Jake Meyers

Bats R Throws L6'0" 200 lbBorn 1996 Omaha, USADebut 2021Team HOUDraft 2017 R13 #391 Houston Astros, NebraskaContract 1 y/$3.55M (26) 2026: $3,550,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 90.2FIELD+ 103.1 at CFTotal 0.40 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	370	331	82	15	1	8	30	78	9	0.247	0.316	0.372	0.688	0.125	0.305	21.1	8.1	88.2	0.62
2027	205	185	44	8	1	4	15	45	4	0.236	0.302	0.349	0.651	0.113	0.290	21.7	7.6	79.8	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.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 84 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Wally Roettger	1932	90.3	58.7	221
2	Adam Duvall	2018	92.5	117.3	130
3	Andy Kosco	1971	83.4	107.4	201
4	Henry Cotto	1990	81.4	124.7	192
5	Marlon Byrd	2007	91.9	122.7	462
6	Harrison Bader	2023	92.0	86.2	437
7	Darrin Jackson	1993	83.8	111.0	403
8	George Barclay	1904	83.7	17.2	112
9	Jerald Clark	1993	83.6	did not play
10	Bill Barrett	1929	97.2	10.5	26

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			205		44	8	1	4		4	15	45	0.236	0.302	0.349	0.651	79.8
2026*	HOU	54	153	15	30	7	0	3		1	10	31	0.213	0.268	0.326	0.594	62.6
2025	HOU	104	381	53	100	15	2	3	24	16	31	67	0.292	0.354	0.373	0.727	105.5
2024	HOU	148	513	51	101	20	3	13	61	11	35	117	0.219	0.286	0.360	0.646	83.0
2023	HOU	112	341	42	70	16	1	10	33	5	26	88	0.227	0.296	0.382	0.678	86.8
2022	HOU	52	160	13	34	6	2	1	15	2	7	54	0.227	0.269	0.313	0.582	63.1
2021	HOU	49	163	22	38	8	0	6	28	3	10	50	0.260	0.323	0.438	0.761	107.1
Career		465	1558	181	343	65	8	33	161	37	109	376	0.243	0.307	0.371	0.678	89.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	153	85.4	15.4	6.3	27.9	21.8	32.6	0.205	0.316	0.256	28.0
2025	381	88.1	9.8	5.0	38.9	21.2	23.7	0.269	0.403	0.325	28.2
2024	513	88.2	14.4	6.9	37.0	27.0	31.1	0.233	0.390	0.306	28.9
2023	341	86.0	13.9	6.3	27.9	27.0	26.8	0.211	0.357	0.283	29.2
2022	160	87.3	7.2	5.2	37.1	31.2	30.4	0.203	0.299	0.250	28.9
2021	163	89.5	9.9	10.1	36.4	29.2	26.8	0.241	0.431	0.322	29.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
2025	HOU	OF	103	844	227	1	1	0.996
2024	HOU	OF	145	1145	349	2	1	0.997
2023	HOU	OF	107	807	239	3	4	0.984
2022	HOU	OF	51	403	119	0	2	0.983
2021	HOU	OF	44	334	84	1	1	0.988

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	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	111	2 HR, 1 SB	0.218	0.595
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	23	0 HR, 0 SB	0.222	0.669
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	170	7 HR, 2 SB	0.306	0.913
2021	AAA	Sugar Land Skeeters	Bat	304	16 HR, 10 SB	0.343	1.006
2019	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	100	1 HR, 3 SB	0.213	0.570
2019	A+	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	384	8 HR, 9 SB	0.258	0.764
2018	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Bat	233	3 HR, 3 SB	0.250	0.703
2018	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	257	5 HR, 13 SB	0.302	0.859

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.244	0.312	0.276	0.298
2025	0.309	0.347	0.262	0.406
2024	0.338	0.270	0.308	0.272
2023	0.356	0.292	0.286	0.328
2022	0.259	0.271	0.249	0.285
2021	0.381	0.313	0.334	0.340

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2021	4	8	1	3	2	1	2	0.375	0.375	0.375	0.750
Career	8	12	2	3	2	1	5	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500