 23.8 20.0 .286 .634 .402 23.1
2025 Split-Finger -0.2 0 30 3.2 8 .250 .250 .225 52.9 50.0 44.4 .221 .289 .217 50.0
2025 Slurve 3.5 0 10 1.1 3 .333 .333 .600 25.0 0.0 0.0 .370 .415 .342 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 5 715 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 4 292 13.2 84 .259 .481 .349 24.3 21.4 18.4 .308 .496 .357 49.2
2024 Changeup 1.6 4 223 10.1 56 .333 .556 .377 27.0 19.6 14.1 .316 .499 .366 40.9
2024 Cutter 0.5 1 192 8.7 46 .349 .581 .397 14.9 10.9 15.2 .343 .557 .385 37.5
2024 Curveball 1.4 3 192 8.7 58 .321 .411 .322 17.1 17.2 13.5 .265 .363 .273 38.3
2024 Sweeper 1.4 2 125 5.6 30 .214 .571 .334 28.4 26.7 16.0 .244 .466 .315 38.1
2024 Split-Finger 0.8 1 101 4.6 34 .219 .375 .278 25.0 26.5 20.0 .225 .442 .307 39.1
2024 Slurve -3.5 -1 19 0.9 6 .000 .000 .233 14.3 0.0 0.0 .044 .055 .262 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 271 926 2 -4 5 4 6
Player 863 3,140 6 -2 12 6 27
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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 926 49.0 78.9 81.6 38.3 55.2 46.9 45.4 58.2 27.1 6.2 80.7
Player 3,140 49.2 79.7 84.6 35.6 61.4 43.4 45.7 57.3 22.5 7.4 87.9
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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 80 76 81 77 65 61 76 28 68 27 49 51 32 6 76 78 98 44 12 50
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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 22.85 25 25.6 -1 18 24 7 28.0
2025 21.85 7 8.8 -2 6 12 1 14.3
Player 22.63 32 34.3 -2 24 36 8 25.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2024 25 26 23 26 21 25 30 26 19 19 22 30 31 19 27 20 24 22 26 35 28 23 35 31 23 24 21 32 32 25 22
2025 7 12 6 6 8 9 6 7 6 5 7 11 10 16 10 5 11 7 10 11 10 11 10 11 8 6 8 8 12 7 9
Player 32 38 29 32 29 34 36 33 25 24 29 41 41 35 37 25 35 29 36 46 38 34 45 42 31 30 29 40 44 32 31
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

2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .292 -.029 ↓ .263
xBA .300 -.023 ↓ .277
OBP .326 +.002 ↑ .328
xOBP .334 +.009 ↑ .343
SLG .500 -.084 ↓ .416
xSLG .531 -.033 ↓ .498
ISO .208 -.056 ↓ .152
xISO .231 -.010 ↓ .221
BABIP .318 -.001 ↓ .317
wOBA .352 -.028 ↓ .324
xwOBA .369 -.009 ↓ .360
wOBACON .408 -.030 ↓ .378
xwOBACON .430 +.001 ↑ .431
BACON .354 -.012 ↓ .342
xBACON .364 -.001 ↓ .363
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 43.9 -6.1 ↓ 37.8
Avg Exit Velocity 90.4 -1.9 ↓ 88.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 39.6 +0.3 ↑ 39.9
Barrel % 11.3 +0.9 ↑ 12.2
Avg Launch Angle 14.6 -0.4 ↓ 14.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.2 -0.4 ↓ 71.8
Attack Angle 6° +2° ↑ 9°
Ideal Attack Angle % 41.9 +1.1 ↑ 43.0
Attack Direction 1° +2° ↑ 3°
Swing Path - Tilt 37° -1° ↓ 37°
Swing Length 7.5 -0.2 ↓ 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 +0.1 ↑ 93.5
Breaking Velocity 82.7 +0.4 ↑ 83.1
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 +0.8 ↑ 86.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 52 -29 ↓ 23
Popup % 4.1 +1.2 ↑ 5.3
Flyball % 33.1 -4.9 ↓ 28.2
Line Drive % 26.0 -3.1 ↓ 22.9
Groundball % 36.8 +6.8 ↑ 43.6
Pull % 32.3 +1.7 ↑ 34.0
Straight Away % 41.8 -5.6 ↓ 36.2
Opposite Field % 26.0 +3.8 ↑ 29.8
Weak Contact % 3.0 +0.2 ↑ 3.2
Pull Airball % 15.4 -4.8 ↓ 10.6
Topped Contact % 26.2 +7.3 ↑ 33.5
Under Contact % 26.4 -6.2 ↓ 20.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.3 -3.0 ↓ 22.3
Solid Contact % 7.8 +0.7 ↑ 8.5
HR/FB % 15.7 -2.5 ↓ 13.2
Popups 19 -9 ↓ 10
Flyballs 153 -100 ↓ 53
Line Drives 120 -77 ↓ 43
Groundballs 170 -88 ↓ 82
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.3 -0.3 ↓ 49.0
Out of Zone % 50.7 +0.3 ↑ 51.0
Edge % 41.9 +5.0 ↑ 46.9
Zone Swing % 80.0 -1.1 ↓ 78.9
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 +3.9 ↑ 38.3
In Zone Contact % 85.8 -4.2 ↓ 81.6
Out of Zone Contact % 64.2 -9.0 ↓ 55.2
Whiff % 20.5 +6.6 ↑ 27.1
First Strike % 65.5 -2.4 ↓ 63.1
First Pitch Swing % 45.8 -0.4 ↓ 45.4
Swing % 56.9 +1.3 ↑ 58.2
Meatball Swing % 90.3 -9.6 ↓ 80.7
Meatball % 7.9 -1.7 ↓ 6.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.8 +4.4 ↑ 18.2
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 35.5 +9.3 ↑ 44.8
In Zone 1,092 -638 ↓ 454
Out of Zone 1,122 -650 ↓ 472
Edge 928 -494 ↓ 434
In Zone Swings 874 -516 ↓ 358
Out of Zone Swings 386 -205 ↓ 181
In Zone Swing & Misses 121 -56 ↓ 65
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 137 -56 ↓ 81
Basic
Pitches 2,214 -1,288 ↓ 926
PA 593 -321 ↓ 272
AB 554 -311 ↓ 243
Hits 162 -98 ↓ 64
Singles 101 -58 ↓ 43
Doubles 31 -19 ↓ 12
Triples 6 -4 ↓ 2
Home Runs 24 -17 ↓ 7
Walks 29 -6 ↓ 23
Strikeouts 101 -42 ↓ 59
K% 17.0 +4.7 ↑ 21.7
BB% 4.9 +3.6 ↑ 8.5
HBP 1 +1 ↑ 2
Batted Balls 462 -274 ↓ 188
Number of Fastballs 1,252 -725 ↓ 527
Number of Offspeed 328 -198 ↓ 130
Number of Breaking 484 -296 ↓ 188
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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 271 111 41.0 .349 .288
! 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 187 15.8 46.0% 0.0% 129 19.1 12.4% 0.0%
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