Jake Meyers
CF | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 13, #391, Houston Astros | Nebraska
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 160 150 13 34 1 2 .227 .269 .313 .582
2023 341 309 42 70 10 5 .227 .296 .382 .678
2024 107 96 12 29 5 2 .302 .368 .552 .920
4 Seasons 771 701 89 171 22 12 .244 .306 .402 .708
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .227 1 2 .582
2023 .227 10 5 .678
2024 .302 5 2 .920
4 Seasons .244 22 12 .708
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 25 655 99 10 10.1 6.1 89.5 111.0 9.9 40.4 .247 .426 .328 .321 .432 36.4 30.7 6.1
2022 26 635 97 5 5.2 3.1 87.3 107.8 7.2 30.9 .205 .292 .258 .251 .351 37.1 33.8 4.4
2023 27 1325 222 14 6.3 4.1 86.0 108.3 13.9 34.7 .213 .357 .297 .283 .337 27.9 25.8 7.6
2024 28 344 71 7 9.9 6.9 92.6 110.0 15.6 39.4 .303 .513 .389 .383 .452 46.5 20.6 6.9
Player 2959 489 36 7.4 4.7 87.9 111.0 12.0 35.8 .230 .378 .307 .298 .376 34.2 27.8 6.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 44.4 24.2 29.3 2.0 30.3 41.4 28.3 4.0 33.3 18.2 26.3 8.1 10.1 6.1
2022 53.6 16.5 25.8 4.1 42.3 39.2 18.6 6.2 41.2 15.5 25.8 5.2 5.2 3.1
2023 41.9 30.6 21.2 6.3 40.1 32.4 27.5 4.1 33.3 29.3 20.3 6.8 6.3 4.1
2024 36.6 31.0 29.6 2.8 47.9 38.0 14.1 2.8 22.5 25.4 28.2 11.3 9.9 6.9
Player 44.0 26.6 24.9 4.5 39.7 36.4 23.9 4.3 33.3 23.7 23.7 7.4 7.4 4.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 2 110 32.0 43 .293 .634 .401 13.1 14.0 18.8 .345 .618 .423 54.3
2024 Slider 3.6 3 88 25.6 20 .294 .588 .420 52.6 20.0 16.0 .325 .557 .424 46.2
2024 Sinker 2.3 1 44 12.8 12 .600 .700 .596 20.0 8.3 12.5 .398 .452 .429 33.3
2024 Changeup 0.9 0 37 10.8 6 .167 .167 .150 50.0 50.0 23.1 .167 .197 .158 33.3
2024 Sweeper -10.1 -2 19 5.5 7 .000 .000 .100 33.3 42.9 37.5 .137 .190 .221 0.0
2024 Cutter 6.6 1 17 4.9 7 .250 1.000 .567 16.7 0.0 0.0 .343 1.051 .615 60.0
2024 Curveball 4.5 1 16 4.7 2 .500 .500 .450 75.0 50.0 16.7 .298 .322 .271 100.0
2024 Split-Finger -5.4 -1 10 2.9 3 .000 .000 .000 83.3 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve -8.2 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .069 .078 .064 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 374 28.2 103 .222 .356 .299 18.1 21.4 17.7 .215 .340 .290 34.8
2023 Slider -1.3 -4 273 20.6 61 .182 .273 .246 36.9 37.7 24.7 .187 .297 .253 28.1
2023 Sinker 1.6 3 209 15.8 53 .383 .638 .466 12.8 18.9 21.7 .325 .526 .403 40.5
2023 Curveball -1.9 -2 128 9.7 31 .107 .250 .260 30.2 25.8 17.8 .170 .337 .261 10.0
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 127 9.6 34 .235 .324 .271 40.6 26.5 17.3 .172 .298 .199 12.0
2023 Sweeper 0.2 0 98 7.4 27 .222 .481 .293 29.2 22.2 14.3 .271 .444 .302 33.3
2023 Cutter -0.8 -1 75 5.7 21 .222 .444 .340 25.6 19.0 22.2 .153 .319 .269 7.1
2023 Split-Finger -7.3 -2 24 1.8 7 .000 .000 .100 83.3 71.4 45.5 .012 .012 .110 0.0
2023 Slurve -4.8 0 4 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .011 .013 .010 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -4 216 34.0 52 .188 .250 .248 24.8 34.6 23.7 .225 .383 .296 46.7
2022 Slider -1.4 -2 112 17.6 25 .160 .320 .171 41.3 44.0 22.0 .111 .143 .111 21.4
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 87 13.7 17 .250 .375 .294 27.3 23.5 16.7 .217 .286 .246 33.3
2022 Sinker 2.4 2 72 11.3 22 .450 .650 .495 16.2 18.2 28.6 .262 .340 .299 56.3
2022 Changeup -1.2 -1 67 10.6 21 .200 .200 .248 43.6 38.1 29.6 .170 .200 .190 16.7
2022 Cutter 0.8 0 34 5.4 10 .333 .333 .270 33.3 20.0 28.6 .398 .520 .512 25.0
2022 Sweeper 1.8 1 30 4.7 7 .167 .167 .229 54.5 57.1 66.7 .159 .190 .233 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -8.4 -1 13 2.0 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 40.0 22.2 .090 .095 .084 33.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 6 195 29.8 49 .439 .756 .545 20.8 24.5 17.9 .342 .601 .437 53.3
