AAA · P · Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NYY)
Hayden Merda
B/T R/R · 6' 6" · 245 lb · born Ladera Ranch, CA, USA · age 26 · draft 2022 rd 17 · played P 39
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-05): 4 G · 6.1 IP · 4.26 ERA · 13 SO · 1.58 WHIP
46 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Merda, a 2022 17-round pick out of Ladera Ranch, CA, has 18 strikeouts in 10.0 innings for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this year. No MLB debut yet. The stuff grade put him on our arms board. Watchlist, not call — stuff is not command, but stuff comes first.
Current signals
The read: Merda's stuff grade of 0.60 ranks in the 93rd percentile of the 789 AAA arms we track (median 0.05). Stuff is not command — watchlist, not a call — but stuff comes first.
- Stuff-lite
- 0.5994
- Pitches
- 206
- Age
- 26
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The line
| Year | Team | Lvl | G | IP | W–L | SV | ERA | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tampa Tarpons | A | 21 | 95.2 | 3–6 | 0 | 6.21 | 96 | 1.64 |
| 2025 | Hudson Valley Renegades | A+ | 22 | 29.1 | 1–1 | 1 | 3.68 | 43 | 1.19 |
| 2025 | Somerset Patriots | AA | 22 | 24.2 | 3–1 | 1 | 4.38 | 21 | 1.42 |
| 2026 | Somerset Patriots | AA | 32 | 41.2 | 2–3 | 2 | 3.67 | 67 | 1.25 |
| 2026 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | AAA | 7 | 10.0 | 1–0 | 1 | 6.30 | 18 | 1.60 |
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