Dynasty: too close to call. Redraft: Brice Turang. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has them nearly level, Turang #42 and Merrill #43, and the expert consensus agrees (#34 and #52). The community rates them even, FRV 69.8 and 70.1. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has Turang ahead, #33 to #53, but the rest-of-season engine has Merrill ahead ($25 to $12).
JD on Brice Turang (Jun 10, 2026): There's an interesting fallacy that occurs with glove-first guys where they get over-indexed on how good they are defensively and their offensive improvement seems to go unnoticed or under-appreciated (trade-marking the glove-first fallacy). I definitely was susceptible to this for a while because I always thought of Turang as a glove-first guy who was decently valuable in fantasy but was never worth paying too much attention to. At this point he has put together 900 plate appearances of elite offensive statistics and continues to hit in an incredibly strong lineup on a daily basis. If you were lucky enough to have Turang, I'd stick him in second base and forget about it for the time being because he's going to be a stalwart at the position for years to come. Sad to say I'm not one of the people who gets to enjoy the upside.
JD on Jackson Merrill (Aug 3, 2026): Seems like Merrill might be back and I'm fully ready to buy in again. It's important to remember that he's still only 24 years old and most players still don't even hit their peak until 27-28 years old, so he theoretically still should be improving and getting stronger over the next couple of years. As for today, he's hitting over .300 over the last 30 days and contributing in all 5 categories. If you are in an OBP league then he probably gets knocked down a peg due to his poor walk rate (6.4%), but even in his breakout 2024 he had an abysmal walk rate (4.9%). If Merrill gets to 25/30 this year and pushes his average up around .250-.260 I think he enters next year as a top 50 dynasty asset universally, and the path to get there for him is pretty straight forward.
Data as of . Consensus boards refresh daily; the staff board moves when it is republished.
| Metric | Brice Turang | Jackson Merrill |
|---|---|---|
| Team | MIL | SD |
| Position | 2B | OF |
| Age | 26 | 23 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #42 | #43 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #34 | #52 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #33 | #53 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 69.8 | 70.1 |
| Expert Sources | 11 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #24–#64 | #15–#87 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | $12 | $25 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | $27 | $25 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | #85 | #41 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Down 3 spots | Up 17 spots |
| Stat | Brice Turang | Jackson Merrill |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 658 | 649 |
| HR | 19 | 26 |
| R | 97 | 82 |
| RBI | 93 | 86 |
| SB | 19 | 26 |
| AVG | .264 | .254 |
| OBP | .364 | .302 |
| SLG | .437 | .442 |
| OPS | .801 | .745 |
| wOBA | .353 | .321 |
| xwOBA | .342 | .347 |
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