MLB Analyst Chris Young claimed San Diego Padres' rookie center fielder Jackson Merrill was more exciting to watch this season than two-time AL MVP Aaron Judge.

Left / Right 2025 opening day age: 21 Height / Weight: 6-foot-3 / 195 pounds How acquired: 1st round in 2021 (Severna Park HS, Md) Contract status: Will not be arbitration-eligible until 2027 fWAR in 2024: 5.

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Fangraphs projects 3.6 fWAR from him. Jackson Merrill had the third-most fWAR among center fielders, which included Aaron Judge, in 2024. He's expected to see a slightly decrease per Fangraphs ...

Jackson Merrill’s girlfriend ... Be it pictures of weddings or just a liking statement on one or another social network, the support and friendship the team promotes reflect this positivity ...

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com ... Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Merrill (as a rookie) also placing in the top 10. All of them factored prominently ...

"As far as I’m concerned, any team that has Tatis, Merrill, Machado, Bogarts, and Cronenworth—and for now, Luis Arraez as well—is still one of the better teams in the National League."