Head to head · 2026 batting

Jarren Duran vs Jackson Merrill

So far in 2026 Jackson Merrill has been worth 4.2 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.

Jarren Duran BOS

Jackson Merrill SD

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jarren Duran	Jackson Merrill
G	144	151
PA	588	641
H	110	151
HR	20	26
RBI	69	86
SB	19	26
AVG	.206	.255
OBP	.262	.305
SLG	.364	.447
OPS	.626	.751
ISO	.159	.191
BB%	6.3%	6.2%
K%	27.7%	24.0%
wOBA	.273	.325
wRC+	67	110
WAR	-0.6	3.6

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, 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 table above.
Statistic	Jarren Duran	Jackson Merrill
G	650	419
PA	2,716	1,717
H	626	429
2B	155	81
3B	39	17
HR	70	66
RBI	295	243
BB	193	102
SO	685	363
SB	110	43
AVG	.254	.271
SLG	.433	.468
WAR	11.8	11.4

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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.