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
2023 341 309 42 70 10 5 .227 .296 .382 .678
2024 513 461 51 101 13 11 .219 .286 .360 .646
2025 245 220 31 65 3 11 .295 .358 .400 .758
5 Seasons 1,422 1,286 159 308 33 32 .240 .303 .376 .679
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .227 10 5 .678
2024 .219 13 11 .646
2025 .295 3 11 .758
5 Seasons .240 33 32 .679
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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
2025 29 863 177 11 6.2 4.6 88.4 107.9 10.7 36.2 .283 .425 .339 .340 .378 37.9 17.4 9.1
Player 5295 946 64 6.8 4.5 87.8 111.0 12.4 35.2 .236 .378 .299 .301 .363 35.0 24.8 7.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 44.4 55.6 24.2 29.3 2.0 30.3 41.4 28.3 19.2 20.2 5.1 11.1 21.2 23.2
2022 53.6 46.4 16.5 25.8 4.1 42.3 39.2 18.6 28.9 21.6 3.1 13.4 17.5 15.5
2023 41.9 58.1 30.6 21.2 6.3 40.1 32.4 27.5 24.3 12.2 5.4 15.8 20.3 22.1
2024 44.2 55.8 27.4 21.7 6.8 43.9 34.2 21.9 26.2 16.0 2.0 17.7 18.2 19.9
2025 47.5 52.5 21.5 27.7 3.4 27.1 48.0 24.9 17.5 23.7 6.2 9.6 24.3 18.6
Player 45.2 54.8 25.6 23.9 5.3 38.3 37.6 24.1 23.7 17.5 4.0 14.6 20.1 20.1
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 4.0 33.3 18.2 26.3 8.1 10.1 6.1
2022 6.2 41.2 15.5 25.8 5.2 5.2 3.1
2023 4.1 33.3 29.3 20.3 6.8 6.3 4.1
2024 5.7 30.8 25.6 22.5 8.3 6.8 4.7
2025 3.4 33.3 19.8 30.5 6.8 6.2 4.6
Player 4.8 33.2 23.6 24.2 7.3 6.8 4.5
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 244 28.3 75 .277 .354 .328 15.0 14.7 18.0 .292 .472 .371 47.3
2025 Sinker -0.6 -1 162 18.8 54 .333 .431 .359 6.0 9.3 27.8 .294 .409 .320 44.7
2025 Slider -0.5 -1 162 18.8 45 .256 .419 .322 40.0 28.9 27.7 .273 .405 .324 26.7
2025 Sweeper 3.8 3 82 9.5 19 .375 .625 .471 20.6 5.3 3.4 .382 .646 .479 20.0
2025 Cutter 2.0 1 66 7.6 16 .385 .538 .456 25.0 12.5 15.4 .334 .486 .419 27.3
2025 Changeup 0.2 0 66 7.6 13 .273 .273 .283 33.3 23.1 14.3 .204 .261 .242 22.2
2025 Curveball -2.4 -1 47 5.4 12 .091 .091 .133 33.3 41.7 35.7 .117 .125 .157 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 4.1 1 29 3.4 6 .600 .600 .567 25.0 33.3 22.2 .254 .353 .335 100.0
2025 Slurve 10.0 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .900 33.3 0.0 0.0 .230 .252 .231 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 507 27.9 152 .248 .474 .339 14.9 15.1 15.8 .276 .475 .355 40.9
2024 Slider -1.7 -6 379 20.9 103 .169 .258 .248 43.0 28.2 27.6 .208 .337 .292 34.9
2024 Sinker -1.5 -4 298 16.4 93 .293 .341 .318 17.3 12.9 18.5 .295 .387 .333 33.3
2024 Changeup 0.9 2 186 10.2 43 .244 .463 .317 40.7 27.9 19.4 .193 .380 .265 34.5
2024 Cutter -1.8 -2 136 7.5 42 .189 .324 .266 22.2 19.0 27.6 .219 .411 .309 43.3
2024 Sweeper -1.9 -3 135 7.4 38 .143 .171 .183 43.3 39.5 24.2 .179 .253 .228 25.0
2024 Curveball 0.9 1 107 5.9 22 .190 .333 .277 25.7 45.5 25.0 .179 .332 .268 63.6
2024 Split-Finger 0.5 0 48 2.6 13 .154 .462 .250 37.9 46.2 24.0 .110 .163 .119 28.6
