Jacob Melton

Bats L Throws L6'3" 208 lbBorn 2000 Medford, USADebut 2025Team HOUDraft 2022 R2 #64 Houston Astros, Oregon StateContract 1 y (26) 2026: $190,443

Projections

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	127	115	26	5	0	4	10	36	7	0.225	0.290	0.375	0.666	0.150	0.293	28.4	7.9	82.7	0.13

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	32	77	7	11	0	1	0	7	7	6	29	0.157	0.234	0.186	0.419	19.1
Career		32	77	7	11	0	1	0	7	7	6	29	0.157	0.234	0.186	0.419	19.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2025	78	88.1	-5.7	4.9	43.9	35.5	28.0	0.177	0.275	0.240	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	OF	31	203	46	1	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	148	5 HR, 23 SB	0.285	0.901
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	150	6 HR, 12 SB	0.286	0.945
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	192	5 HR, 11 SB	0.260	0.719
2024	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	251	10 HR, 19 SB	0.248	0.748
2023	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	56	5 HR, 5 SB	0.250	0.862
2023	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	394	18 HR, 41 SB	0.244	0.791
2022	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	86	4 HR, 4 SB	0.324	1.001

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.167	0.217	0.221	0.192

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.