The Padres are fond of saying all they strive to do is score one more run than the other team each day. But privately, most ...

Nevertheless, not every young player would display the maturity Merrill is showing amid one of the worst stretches of his big ...

Say this much for San Diego Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill. When he snaps a slump, he doesn’t do it with a bloop ...

Merrill has teetered between flashes of pure brilliance and stretches of utter frustration. He is an outstanding athlete who ...

SAN DIEGO — Jackson Merrill broke out of a slump with two home runs off All-Star Zack Wheeler, and Manny Machado hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning for the San Diego Padres, who won ...

Shildt has had no issue using Merrill despite his offensive woes. Merrill has played excellent defense, twice robbing home runs during his slump. One of them was in a 1-0 win Tuesday night over the ...

Jackson Merrill worried this might happen. Earlier this week, as Merrill toiled through the worst slump of his young career, ...

The first half of the season concludes Sunday, and the Padres now have evidence for their professed faith that Jackson Merrill will return to being a significant ...