Jackson Merrill is a Gold 82 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, 85 Fielding, and 82 Contact. 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 (76.7) and Designated Hitter (65.7) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Center Fielder, at every difficulty. At Center Fielder the card scores 76.7 on All-Star, 79.4 on Hall of Fame, and 79.7 on Legend — it keeps 104% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Center Fielders the card ranks #98 on All-Star and #101 on Hall of Fame.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Jackson Merrill currently buys for about 989 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the price has held roughly steady. Its quick-sell value of 900 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Jackson Merrill earns an OpScore of 79.7 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1025 among all cards and #101 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. Across the season so far, 55% of the cards Radar flags go on to be upgraded, against a 26% background rate across all scored cards — 2.1× better than chance (n=1,061).