Head to head · 2026 batting

Jackson Merrill vs Brent Rooker

So far in 2026 Jackson Merrill has been worth 4.0 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.

Jackson Merrill SD

Brent Rooker ATH

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Brent Rooker
G	151	48
PA	641	203
H	151	36
HR	26	10
RBI	86	29
SB	26	2
AVG	.255	.200
OBP	.305	.281
SLG	.447	.389
OPS	.751	.670
ISO	.191	.189
BB%	6.2%	9.4%
K%	24.0%	32.0%
wOBA	.325	.294
wRC+	110	75
WAR	3.6	-0.4

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	Jackson Merrill	Brent Rooker
G	419	573
PA	1,717	2,312
H	429	522
2B	81	103
3B	17	6
HR	66	119
RBI	243	322
BB	102	210
SO	363	655
SB	43	23
AVG	.271	.254
SLG	.468	.484
WAR	11.4	9.5

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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.