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 114 102 15 30 2 7 .294 .348 .422 .770
5 Seasons 1,291 1,168 143 273 32 28 .234 .297 .375 .672
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .227 10 5 .678
2024 .219 13 11 .646
2025 .294 2 7 .770
5 Seasons .234 32 28 .672
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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 29 391 81 5 6.2 4.5 91.2 107.9 8.4 29.6 .277 .455 .343 .345 .400 44.4 19.6 8.0
Player 4823 850 58 6.8 4.5 88.0 111.0 12.3 34.5 .231 .376 .295 .297 .363 35.3 25.7 6.7
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 %
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 53.1 46.9 24.7 22.2 0.0 34.6 46.9 18.5 23.5 25.9 3.7 11.1 21.0 14.8
Player 45.5 54.5 26.4 22.9 5.2 40.2 36.4 23.4 24.9 17.1 3.5 15.3 19.3 19.9
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
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 1.2 40.7 17.3 24.7 9.9 6.2 4.5
Player 4.7 33.9 23.8 22.9 7.6 6.8 4.5
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 101 25.8 30 .240 .360 .319 19.6 20.0 22.2 .252 .465 .358 50.0
2025 Sinker -0.2 0 91 23.3 32 .367 .400 .370 6.1 6.3 22.2 .326 .490 .365 58.6
2025 Slider 2.2 1 65 16.6 18 .333 .667 .458 37.1 27.8 23.8 .274 .405 .330 23.1
2025 Sweeper 6.0 2 40 10.2 6 .500 1.000 .633 35.3 16.7 7.7 .434 .933 .574 20.0
2025 Cutter 0.9 0 35 9.0 9 .286 .286 .356 25.0 11.1 14.3 .345 .574 .460 50.0
2025 Changeup -3.3 -1 30 7.7 8 .143 .143 .200 33.3 25.0 18.2 .155 .214 .226 20.0
2025 Curveball -6.0 -1 18 4.6 7 .000 .000 .100 55.6 57.1 44.4 .084 .092 .167 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 1.7 0 9 2.3 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 50.0 33.3 .181 .361 .227 100.0
2025 Slurve -4.1 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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 -6 377 20.7 103 .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 2 187 10.3 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 -2.0 -3 136 7.5 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 112 390 -1 0 2 1 2
Player 1,288 4,822 -24 -45 21 -24 -26
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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 391 55.5 71.9 84.6 24.7 39.5 45.3 46.4 50.9 24.1 7.2 92.9
Player 4,823 49.4 68.4 81.5 28.8 49.5 42.2 38.9 48.4 27.6 7.3 78.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 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
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 40 82
2025 62 75 62 50 57 24 30 75 41 58 59 44 51 65 80 96 35 8 77 78
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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 14 2 15.4
2025 22.8 2 2.9 -1 1 1 2 100.0
Player 23.7 32 29.8 2 11 29 10 31.3
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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 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3
Player 32 29 28 28 26 30 33 33 25 19 26 33 32 27 29 29 31 28 30 33 32 30 41 38 30 25 25 33 33 32 25
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 3.0 91.2
Launch Angle 9.9 -2.7 7.2 6.7 13.9 0.5 14.4 -6.0 8.4
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 7.4 44.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.4 -9.5 30.9 3.8 34.7 0.1 34.8 -5.2 29.6
xBA .247 -0.042 .205 0.008 .213 0.022 .235 0.042 .277
BA .260 -0.033 .227 0.000 .227 -0.008 .219 0.078 .297
xwOBA .321 -0.070 .251 0.032 .283 0.021 .304 0.041 .345
wOBA .328 -0.070 .258 0.039 .297 -0.012 .285 0.058 .343
xSLG .426 -0.134 .292 0.065 .357 0.025 .382 0.073 .455
SLG .438 -0.125 .313 0.069 .382 -0.022 .360 0.066 .426
K% 30.7 3.1 33.8 -8.0 25.8 -3.0 22.8 -3.2 19.6
BB% 6.1 -1.7 4.4 3.2 7.6 -0.8 6.8 1.2 8.0
Swing % 46.0 1.4 47.4 0.9 48.3 0.8 49.1 1.8 50.9
Whiff% 29.2 2.0 31.2 -4.2 27.0 0.0 27.0 -2.9 24.1
In Zone % 47.0 1.2 48.2 2.3 50.5 -1.8 48.7 6.8 55.5
Out of Zone % 53.0 -1.2 51.8 -2.3 49.5 1.8 51.3 -6.8 44.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 3.6 30.4 -3.6 26.8 4.4 31.2 -6.5 24.7
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 1.2 29.4 9.6 39.0 4.5 43.5 2.9 46.4
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 1.8 63.1 2.0 65.1 3.9 69.0 -5.6 63.4
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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 112 11 9.8 .363 .163
! 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 80 15.9 36.3% 0.0% 53 18.8 0.0% 3.8%
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