Whit Merrifield — OGILVIE

Whit Merrifield2B Atlanta Braves

Age 37 R/R 6'1" / 195 lbs MLB BB -5% Svc 10.000 · Ctrl thru 2026 peak 1.0 · 2026

wRC+†vL 7196vR 80

AVG/OBP/SLG.256 / .325 / .360

PA256

HR4

SB12

K%16

BB%9

xwOBA.300

Barrel%2.4%

MLB%100%

Scouting · now → future

HIT

50→50

PWR

35→35

SPD

60→60

EYE

57↘55

trajectory · 10 yrs

0.6peak

2026

Barrel%

102.4

xwOBA

430.300

Avg EV

1084.1

Whiff%

820.077

Chase%

700.277

Speed

9029.0

Bat Spd

1063.4

Contract

ESTIMATED · service-time + WAR-based estimator (needs verification)

Status FA

MLB Debut 2016

Service 10.000 yrs.days

Team Control Through 2026

First FA Year 2027

Year	Status	Salary	Proj WAR	Value	Surplus
2026	Ext / FA-deal	$5M	+1.0	$8M	+$3M
Totals		$5M		$8M	+$3M

Career Projections (MLE)

All seasons translated to park-neutral MLB-equivalent (MLE) and combined per year. 2026 = actual YTD + projected ROS + total. 2027+ via Advanced Marcel + aging curve.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2010	21	A	Burlington Bees	209	191	43	6	3	4	10	52	3	5	3	.225	.275	.351	.625	.126	.287	25	5	.263	59	-10	-0	+0	+1	+6	-0.3
2011	22	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	547	496	110	25	2	5	33	130	4	24	14	.222	.276	.310	.586	.089	.288	24	6	.252	51	-30	-1	+0	+2	+15	-1.4
2012	23	A+	3 teams	623	568	120	22	3	12	35	145	4	37	7	.211	.262	.324	.586	.113	.259	23	6	.255	53	-33	+5	+0	+2	+18	-0.9
2013	24	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	353	329	78	17	5	3	15	76	2	17	7	.237	.275	.347	.621	.109	.298	22	4	.265	61	-16	+1	+0	+1	+10	-0.4
2014	25	AAA	3 teams	568	528	140	36	4	6	27	114	3	18	11	.265	.305	.383	.687	.117	.325	20	5	.297	85	-9	-1	+0	+2	+16	0.8
2015	26	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	594	559	124	24	4	3	24	85	4	32	9	.222	.259	.295	.554	.073	.255	14	4	.246	46	-36	+3	+0	+2	+17	-1.4
2016	27	MLB	2 teams	636	592	149	38	2	8	34	141	2	28	5	.252	.295	.363	.658	.111	.315	22	5	.288	78	-16	+4	-1	+2	+18	0.7
2017	28	MLB	2 teams	667	621	183	35	6	22	30	93	7	35	9	.295	.334	.477	.811	.182	.313	14	4	.347	124	+18	+3	+3	+2	+19	4.6
2018	29	MLB	Kansas City Royals	707	632	194	42	3	13	61	114	6	45	10	.307	.373	.445	.818	.138	.354	16	9	.355	130	+24	+5	+4	+3	+20	5.6
2019	30	MLB	Kansas City Royals	735	681	204	38	9	18	45	126	5	20	10	.300	.347	.461	.809	.162	.344	17	6	.347	124	+20	+0	-3	+3	+21	4.1
2020	31	MLB	Kansas City Royals	265	248	67	12	0	9	12	33	4	12	3	.270	.314	.427	.742	.157	.280	12	5	.322	105	+1	+1	+3	-3	+8	1.0
2021	32	MLB	Kansas City Royals	720	664	180	40	3	10	40	103	4	40	4	.271	.316	.386	.702	.114	.302	14	6	.305	91	-7	+6	+4	+3	+20	2.7
2022	33	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	550	504	130	30	1	10	38	85	0	16	5	.258	.310	.381	.691	.123	.288	15	7	.302	89	-7	+1	+2	+2	+16	1.5
2023	34	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	592	547	157	28	0	12	36	101	3	26	10	.287	.334	.404	.738	.117	.330	17	6	.319	102	+1	+1	-2	+2	+17	2.0
2024	35	MLB	Atlanta Braves	335	293	66	9	3	4	35	52	3	17	3	.225	.314	.317	.632	.092	.262	16	10	.285	76	-9	+2	-2	+1	+9	0.2
▸ 2026 Season
2026	37	MLB	ATL	256	230	59	9	1	4	22	42	2	12	2	.257	.327	.357	.683	.100	.297	16	9	.311	96	-1	+2	+1	+1	+7	1.0
▸ 2027+ Projections — Projections at projected PA · Park-neutral MLB equivalent · Marcel + aging curve
2027	38	MLB	ATL	167	150	38	6	1	2	14	28	1	7	1	.253	.321	.347	.668	.093	.292	17	8	.300	88	-2	+1	-7	+1	+5	-0.3
▸ Career Totals (MLE all levels + projections)
Career	—			8524	7833	2042	417	50	145	511	1520	57	391	113	.261	.311	.382	.693	.122	.304	18	6	.301	88	-111	+33	+2	+27	+242	19.6
/ 162G	—			650	597	156	32	4	11	39	116	4	30	9	.261	.310	.384	.694	.122	.305	18	6	.301	88	-8	+2	+0	+2	+18	1.5

Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Actual MLB + MiLB stats as they happened, one row per stint at each level. Use this to see what really got recorded; the table above shows MLB-equivalent translations + projections.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2010	21	A	Burlington Bees	209	186	47	8	3	5	15	42	3	5	3	.253	.319	.409	.727	.156	.300	20	7	.317	101	+0	-0	—	—	+6	0.6
2011	22	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	547	477	125	30	3	5	52	89	4	24	14	.262	.340	.369	.709	.107	.310	16	10	.314	98	-1	-1	—	—	+15	1.4
2012	23	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	106	96	25	2	1	1	8	19	0	3	2	.260	.317	.333	.651	.073	.312	18	8	.291	81	-2	-0	—	—	+3	0.1
2012	23	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	439	380	96	20	3	8	41	70	4	25	4	.253	.332	.384	.716	.132	.287	16	9	.313	98	-1	+3	—	—	+12	1.5
2012	23	INTL	Surprise Saguaros	78	68	17	1	0	1	10	8	0	9	1	.250	.346	.309	.655	.059	.271	10	13	.307	93	-1	+1	—	—	+2	0.3
2013	24	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	353	322	87	20	5	3	22	57	2	17	7	.270	.321	.391	.712	.121	.318	16	6	.312	97	-1	+1	—	—	+10	1.0
2014	25	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	345	321	109	28	3	3	17	52	2	11	7	.340	.376	.474	.850	.134	.394	15	5	.372	143	+17	-1	—	—	+10	2.6
2014	25	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	190	162	45	13	1	5	22	27	1	5	4	.278	.368	.463	.831	.185	.305	14	12	.360	133	+7	-1	—	—	+5	1.2
2014	25	INTL	Tomateros de Culiacan	33	31	4	1	0	0	2	9	0	2	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	.032	.182	27	6	.163	-17	-4	+0	—	—	+1	-0.3
2015	26	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	594	544	144	29	5	5	39	66	4	32	9	.265	.319	.364	.683	.099	.292	11	7	.305	91	-6	+3	—	—	+17	1.4
2016	27	MLB	Kansas City Royals	332	311	88	22	3	2	19	72	0	8	3	.283	.324	.392	.717	.109	.361	22	6	.318	102	+1	+0	-1	+2	+9	1.2
2016	27	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	304	274	73	19	0	8	22	55	2	20	2	.266	.326	.423	.749	.157	.302	18	7	.327	109	+3	+3	—	—	+9	1.5
2017	28	MLB	Kansas City Royals	630	587	169	32	6	19	29	88	6	34	8	.288	.328	.460	.788	.172	.308	14	5	.343	121	+15	+4	+3	+2	+18	4.2
2017	28	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	37	34	14	4	0	3	1	4	1	1	1	.412	.444	.794	1.239	.382	.393	11	3	.517	254	+6	-0	—	—	+1	0.7
2018	29	MLB	Kansas City Royals	707	632	192	43	3	12	61	114	6	45	10	.304	.371	.438	.809	.134	.352	16	9	.358	132	+26	+5	+4	+3	+20	5.8
2019	30	MLB	Kansas City Royals	735	681	206	41	10	16	45	126	5	20	10	.302	.350	.463	.813	.160	.350	17	6	.358	132	+27	+0	-3	+3	+21	4.8
2020	31	MLB	Kansas City Royals	265	248	70	12	0	9	12	33	4	12	3	.282	.326	.440	.765	.157	.295	12	5	.339	117	+5	+1	+3	-3	+8	1.4
2021	32	MLB	Kansas City Royals	720	664	184	42	3	10	40	103	4	40	4	.277	.322	.395	.717	.117	.309	14	6	.316	100	-0	+6	+4	+3	+20	3.4
2022	33	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	550	504	126	28	1	11	38	85	0	16	5	.250	.303	.375	.678	.125	.276	15	7	.300	87	-8	+1	+2	+2	+16	1.4
2023	34	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	592	547	149	27	0	11	36	101	3	26	10	.272	.321	.382	.703	.110	.313	17	6	.313	98	-2	+1	-2	+2	+17	1.7
2024	35	MLB	Atlanta Braves	335	293	65	9	3	4	35	52	3	17	3	.222	.311	.314	.625	.092	.257	16	10	.286	77	-9	+2	-2	+1	+9	0.2
▸ Career Totals (raw MLB only — historical actual)
MLB Career	—			4866	4467	1249	256	29	94	315	774	31	218	56	.280	.331	.413	.744	.133	.317	16	6	.329	110	+55	+21	+8	+15	+138	24.1

