Parker Meadows
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 5" 205LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #44, Detroit Tigers | Grayson HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 145 125 19 29 3 8 .232 .331 .368 .699
2024 298 270 39 66 9 9 .244 .310 .433 .743
2 Seasons 443 395 58 95 12 17 .241 .317 .413 .730
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .232 3 8 .699
2024 .244 9 9 .743
2 Seasons .241 12 17 .730
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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%
2023 23 594 89 8 9.0 5.5 89.3 108.5 18.3 36.0 .251 .391 .308 .325 .384 34.8 25.5 11.7
2024 24 1214 196 15 7.7 5.0 87.0 110.0 18.5 34.7 .229 .378 .321 .298 .362 32.3 25.5 8.4
Player 1808 285 23 8.1 5.2 87.7 110.0 18.5 35.1 .236 .382 .317 .306 .369 33.1 25.5 9.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 %
2023 36.0 64.0 24.7 30.3 9.0 39.3 42.7 18.0 18.0 18.0 0.0 21.3 24.7 18.0
2024 33.2 66.8 31.1 25.0 10.7 36.2 41.8 21.9 14.8 15.3 3.1 21.4 26.5 18.9
Player 34.0 66.0 29.1 26.7 10.2 37.2 42.1 20.7 15.8 16.1 2.1 21.4 26.0 18.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2023 3.4 22.5 29.2 29.2 6.7 9.0 5.5
2024 4.6 23.5 34.7 23.0 6.1 7.7 5.0
Player 4.2 23.2 33.0 24.9 6.3 8.1 5.2
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
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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 1.1 4 368 30.3 95 .275 .575 .400 24.6 23.2 17.9 .232 .450 .345 38.3
2024 Slider 0.2 0 188 15.5 49 .222 .444 .314 30.7 30.6 22.1 .210 .415 .300 36.7
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 173 14.3 49 .250 .313 .274 35.5 22.4 20.0 .237 .332 .256 16.2
2024 Sinker -0.7 -1 129 10.6 30 .296 .481 .398 18.9 26.7 28.6 .281 .384 .327 52.6
2024 Cutter -2.6 -3 116 9.6 27 .130 .174 .217 22.4 18.5 33.3 .168 .210 .243 22.2
2024 Curveball 0.1 0 105 8.6 16 .200 .333 .256 22.2 18.8 7.5 .238 .284 .260 25.0
2024 Sweeper 1.6 1 73 6.0 17 .235 .471 .297 32.4 35.3 25.0 .216 .387 .257 27.3
2024 Split-Finger 0.4 0 51 4.2 12 .250 .333 .254 28.6 50.0 26.1 .211 .330 .234 33.3
2024 Slurve 17.0 1 4 0.3 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .914 1.168 .898 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 241 40.6 65 .228 .368 .324 18.9 27.7 26.5 .243 .379 .318 43.6
2023 Changeup -0.4 0 91 15.3 22 .200 .250 .284 40.5 31.8 21.9 .271 .317 .298 7.7
2023 Slider 1.8 1 82 13.8 16 .231 .462 .381 36.7 31.3 17.2 .230 .431 .314 22.2
2023 Sinker 3.1 2 58 9.8 17 .333 .500 .459 17.4 11.8 40.0 .340 .482 .454 60.0
2023 Cutter 0.8 0 47 7.9 8 .250 .250 .338 9.1 12.5 10.0 .288 .515 .340 28.6
2023 Curveball -0.6 0 45 7.6 8 .125 .500 .250 27.3 50.0 33.3 .078 .297 .152 50.0
2023 Sweeper -1.9 0 20 3.4 4 .000 .000 .175 30.0 0.0 0.0 .164 .437 .358 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 12.4 1 6 1.0 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 -- .396 .443 .361 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 144 594 -1 -6 6 3 1
2024 297 1,212 4 -15 9 4 2
Player 441 1,806 3 -22 15 3 3
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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 %
2023 594 48.9 63.2 84.8 23.0 51.4 44.5 19.4 42.8 24.0 7.2 62.8
2024 1,214 48.9 65.9 83.1 25.8 46.9 41.9 21.5 45.5 27.0 7.7 74.2
Player 1,808 48.9 65.0 83.7 24.9 48.3 42.8 20.8 44.6 26.1 7.5 70.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2023 39 90 81
2024 60 93 92 70
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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 %
2023 21.8 3 2.8 0 3 3 1 33.3
2024 22.2 10 10.0 0 3 6 5 50.0
Player 22.1 13 12.8 0 6 9 6 46.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 3 2 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 3 4 2 5 3 3 3 6 6 2 1 3 3 5 2 1
2024 10 11 8 10 10 11 11 11 9 9 11 12 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 11 9 8 12 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
Player 13 13 9 14 12 13 13 14 11 10 13 15 14 10 13 12 14 12 15 14 12 11 18 17 12 10 13 13 15 12 11
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 2023 +/-   2024
Exit Velocity 89.3 -2.3 ↓ 87.0
Launch Angle 18.3 0.2 ↑ 18.5
Barrel % 9.0 -1.3 ↓ 7.7
Hard Hit % 34.8 -2.5 ↓ 32.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.0 -1.3 ↓ 34.7
xBA .251 -0.022 ↓ .229
BA .232 0.012 ↑ .244
xwOBA .325 -0.027 ↓ .298
wOBA .308 0.013 ↑ .321
xSLG .391 -0.013 ↓ .378
SLG .368 0.065 ↑ .433
K% 25.5 0.0 25.5
BB% 11.7 -3.3 ↓ 8.4
Swing % 42.8 2.7 ↑ 45.5
Whiff% 24.0 3.0 ↑ 27.0
In Zone % 48.9 0.0 48.9
Out of Zone % 51.1 0.0 51.1
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 2.8 ↑ 25.8
First Pitch Swing % 19.4 2.1 ↑ 21.5
First Pitch Strike % 54.9 4.8 ↑ 59.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 144 67 46.5 .277 .344
2024 Shades L 293 161 54.9 .354 .285
! 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 %
2023 182 15.4 44.5% 1.1% 111 19.1 3.6% 0.9%
2024 389 15.3 47.3% 0.3% 180 18.6 7.2% 0.6%
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