Jackson Merrill or Justin Dean

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
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Jackson Merrill or Justin Dean Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	454	8

Runs	61	3

Hits	111	3

Singles	72	2

Doubles	18	0

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	19	0

RBI	61	3

Stolen Bases	23	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	31	2

Strikeouts	117	4

Batting Average	.245	.375

On Base Pct	.294	.500

Slugging Pct	.419	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	1.125

Jackson Merrill or Justin Dean Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	546	22

Runs	76	3

Hits	148	4

Singles	90	3

Doubles	31	1

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	22	0

RBI	81	2

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	39	2

Strikeouts	116	8

Batting Average	.272	.190

On Base Pct	.320	.260

Slugging Pct	.468	.269

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.528

Jackson Merrill or Justin Dean Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Cubs optioned Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 win over the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 5-4 win over the Giants on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
	Multiple trips to the injured list cut short what could have been a breakout campaign for the 22-year-old, holding Jackson Merrill to 115 games with 16 home runs and just one stolen base. Entering 2026 healthy, he's a strong bet to rebound toward his 2024 production. While he's unlikely to be a major contributor on the bases, a season in the range of 25 homers with around 80 runs and 80 RBI is well within reach. His expected batting average and slugging percentage both outpaced his actual results, pointing to poor fortune layered on top of the injury issues. Merrill still offers the highest ceiling among his peers and could push into OF2 value if everything clicks, though he's best drafted as an OF3 with upside baked in. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Jackson Merrill or Justin Dean Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#208	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL