Ticket prices are soaring as Shohei Ohtani is set to make his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday against ...

Nevertheless, not every young player would display the maturity Merrill is showing amid one of the worst stretches of his big ...

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Jackson Merrill worried this might happen. Earlier this week, as Merrill toiled through the worst slump of his young career, ...

Pre-MLB Career. Minor League Performance . Merrill was drafted 27th overall by the Padres in 2021, signing for a $1.8 million bonus. In the Arizona Complex League, he posted a .280 batting average ...

Manny Machado’s grand slam capped a five-run ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 7-2.

Jackson Merrill broke out of a slump with two home runs off All-Star Zack Wheeler, and Manny Machado hit a go-ahead sacrifice ...

Merrill wound up second in the voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He finished with the most wins above replacement — 5.3, according to FanGraphs — by a rookie of the ...

Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill is one of three rookies to make the all-star team this season, joining Pirates pitching sensation Paul Skenes and 30-year-old Japanese import Shota Imanaga ...

Jackson Merrill could be a good option for fantasy baseball managers to acquire for the second half of the season. AP Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if ...

The Padres selected Merrill out of Severna Park High School with the 27th pick of the 2021 MLB Draft. Not exactly known for baseball, the state of Maryland hadn’t produced a first-round pick in ...

Merrill went 0-for-3 in his major-league debut Wednesday in the first game of the Seoul Series against the Dodgers. The 20-year-old struck the ball fairly well all three times up, but he ended ...