Jacob

Meyers

CFAge : 30Bats : R

Jake Meyers

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2021-08-01

Born in : Omaha, NE, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Houston Astros	57	141	30	3	11	.213	.594
2025	Houston Astros	104	343	100	3	24	.292	.727
2024	Houston Astros	148	461	101	13	61	.219	.646
2023	Houston Astros	112	309	70	10	33	.227	.678
2022	Houston Astros	52	150	34	1	15	.227	.582
2021	Houston Astros	49	146	38	6	28	.260	.761
Career totals		522	1550	373	36	172	.241	.670

ContractHouston Astros payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 3.6 M$
AAV: 3.55 M$

2026
3.55 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.265

xwOBA

.256

OPS

.594

AVG

.213

OBP

.268

RBI

153

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.0

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.0

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-15)

20231.1 WAR · 1.9 per full season
20242.0 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20252.3 WAR · 3.6 per full season
20260.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

-15 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

CON: Contact; 73
POW: Power; 64
EYE: Eye; 69
SPD: Speed; 79
FLD: Fielding; 84
DUR: Durability; 58
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.0

PAL Rating

13 / 100

Value Rating

20 / 100

Surplus $-3.5M · salary $3.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense10

Power27

Discipline39

Speed39

Defense64

WAR, in runs

Batting-5.9

Baserunning-1.3

Fielding+0.9

Positional+0.6

Replacement+4.7

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

85.4 mi/h

5th percentile

Max exit velocity

106.5 mi/h

2th percentile

Barrels

6.3 %

36th percentile

Hard-hit

27.9 %

7th percentile

xBA

.205

3th percentile

Bat speed

67.5 mi/h

3th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	HOU	0.0	13	65	85.4	106.5	6.3	27.9	.205
2025	HOU	2.3	67	74	88.1	110.4	5.0	38.9	.269
2024	HOU	2.0	56	70	88.2	110.0	6.8	37.0	.233
2023	HOU	1.1	34	61	86.0	108.3	6.3	27.9	.211
2022	HOU	0.4	23	61	87.3	107.8	5.2	37.1	.203
2021	HOU	1.1	66	76	89.5	111.0	10.1	36.4	.241

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 6	vs AZ	0	0	0	0	.213
Sep 5	vs AZ	0	0	0	0	.213
Sep 2	vs CWS	0	0	0	0	.213
Aug 8	@ SD	1	0	0	1	.213
Aug 7	@ SD	4	2	0	0	.214
Jul 3	vs TB	3	0	0	0	.206
Jul 1	vs MIN	1	0	0	0	.211
Jun 30	vs MIN	0	0	0	0	.212
Jun 28	@ DET	4	1	0	1	.212
Jun 27	@ DET	4	2	1	1	.211