Career Path Comps

What happened to players with a similar stat profile at this age · Y-axis: wRC+ (100 = league avg, 150 = elite, 80 = below) · Bands: P10–P90 outer, P25–P75 inner · Gold: OGILVIE projection

		Scouting				At Match Age									Next 3 Yrs									Peak 3 Yrs
Comp	Age	HIT	PWR	SPD	EYE	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR
Whit Merrifield (OGILVIE)	37	50	35	60	55	.256/.325/.360	.104	.297	4	12	16%	9%	96	+0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
✕Eric Young Sr. 2004 · MLB	37	55→62	43→45	53→60	57	.264/.330/.382	.118	.272	10	28	8%	8%	104	+2.0	.256/.339/.371	.115	.271	8	23	9%	10%	105	+2.1	.250/.340/.353	.103	.269	5	22	8%	11%	98	+0.7
✕Miguel Flores 2008 · AAA	37	58→61	38→40	54→55	53	.273/.324/.354	.081	.288	6	21	8%	7%	93	+1.3	.266/.316/.343	.077	.289	5	16	10%	7%	86	+0.8	.290/.343/.350	.060	.317	2	14	8%	7%	96	+0.8
✕So Taguchi 2007 · MLB	38	55→58	42→45	52→50	51	.266/.320/.378	.111	.298	9	16	14%	7%	98	+1.6	.257/.321/.350	.093	.288	7	13	13%	7%	92	+1.2	.250/.318/.322	.073	.279	5	11	12%	7%	82	+0.2
✕Scott Podsednik 2012 · MLB	36	58→65	41→45	57→65	50	.277/.328/.380	.103	.317	7	28	15%	7%	101	+1.8	.251/.295/.330	.079	.299	6	21	17%	6%	74	-0.1	.260/.295/.302	.042	.310	2	25	16%	4%	65	-0.5
✕Rajai Davis 2018 · MLB	37	48→58	46→50	62→70	47	.237/.294/.372	.134	.287	12	40	22%	7%	85	+0.7	.230/.282/.339	.109	.288	11	36	23%	6%	72	-0.2	.224/.269/.314	.090	.284	9	39	24%	4%	57	-0.6
✕Tom Goodwin 2004 · MLB	36	52→56	40→45	62→65	50	.251/.305/.349	.098	.296	7	41	18%	7%	84	+0.6	.237/.295/.344	.107	.287	8	27	19%	7%	79	+0.3	.198/.254/.274	.076	.250	0	26	19%	7%	42	-0.4
✕Henry Mateo 2014 · AAA	37	58→65	38→45	57→60	47	.276/.323/.359	.083	.327	5	28	17%	6%	94	+1.3	.249/.296/.329	.080	.299	4	20	17%	5%	75	-0.0	.249/.298/.318	.069	.299	2	20	17%	6%	70	-0.3
✕Willy Taveras 2017 · AAA	35	51→61	42→45	58→65	43	.248/.299/.359	.111	.297	9	25	20%	5%	84	+0.6	.253/.305/.375	.122	.308	12	20	21%	4%	92	+1.2	.261/.315/.385	.124	.320	13	22	22%	4%	95	+1.1
✕Dave Roberts 2008 · MLB	36	57→61	41→45	68→65	57	.268/.339/.383	.115	.303	5	38	13%	10%	107	+2.2	.251/.332/.368	.117	.293	8	25	16%	11%	101	+1.8	.239/.349/.348	.109	.282	6	18	15%	15%	97	+0.4
