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 195 179 26 55 5 1 .307 .354 .475 .829
2 Seasons 788 733 103 217 29 17 .296 .333 .494 .827
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .292 24 16 .826
2025 .307 5 1 .829
2 Seasons .296 29 17 .827
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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 22 654 140 18 12.9 9.2 88.7 110.9 11.9 44.3 .310 .539 .357 .382 .465 40.0 21.0 6.7
Player 2868 602 70 11.6 8.9 90.0 111.6 14.0 40.7 .302 .533 .353 .372 .438 43.0 18.0 5.3
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 44.3 55.7 26.4 27.1 2.1 33.6 37.9 28.6 22.9 19.3 2.1 10.7 18.6 26.4
Player 38.5 61.5 31.6 26.2 3.7 32.6 40.9 26.6 18.3 16.4 3.8 14.3 24.4 22.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 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 2.1 34.3 15.0 26.4 9.3 12.9 9.2
Player 2.8 28.1 23.8 25.6 8.1 11.6 8.9
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
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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 -1 197 30.1 56 .271 .333 .328 27.7 28.6 28.1 .270 .429 .355 46.9
2025 Slider -0.9 -1 94 14.4 25 .208 .375 .264 28.0 24.0 26.1 .263 .434 .312 33.3
2025 Sinker -0.8 -1 91 13.9 27 .292 .333 .298 20.8 14.8 21.1 .342 .561 .418 38.1
2025 Changeup -2.5 -2 68 10.4 20 .200 .250 .198 18.2 5.0 7.1 .284 .385 .287 21.1
2025 Cutter 10.3 6 62 9.5 18 .529 1.118 .689 27.9 16.7 30.0 .434 .881 .562 64.3
2025 Curveball 12.5 7 55 8.4 21 .524 .905 .610 14.7 9.5 13.3 .396 .788 .499 47.4
2025 Sweeper 4.2 2 48 7.3 16 .214 .429 .338 32.1 31.3 29.4 .267 .658 .382 30.0
2025 Split-Finger -0.3 0 27 4.1 8 .250 .250 .225 52.9 50.0 44.4 .221 .289 .217 50.0
2025 Slurve 3.5 0 10 1.5 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 1.1 3 296 13.4 84 .259 .481 .349 24.6 21.4 18.2 .308 .496 .357 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 1 192 8.7 46 .349 .581 .397 14.9 10.9 15.2 .343 .557 .385 37.5
2024 Sweeper 1.5 2 123 5.6 30 .214 .571 .334 28.8 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 194 654 5 1 3 2 12
Player 786 2,868 10 3 10 10 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 654 50.8 81.3 80.7 37.3 58.3 46.8 45.4 59.6 25.9 6.7 84.1
Player 2,868 49.7 80.3 84.6 35.0 62.8 43.0 45.7 57.5 21.8 7.6 89.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 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 89 97 92 82 83 58 79 31 70 34 55 32 41 8 75 76 98 48 13 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 22.45 5 6.5 -2 5 8 1 20.0
Player 22.78 30 32.1 -2 23 32 8 26.7
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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 5 9 4 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 11 7 5 8 5 7 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 9 5 7
Player 30 35 27 32 27 31 35 31 23 23 26 39 39 30 34 25 32 27 33 41 36 31 43 39 29 29 27 38 41 30 29
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 -1.7 ↓ 88.7
Launch Angle 14.6 -2.7 ↓ 11.9
Barrel % 11.3 1.6 ↑ 12.9
Hard Hit % 43.9 -3.9 ↓ 40.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.6 4.7 ↑ 44.3
xBA .300 0.010 ↑ .310
BA .292 0.015 ↑ .307
xwOBA .369 0.013 ↑ .382
wOBA .352 0.005 ↑ .357
xSLG .531 0.008 ↑ .539
SLG .500 -0.025 ↓ .475
K% 17.0 4.0 ↑ 21.0
BB% 4.9 1.8 ↑ 6.7
Swing % 56.9 2.7 ↑ 59.6
Whiff% 20.5 5.4 ↑ 25.9
In Zone % 49.3 1.5 ↑ 50.8
Out of Zone % 50.7 -1.5 ↓ 49.2
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 2.9 ↑ 37.3
First Pitch Swing % 45.8 -0.4 ↓ 45.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 -2.1 ↓ 63.4
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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 194 73 37.6 .367 .341
! 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 122 15.8 44.3% 0.0% 93 19.3 11.8% 0.0%
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