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Player

Jackson Merrill

SDCFBats LThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

2,400

Chase%

36.8%

Zone swing%

77.8%

Whiff%

24.8%

xwOBA

0.347

Barrel%

12.8%

Hard-hit%

48.8%

Avg EV

90.6 mph

Swing Decision Value

70

Decision

71

Contact

80

Damage

29

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball85735.7%25.5%31.3%0.351
Changeup29612.3%24.2%37.7%0.301
Sinker28211.8%10.1%29.7%0.410
Slider27311.4%29.8%43.5%0.326
Cutter2108.8%29.3%37.0%0.410
Sweeper1546.4%27.7%39.3%0.325
Curveball1506.3%23.4%42.2%0.362
Splitter1134.7%26.2%42.1%0.316
Knuckle Curve411.7%41.4%60.0%0.178
Unknown130.5%
Slurve50.2%0.0%33.3%
Eephus40.2%0.0%33.3%
Slow Curve10.0%
Fastball10.0%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.