2021 Slider 1.4 2 157 24.0 36 .200 .400 .317 44.1 30.6 22.0 .223 .479 .350 40.0
2021 Sinker -2.9 -3 101 15.4 26 .250 .292 .258 17.6 19.2 23.8 .267 .327 .279 35.0
2021 Curveball -3.3 -2 73 11.1 15 .133 .133 .120 21.7 40.0 20.0 .140 .219 .153 11.1
2021 Changeup -1.4 -1 61 9.3 22 .136 .364 .205 60.0 54.5 46.2 .138 .303 .185 30.0
2021 Cutter -0.6 0 51 7.8 9 .250 .375 .317 13.0 11.1 7.1 .308 .481 .373 14.3
2021 Sweeper -2.6 0 10 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .070 .127 .084 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -6.0 0 7 1.1 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 50.0 100.0 .294 .322 .278 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 171 678 4 -10 4 4 2
2022 162 645 -4 -6 1 3 -6
2023 341 1,325 -11 -9 3 7 -10
2024 102 344 3 1 0 2 5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 655 47.0 67.5 78.4 26.8 53.8 43.8 28.2 46.0 29.2 6.7 77.3
2022 635 48.2 65.7 77.1 30.4 52.0 39.7 29.4 47.4 31.2 8.0 70.6
2023 1,325 50.5 69.4 81.5 26.8 47.7 40.2 39.0 48.3 26.9 7.8 78.6
2024 344 48.8 67.9 77.2 29.0 43.1 40.4 44.1 48.0 31.5 6.1 81.0
Player 2,959 49.0 68.0 79.4 27.9 49.5 40.9 35.4 47.5 28.9 7.4 76.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Swing
Length
2021 78 95 59
2022 37 89 42
2023 9 6 12 30 7 11 29 5 37 5 26 39 40 61 92 96 58
2024 92 95 89 80 87 41 70 90 67 77 54 34 17 38 90 95 57
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 26.0 6 5.1 1 2 4 2 33.3
2022 22.9 1 1.2 0 0 2 0 0.0
2023 22.6 10 9.6 0 1 8 4 40.0
2024 23.6 5 3.7 1 2 3 1 20.0
Player 23.8 22 19.5 3 5 17 7 31.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 4
2022 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0
2023 10 8 11 10 8 8 10 10 8 8 7 9 12 8 10 11 12 7 9 10 9 10 13 13 10 7 10 11 11 10 7
2024 5 2 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 3
Player 22 18 19 20 17 17 21 22 16 15 15 20 24 17 20 22 23 19 18 20 20 19 25 24 20 17 19 20 23 21 14
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 87.3 -2.2 ↓ 86.0 -1.3 ↓ 92.6 6.6 ↑
Launch Angle 9.9 7.2 -2.7 ↓ 13.9 6.7 ↑ 15.6 1.7 ↑
Barrel % 10.1 5.2 -4.9 ↓ 6.3 1.1 ↑ 9.9 3.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.4 37.1 0.7 ↑ 27.9 -9.2 ↓ 46.5 18.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.4 30.9 -9.5 ↓ 34.7 3.8 ↑ 39.4 4.7 ↑
xBA .247 .205 -0.042 ↓ .213 0.008 ↑ .303 0.090 ↑
BA .260 .227 -0.033 ↓ .227 0.000 .286 0.059 ↑
xwOBA .321 .251 -0.070 ↓ .283 0.032 ↑ .383 0.100 ↑
wOBA .328 .258 -0.070 ↓ .297 0.039 ↑ .389 0.092 ↑
xSLG .426 .292 -0.134 ↓ .357 0.065 ↑ .513 0.156 ↑
SLG .438 .313 -0.125 ↓ .382 0.069 ↑ .538 0.156 ↑
K% 30.7 33.8 3.1 ↑ 25.8 -8.0 ↓ 20.6 -5.2 ↓
BB% 6.1 4.4 -1.7 ↓ 7.6 3.2 ↑ 6.9 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 46.0 47.4 1.4 ↑ 48.3 0.9 ↑ 48.0 -0.3 ↓
Whiff% 29.2 31.2 2.0 ↑ 26.9 -4.3 ↓ 31.5 4.6 ↑
In Zone % 47.0 48.2 1.2 ↑ 50.5 2.3 ↑ 48.8 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.0 51.8 -1.2 ↓ 49.5 -2.3 ↓ 51.2 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 30.4 3.6 ↑ 26.8 -3.6 ↓ 29.0 2.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 29.4 1.2 ↑ 39.0 9.6 ↑ 44.1 5.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 63.1 1.8 ↑ 65.1 2.0 ↑ 76.5 11.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 163 12 7.4 .335 .250
2022 Shifts R 160 12 7.5 .245 .418
2023 Shades R 341 6 1.8 .296 .334
2024 Shades R 102 5 4.9 .383 .496
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 151 21.8 0.0% 5.3% 150 27.7 0.0% 33.3%
2022 186 20.5 2.2% 2.7% 100 26.1 1.0% 18.0%
2023 306 15.6 41.2% 0.3% 226 19.6 4.0% 0.9%
2024 74 14.8 51.4% 0.0% 68 18.4 8.8% 2.9%
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