Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill is a Gold 81 OVR Center Fielder card for the Padres, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Jackson Merrill's standout tools are 97 Arm Strength and 85 Fielding. His profile leans toward defense in the field. Notable quirks include Breaking Ball Hitter and Situational Hitter from a total of 4 quirks.

Jackson Merrill is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Center Fielder (76.5) and Designated Hitter (65.2) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Center Fielder, at every difficulty. At Center Fielder the card scores 76.5 on All-Star, 78.5 on Hall of Fame, and 78.6 on Legend — it keeps 103% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Center Fielders the card ranks #114 on All-Star and #121 on Legend.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Jackson Merrill currently buys for about 875 stubs, with sell orders near 600 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 30%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 185 stubs, about a 31% return. DiamondOps flags the card as currently overpriced.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Jackson Merrill earns an OpScore of 78.6 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1209 among all cards and #121 among Center Fielders.

Live Series cards like Jackson Merrill's are the ones Diamond Radar scores: it reads a player's real MLB production and predicts what the next roster update will do to the card — the predicted rating, the tier jump, and how likely the upgrade is. Ratings only move at a roster update, and not every Live Series card is scored in a given window. Model v11: of the 162 cards it scored 70 or above in its 1 graded update, 72% were upgraded, against 21% by chance: 3.5× better.