"I don't think that should be the focus. I think the focus should be winning baseball games against every team. I don't think focusing on the Dodgers is going to help us win at all. I think when you focus on a certain team, when you get to play that team, you're going to tense up and you're not gonna be the same team."
"We've got to go into that series like we're playing anybody else, that's how it is. Everybody has a good baseball team nowadays. Nobody's bad, pitching is good everywhere. They might have added a couple of bats and stuff, but we've got to go in and we've got to play hard. Thats the only way were going to beat them."
Jackson Merrill downplayed the Dodgers' offseason additions and urged focus on winning games against every team rather than fixating on a single opponent. The Dodgers added All-Stars Kyle Tucker and Edwin Díaz and entered the season favored to win the NL West again. In 2025 Los Angeles won nine of 13 games against San Diego and outscored the Padres by seven runs, finishing three games ahead in the division. San Diego exited the playoffs in the Wild Card round against the Chicago Cubs. Games between the teams have grown more heated, including bench-clearing incidents and multiple hit batters.
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