✕Ramon Valdez 2013 · AAA	36	55	38→30	55	49	.258/.321/.337	.079	.291	5	24	13%	6%	89	+0.9	.247/.327/.331	.084	.283	6	19	14%	8%	90	+1.0	.234/.348/.275	.041	.275	0	15	12%	10%	82	+0.1
✕Lenny Harris 2002 · MLB	37	50	42→45	56→60	54	.239/.295/.345	.106	.251	9	19	9%	7%	79	+0.3	.246/.303/.344	.098	.264	8	11	10%	7%	82	+0.5	.254/.317/.332	.078	.276	6	8	10%	8%	78	+0.1
●Mark McLemore 2002 · MLB	37	55→60	40→45	60	64	.259/.358/.359	.101	.303	6	35	16%	14%	109	+2.4	.255/.353/.362	.107	.304	8	22	16%	13%	108	+2.3	.247/.350/.343	.096	.292	6	13	16%	13%	98	+1.0
✕Miguel Cairo 2011 · MLB	37	53→58	41→45	52→55	48	.253/.303/.356	.103	.284	8	11	14%	6%	85	+0.7	.241/.295/.363	.122	.265	12	11	14%	6%	84	+0.6	.228/.281/.346	.118	.246	12	10	13%	5%	71	-0.1
✕Jarrod Dyson 2021 · MLB	36	45→55	41→40	60→70	55	.220/.298/.308	.088	.256	9	34	18%	10%	72	-0.2	.220/.283/.317	.097	.273	8	26	21%	8%	67	-0.5	.194/.248/.252	.058	.254	0	40	22%	7%	35	-0.7
✕Jolbert Cabrera 2011 · MLB	38	54→51	45→50	52→50	43	.264/.307/.396	.132	.314	12	12	20%	5%	98	+1.6	.254/.292/.398	.144	.296	15	8	19%	4%	92	+1.2	.258/.288/.416	.158	.294	17	2	19%	3%	95	+1.0
✕Justin Christian 2015 · MLB	35	50→57	42→45	52→65	47	.241/.292/.353	.112	.270	8	16	14%	6%	80	+0.4	.231/.284/.342	.111	.265	10	16	16%	6%	74	-0.1	.222/.278/.300	.077	.251	8	21	14%	6%	56	-0.4
✕Royce Clayton 2007 · MLB	37	55→57	39→45	49→50	48	.260/.313/.355	.095	.314	5	13	18%	7%	89	+0.9	.239/.294/.338	.099	.305	6	11	22%	7%	76	+0.1	.223/.275/.307	.084	.307	2	5	26%	6%	58	-0.5
✕Grégor Blanco 2019 · MLB	35	47→57	41→45	56→60	50	.226/.294/.329	.104	.292	8	18	24%	9%	75	-0.0	.218/.284/.350	.132	.279	14	14	26%	8%	76	+0.1	.200/.272/.336	.136	.248	17	13	26%	9%	67	-0.4
✕Manny Rodriguez 2019 · AAA	37	50→60	48→55	52→50	46	.251/.294/.390	.139	.274	16	17	16%	5%	91	+1.1	.221/.267/.323	.102	.258	10	6	18%	6%	61	-1.0	.208/.254/.290	.082	.242	8	0	18%	5%	46	-1.8
✕Nyjer Morgan 2016 · MLB	36	47→57	45→40	53→65	47	.233/.293/.358	.125	.285	13	15	23%	8%	82	+0.5	.241/.307/.372	.131	.278	13	21	18%	7%	92	+1.2	.242/.311/.368	.126	.276	13	26	17%	7%	90	+0.8

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Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

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Career Projections (MLE)