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Braiden Ward for Jackson Merrill (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Jackson Merrill CF - SD  | Braiden Ward CF - BOS  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 48 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 62 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 2 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 2 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .261 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 79 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 40 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 25 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 69 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 24 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 123 | ‐ |
| Jackson Merrill CF - SD | Braiden Ward CF - BOS | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 613 | ‐ |
| Runs | 86 | ‐ |
| Hits | 156 | ‐ |
| Singles | 99 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 26 | ‐ |
| Triples | 5 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 26 | ‐ |
| RBI | 87 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 27 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | ‐ |
| Walks | 41 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 160 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .255 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .303 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .441 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .744 | ‐ |
| Jackson Merrill CF - SD | Braiden Ward CF - BOS | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 13 | ‐ |
| Runs | 2 | ‐ |
| Hits | 3 | ‐ |
| Singles | 2 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 1 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 2 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | ‐ |
| Walks | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 3 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .261 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .321 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .416 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .736 | ‐ |
| Jackson Merrill CF - SD | Braiden Ward CF - BOS | |
| News | ||
| Jackson Merrill is absent from the lineup for the San Diego Padres against the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 27th | ||
| Jackson Merrill went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in the Padres 9-2 win over the Nationals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th | ||
| Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the Padres 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th | ||
| Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 9-4 loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th | ||
| Jackson Merrill went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 7-5 win over the Twins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Jackson Merrill CF - SD | Braiden Ward CF - BOS | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott | #149 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #179 | @ CIN | Brady Singer | #221 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder | #200 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. | ||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb | @ HOU | Hunter Brown | #19 | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser | @ HOU | Mike Burrows | ||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #45 | vs SD | Michael King | #55 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early | #76 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez | #245 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez | #70 | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #90 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff | |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #14 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #7 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | vs MIL | Shane Drohan | #128 | |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | @ STL | Dustin May | #35 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #230 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #79 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland | #187 | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #87 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo | #13 | @ MIN | Mick Abel | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano | #23 | vs DET | Casey Mize | #47 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #57 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena | #40 | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #53 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #179 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget | #272 | vs NYY | Luis Gil | #225 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | vs NYY | Max Fried | #21 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #230 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ BAL | Brandon Young | #168 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen | #216 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson | #132 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #78 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease | |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera | #126 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage | #24 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon | @ TOR | Eric Lauer | ||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz | #154 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows | |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke | #58 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | #181 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #121 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton | #282 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | @ DET | Tyler Holton | #137 | |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #53 | |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser | @ DET | Jack Flaherty | #179 | |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #95 | vs TB | Griffin Jax | #67 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #109 | vs TB | Jesse Scholtens | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #79 | vs TB | Nick Martinez | #208 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 | |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #7 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter | #125 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #62 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #8 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby | #33 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #193 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #184 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | @ KC | Bailey Falter | |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | @ KC | Michael Wacha | #99 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #267 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #110 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #44 | |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina | #270 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #68 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider | |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #6 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder | |
| Thu, May 28th | vs ATL | Chris Sale | #3 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi | #164 | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #54 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #29 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #80 | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #68 | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #85 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #6 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt | #175 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers | ||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban | #229 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #149 | @ TB | Ian Seymour | #60 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | Chase Burns | @ TB | Nick Martinez | #208 | |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #221 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #26 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #85 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter | |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson | #249 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom | #12 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | #66 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #87 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #79 | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher | #158 |
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #24 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #12 | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #31 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #39 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | #66 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes | #193 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #230 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie | #103 | @ COL | Sean Sullivan | #236 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #82 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #187 |
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki | #102 | vs NYY | Will Warren | #69 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 |
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon | #32 |
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #49 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas | |
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #78 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #34 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #262 | vs WSH | Brad Lord | #223 |
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers | #16 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri | #239 |
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | @ LAA | Ryan Johnson | #170 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #216 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz | #154 |
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #73 | ||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #146 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #121 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #28 | |
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #24 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta | #51 |
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 | @ NYM | Zac Thornton | #122 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #184 | vs TB | Mason Englert | #167 |
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #254 | vs TB | Ian Seymour | #60 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #91 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan | |
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #85 | |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #82 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #142 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #24 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | Eury Perez | #22 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | |
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | Janson Junk | #138 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 |
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ ATH | Jack Perkins | #171 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | @ ATH | Gage Jump | ||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | Gabriel Hughes | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez | #251 | |
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #198 | @ ATH | Mason Barnett | #278 |
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | Carson Whisenhunt | @ LAD | Edgardo Henriquez | ||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #71 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | |
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #191 | vs CWS | Davis Martin | #73 |
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | Mitch Bratt | vs CWS | Sean Burke | #58 | |
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | Kohl Drake | #123 | vs CWS | Luis Castillo | #97 |
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | Ronel Blanco | #207 | vs ATH | Jack Perkins | #171 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #185 | vs ATH | Gage Jump | |
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | Cristian Javier | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | ||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #11 | @ TOR | Jameson Taillon | |
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #62 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease | |
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | Dustin May | #35 | @ TOR | Jose Soriano | #23 |
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer | #127 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #20 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #63 | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #27 |
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #80 | @ PIT | Lake Bachar | #156 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #28 | vs ARI | Mitch Bratt | |
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | Zac Thornton | #122 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #146 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | Robert Stock | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | |
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #110 | vs SF | Logan Webb | |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | Dean Kremer | #81 | vs SF | Blade Tidwell | |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 | vs SF | Matt Wilkinson | #150 |
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #77 | |
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes | #14 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | #247 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #142 |
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 | |
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez | #208 | @ NYY | Max Fried | #21 |
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #26 | @ NYY | Will Warren | #69 |
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | Brady Singer | #221 | vs SEA | George Kirby | #33 |
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #169 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo | #13 |
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson | #241 | vs SEA | Bryce Miller | #31 |
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ BAL | Brandon Young | #168 | |||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | Max Fried | #21 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #85 |
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon | #32 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt | #175 |
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #213 | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez | #64 |
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | Riley Cornelio | #197 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers | #16 |
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | Jackson Kent | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | #170 | |
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | Anthony Molina | #192 | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #184 |
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | Cesar Perdomo | #252 | vs KC | Randy Dobnak | #254 |
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | Logan Webb | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #91 | |
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #187 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #12 |
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | Mason Adams | #166 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #39 |
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | Tanner Gordon | #222 | @ TEX | Tyler Alexander | #159 |
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #247 | @ TB | Ian Seymour | #60 |
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #22 | @ TB | Freddy Peralta | #51 |
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #77 | @ TB | Griffin Jax | #67 |
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | Brock Stewart | vs CLE | Parker Messick | #29 | |
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | vs CLE | Foster Griffin | #54 |
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow | #10 | vs CLE | Daniel Espino | |
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | vs CHC | David Peterson | #61 |
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka | #48 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga | #49 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #53 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget | #272 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #97 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May | #35 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | ||||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean | #28 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | Dustin May | #35 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki | #102 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #3 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | |||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | |||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | Taylor Clarke | ||||
