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.

MLB Network is continuing its annual tradition of ranking the “Top 10 Players Right Now” at each position. Using rankings based on past performance, various offensive and defensive metrics (including both advanced statistics and traditional numbers) and analysis by the MLB Network research team,

The San Diego Padres rookie Jackson Merrill emerged as a standout player ... was selected as the second-best center fielder on MLB Network's Top 10 Center Fielders Right Now list.

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 ...

Only the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox have two prospects within the top 10, though the Red Sox stand out with three players within the top 12.

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 ...

"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."

In the buildup to Spring Training, MLB.com is breaking down the Padres’ roster ... who signed for $1 million after the start of Spring Training, became an All-Star. Jackson Merrill, who had never played a game in center field at any level, became ...

In 2009 and 2010, early in its history, MLB Network broadcast the series in English, but not since — until this month. MLB Network announced Wednesday it will broadcast the entire 2025 ...