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Portrait of Alex Meyer

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-3-1990
Height6' 9"
Weight225 lbs
Age35 years, 4 months, 1 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.02015
0.32016
0.52017
2018
0.52019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEARTeamGGSIPWLSVHBBSOHRPPFH/9BB/9HR/9K/9GB%BABIPWHIPFIPERAcFIPDRADRA-WARP
2015 MIN 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 94 13.5 10.1 6.8 10.1 0% .286 2.63 13.97 16.88 107 3.58 83.6 0.0
2016 ANA 5 5 21.7 1 2 0 17 13 24 2 98 7.1 5.4 0.8 10.0 40% .273 1.38 3.88 4.57 108 4.64 102.7 0.2
2016 MIN 2 1 3.7 0 1 0 8 4 5 1 107 19.6 9.8 2.5 12.3 36% .538 3.27 7.19 12.27 92 2.15 47.6 0.1
2016 TOT 7 6 25.3 1 3 0 25 17 29 3 99 8.9 6.0 1.1 10.3 39% .324 1.66 4.36 5.68 105 4.28 94.8 0.3
2017 ANA 13 13 67.3 4 5 0 48 42 75 6 101 6.4 5.6 0.8 10.0 47% .255 1.34 4.12 3.74 111 4.87 103.6 0.5
Career221995.35807762107111007.35.91.010.145%.2751.464.464.631094.67100.70.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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Plate Discipline

YEARPitsZone%Swing%Contact%Z-Swing%O-Swing%Z-Contact%O-Contact%SwStr%
2015 65 0.3692 0.3692 0.8750 0.7083 0.1707 0.9412 0.7143 0.1250
2016 476 0.4832 0.3803 0.7624 0.5565 0.2154 0.8516 0.5472 0.2376
2017 1143 0.4716 0.3972 0.7203 0.5566 0.2550 0.8500 0.4675 0.2797
Career16840.47090.39130.73820.56240.24060.85400.49960.2618

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Compensation

YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$551,500
1 yrTotal$551,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 50 dBoras Corp.1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/30/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.551M (2018). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/18. DFA by LA Angels 11/20/18. Released by LA Angels 11/26/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/2/16. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from Minnesota 8/1/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Minnesota 11/20/14. Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/15.
  • Acquired by Minnesota 11/29/12 in trade from Washington for Denard Span.
  • Drafted by Washington 2011 (1-23) (Kentucky). $2M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCTWLSVGGSIPHBBSOHRBABIPWHIPERADRAVORPWARP
90o 8.6 0 0.4 15 8 50.4 37 20 55 5 .255 1.11 3.01 3.08 0.5 0.1
80o 7.5 0 0.3 14 7 44.8 35 19 49 4 .270 1.20 3.39 3.48 -1.4 -0.1
70o 6.7 0 0.3 12 7 40.8 34 18 44 4 .280 1.26 3.67 3.77 -2.5 -0.3
60o 6 0 0.2 11 6 37.5 32 17 41 4 .289 1.32 3.91 4.03 -3.3 -0.4
50o 5.4 0 0.2 10 6 34.5 31 16 37 4 .297 1.37 4.14 4.27 -3.9 -0.4
40o 4.9 0 0.2 10 5 31.6 29 16 34 4 .305 1.43 4.37 4.52 -4.4 -0.5
30o 4.3 0 0.2 9 5 28.5 28 15 31 4 .314 1.49 4.62 4.78 -4.7 -0.5
20o 3.7 0 0.1 8 4 25.0 25 14 27 3 .324 1.56 4.92 5.1 -4.9 -0.5
10o 2.9 0 0.1 6 3 20.3 22 12 22 3 .339 1.67 5.35 5.55 -5.0 -0.5
Weighted Mean5.400.210533.93016374.2951.364.104.24-3.7-0.4

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Alex Meyer threw 1,691 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2017, including pitches thrown in . In 2017, he relied primarily on his Curve (85mph), Sinker (96mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph). He also rarely threw a Change (91mph).