2024 Slurve -2.9 0 10 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .026 .028 .030 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 163 655 1 -10 4 4 -1
2022 160 635 -5 -6 1 3 -6
2023 341 1,325 -10 -10 5 6 -8
2024 512 1,817 -8 -20 8 8 -13
2025 241 862 -4 -4 5 4 1
Player 1,417 5,294 -26 -49 24 -26 -27
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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
2025 863 52.1 69.6 87.2 22.3 45.7 45.3 38.6 46.9 21.7 6.8 86.4
Player 5,295 49.4 68.3 82.2 28.1 49.6 42.5 38.2 48.0 26.9 7.2 78.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 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 28 36 44 28 42 39 29 60 32 40 31 36 29 89 97 48 12 40 82
2025 59 81 48 29 72 31 27 25 38 27 72 58 65 81 77 97 20 8 70 83
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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 25.98 6 5.1 1 2 4 2 33.3
2022 22.94 1 1.2 0 0 2 0 0.0
2023 22.64 10 9.5 1 1 8 4 40.0
2024 23.71 13 11.2 2 7 14 2 15.4
2025 22.70 3 3.6 -1 3 2 2 66.7
Player 23.68 33 30.5 3 13 30 10 30.3
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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 10 9 9 9 13 14 12 9 6 11 13 10 11 10 9 10 10 12 15 13 11 17 16 11 10 7 13 12 13 11
2025 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 2 3 4 3 4 4
Player 33 31 28 29 27 31 33 34 25 19 26 33 33 28 30 30 32 29 30 35 33 30 42 40 31 25 25 34 34 33 26
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.5 -2.2 87.3 -1.3 86.0 2.2 88.2 0.2 88.4
Launch Angle 9.9 -2.7 7.2 6.7 13.9 0.5 14.4 -3.7 10.7
Barrel % 10.1 -4.9 5.2 1.1 6.3 0.5 6.8 -0.6 6.2
Hard Hit % 36.4 0.7 37.1 -9.2 27.9 9.1 37.0 0.9 37.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.4 -9.5 30.9 3.8 34.7 0.1 34.8 1.4 36.2
xBA .247 -0.042 .205 0.008 .213 0.022 .235 0.048 .283
BA .260 -0.033 .227 0.000 .227 -0.008 .219 0.077 .296
xwOBA .321 -0.070 .251 0.032 .283 0.021 .304 0.036 .340
wOBA .328 -0.070 .258 0.039 .297 -0.012 .285 0.054 .339
xSLG .426 -0.134 .292 0.065 .357 0.025 .382 0.043 .425
SLG .438 -0.125 .313 0.069 .382 -0.022 .360 0.043 .403
K% 30.7 3.1 33.8 -8.0 25.8 -3.0 22.8 -5.4 17.4
BB% 6.1 -1.7 4.4 3.2 7.6 -0.8 6.8 2.3 9.1
Swing % 46.0 1.4 47.4 0.9 48.3 0.8 49.1 -2.2 46.9
Whiff% 29.2 2.0 31.2 -4.2 27.0 0.0 27.0 -5.3 21.7
In Zone % 47.0 1.2 48.2 2.3 50.5 -1.8 48.7 3.4 52.1
Out of Zone % 53.0 -1.2 51.8 -2.3 49.5 1.8 51.3 -3.4 47.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 3.6 30.4 -3.6 26.8 4.4 31.2 -8.9 22.3
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 1.2 29.4 9.6 39.0 4.5 43.5 -4.9 38.6
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 1.8 63.1 2.0 65.1 3.9 69.0 -9.2 59.8
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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
2025 Shades R 241 35 14.5 .339 .339
! 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%
2025 233 15.9 34.3% 0.0% 133 18.8 3.8% 1.5%
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