Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series batting

Alex Bregman vs Jackson Merrill

In 2026 Alex Bregman has been worth 1.1 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Opponents in the 2026 Wild Card Series, where the San Diego Padres won 2-0 over the Chicago Cubs.

Alex Bregman CHC

Jackson Merrill SD

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Alex Bregman	Jackson Merrill
G	2	2
PA	8	8
H	0	4
HR	0	0
RBI	0	2
BB	0	1
SO	4	2
SB	0	1
AVG	.000	.571
OBP	.000	.625
SLG	.000	.571
OPS	.000	1.196

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Alex Bregman	Jackson Merrill
G	104	16
PA	455	64
H	91	16
HR	19	2
RBI	55	9
BB	56	5
SO	70	16
SB	3	2
AVG	.235	.281
OBP	.343	.333
SLG	.433	.474
OPS	.776	.807

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Alex Bregman	Jackson Merrill
G	155	157
PA	702	664
H	161	156
HR	28	26
RBI	93	87
SB	3	27
AVG	.265	.254
OBP	.355	.303
SLG	.464	.440
OPS	.819	.743
ISO	.199	.186
BB%	10.8%	6.2%
K%	14.5%	24.1%
wOBA	.359	.322
wRC+	127	106
WAR	4.7	3.6

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the season table.
Statistic	Alex Bregman	Jackson Merrill
G	1,378	425
PA	6,029	1,740
H	1,411	434
2B	326	82
3B	20	17
HR	237	66
RBI	818	244
BB	703	103
SO	818	369
SB	46	44
AVG	.271	.270
SLG	.479	.465
WAR	45.0	11.3

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.