Jackson Merrill 2026 Padres · CF · bats L · throws R · 374 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 71st percentile Power: 49th percentile Discipline: 24th percentile Contact: 46th percentile Hard Contact: 78th percentile B+ 71st percentile contact quality
Aggressive Power Big pop, rarely takes a walk.
Makes some of the hardest contact around Jackson Merrill squares the ball up — harder contact than 78% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 24% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Jackson Merrill League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .497 .507 71st Walk rate(higher = better) 7% 8% 24th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 25% 23% 46th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Jackson Merrill put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 252 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.628
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.273
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Jackson Merrill Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending down: overall production, power, contact
EB/PAi ▼ declining declining vs last season — Producing less per plate appearance than last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Striking out more than last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
