Jake Meyers
CF | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 28
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 513 461 51 101 13 11 .219 .286 .360 .646
4 Seasons 1,177 1,066 128 243 30 21 .228 .292 .371 .663
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .227 1 2 .582
2023 .227 10 5 .678
2024 .219 13 11 .646
4 Seasons .228 30 21 .663
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 1817 351 24 6.8 4.7 88.2 110.0 14.4 34.8 .235 .382 .285 .304 .355 37.0 22.8 6.8
Player 4432 769 53 6.9 4.5 87.6 111.0 12.8 35.0 .226 .368 .290 .293 .359 34.3 26.3 6.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 44.2 27.4 21.7 6.8 43.9 34.2 21.9 5.7 30.8 25.6 22.5 8.3 6.8 4.7
Player 44.7 26.5 23.0 5.7 40.8 35.2 23.9 5.1 33.2 24.4 22.8 7.4 6.9 4.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 -0.4 -2 513 28.2 154 .246 .471 .339 15.1 14.9 15.8 .276 .481 .360 42.2
2024 Slider -1.5 -6 386 21.2 107 .161 .247 .238 42.9 29.0 28.4 .202 .327 .284 33.8
2024 Sinker -2.0 -6 298 16.4 92 .293 .341 .314 17.7 13.0 18.2 .292 .373 .322 30.6
2024 Changeup 1.8 3 187 10.3 43 .244 .463 .317 40.7 27.9 19.4 .193 .380 .265 34.5
2024 Cutter -1.8 -2 134 7.4 40 .200 .343 .279 21.4 17.5 25.0 .225 .426 .319 44.8
2024 Sweeper -2.4 -3 128 7.0 36 .152 .182 .193 43.9 38.9 23.7 .188 .267 .239 26.3
2024 Curveball 1.6 2 108 5.9 22 .190 .333 .277 25.7 45.5 25.0 .179 .332 .268 63.6
2024 Split-Finger 1.6 1 42 2.3 12 .167 .500 .271 39.1 50.0 25.0 .110 .167 .120 33.3
2024 Slurve -2.1 0 10 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .026 .028 .030 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 -1.1 -3 269 20.3 60 .185 .278 .250 35.8 36.7 24.2 .190 .303 .258 28.1
2023 Sinker 1.6 3 209 15.8 53 .383 .638 .466 13.8 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 -0.3 0 102 7.7 28 .214 .464 .282 32.0 25.0 15.9 .261 .428 .291 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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

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 514 1,824 -6 -22 6 8 -15
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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 27.0 7.8 78.6
2024 1,817 48.7 68.1 83.2 31.2 49.8 43.3 43.5 49.1 27.0 6.8 78.2
Player 4,432 48.9 68.1 81.2 29.1 50.2 41.9 38.1 48.2 27.9 7.3 77.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
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 35 27 36 44 28 42 39 29 60 32 40 31 36 29 89 97 48 12 39 82
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 9.5 1 1 8 4 40.0
2024 23.7 13 11.2 2 7 13 3 23.1
Player 23.8 30 26.9 3 10 27 9 30.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 4 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 7 7 9 12 8 10 11 12 7 9 10 9 10 13 12 10 7 9 11 11 10 7
2024 13 12 9 9 9 13 13 12 9 7 11 13 10 11 10 9 10 10 11 14 13 11 17 16 11 10 7 13 12 13 11
Player 30 28 25 25 23 27 29 30 22 18 23 29 30 24 26 27 28 25 26 29 29 27 38 35 27 23 22 30 31 29 22
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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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 88.2 2.2
Launch Angle 9.9 7.2 -2.7 13.9 6.7 14.4 0.5
Barrel % 10.1 5.2 -4.9 6.3 1.1 6.8 0.5
Hard Hit % 36.4 37.1 0.7 27.9 -9.2 37.0 9.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.4 30.9 -9.5 34.7 3.8 34.8 0.1
xBA .247 .205 -0.042 .213 0.008 .235 0.022
BA .260 .227 -0.033 .227 0.000 .219 -0.008
xwOBA .321 .251 -0.070 .283 0.032 .304 0.021
wOBA .328 .258 -0.070 .297 0.039 .285 -0.012
xSLG .426 .292 -0.134 .357 0.065 .382 0.025
SLG .438 .313 -0.125 .382 0.069 .360 -0.022
K% 30.7 33.8 3.1 25.8 -8.0 22.8 -3.0
BB% 6.1 4.4 -1.7 7.6 3.2 6.8 -0.8
Swing % 46.0 47.4 1.4 48.3 0.9 49.1 0.8
Whiff% 29.2 31.2 2.0 27.0 -4.2 27.0 0.0
In Zone % 47.0 48.2 1.2 50.5 2.3 48.7 -1.8
Out of Zone % 53.0 51.8 -1.2 49.5 -2.3 51.3 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 30.4 3.6 26.8 -3.6 31.2 4.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 29.4 1.2 39.0 9.6 43.5 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 63.1 1.8 65.1 2.0 69.0 3.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 163 6 3.7 .341 .000
2022 Shifts R 160 8 5.0 .246 .469
2023 Shades R 341 6 1.8 .296 .334
2024 Shades R 511 29 5.7 .289 .223
! 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 421 15.6 42.5% 0.2% 294 18.7 5.1% 1.4%
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