Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series batting

Jackson Merrill vs Seiya Suzuki

In 2026 Seiya Suzuki has been worth 0.3 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.

Jackson Merrill SD

Seiya Suzuki CHC

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	Jackson Merrill	Seiya Suzuki
G	2	2
PA	8	8
H	4	2
HR	0	0
RBI	2	0
BB	1	1
SO	2	2
SB	1	0
AVG	.571	.286
OBP	.625	.375
SLG	.571	.286
OPS	1.196	.661

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Seiya Suzuki
G	16	10
PA	64	40
H	16	9
HR	2	3
RBI	9	5
BB	5	2
SO	16	12
SB	2	0
AVG	.281	.237
OBP	.333	.275
SLG	.474	.553
OPS	.807	.828

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Seiya Suzuki
G	157	143
PA	664	634
H	156	147
HR	26	26
RBI	87	86
SB	27	3
AVG	.254	.270
OBP	.303	.368
SLG	.440	.473
OPS	.743	.841
ISO	.186	.204
BB%	6.2%	12.8%
K%	24.1%	24.4%
wOBA	.322	.368
wRC+	106	134
WAR	3.6	3.9

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	Jackson Merrill	Seiya Suzuki
G	425	673
PA	1,740	2,899
H	434	683
2B	82	142
3B	17	18
HR	66	113
RBI	244	382
BB	103	316
SO	369	719
SB	44	39
AVG	.270	.269
SLG	.465	.472
WAR	11.3	15.4

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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.