Joey Meneses

Joey Meneses

32-Year-Old DHDH
New York Mets AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Maintaining 2022's 158 wRC+ was going to be a challenge. Sure enough, Meneses regressed to 97 wRC+ in his sophomore season. However, last year, he plummeted to a 68 wRC+ and was demoted to Triple-A Rochester in early July. Meneses spent the rest of the season with the Red Wings, posting a .793 OPS. He's maintained a below average strikeout rate, but he still coaxes very few walks, and his Hard-Hit rate had dropped each of the past two seasons. Meneses signed a minor-league deal with the Mets, but with the club bringing back Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker, there probably isn't a spot on the opening day roster. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year, minor-league contract with the Mets in November of 2024.
Dispatched to minor-league camp
DHNew York Mets  AAA
March 17, 2025
The Mets reassigned Meneses to minor-league camp Monday.
ANALYSIS
Meneses has produced at a near-league-average level at the plate over parts of three seasons in the majors with the Nationals, slashing .274/.322/.408 with a 101 wRC+ across 1,210 plate appearances. The 32-year-old's power production dropped considerably in 2024, however, with Meneses slugging just three home runs in 313 plate appearances before the Nationals demoted him to Triple-A last July and kept him in the minors for the remainder of the season. He caught on with the Mets on a minor-league deal in the offseason, but Meneses' declining production and lack of defensive flexibility made it unlikely that he would win a bench role on the Opening Day roster. Meneses will likely open the season at Triple-A Syracuse, and it may take a Pete Alonso injury in order for him to get a look with the big club.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
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+34%
OPS vs RHP
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+10%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .674 284 23 3 32 2 .253 .306 .368
Since 2023vs Right .684 686 67 13 99 0 .265 .313 .371
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2024vs Left .480 97 4 1 14 2 .174 .247 .233
2024vs Right .644 216 15 2 28 0 .256 .310 .333
2023vs Left .771 187 19 2 18 0 .291 .337 .434
2023vs Right .703 470 52 11 71 0 .268 .315 .388
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+6%
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+8%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .701 479 42 10 63 0 .265 .315 .385
Since 2023Away .662 491 48 6 68 2 .257 .308 .355
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2024Home .592 150 8 2 19 0 .231 .293 .299
2024Away .594 163 11 1 23 2 .231 .288 .306
2023Home .749 329 34 8 44 0 .280 .325 .423
2023Away .695 328 37 5 45 0 .270 .317 .378
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Last season, Meneses matched his home run total from his surprise showing in 2022. The problem is that he needed 417 more plate appearances to get there. Eleven of those home runs came over the final three months of the season after he went deep just twice through the end of June. Meneses' 41.7 percent hard-hit rate and 89.4 mph average exit velocity were both above average, but he had an unimpressive 5.4 percent barrel rate and he continued to hit a lot of balls on the ground (48.6 percent). After the season, we found out Meneses was playing through a knee injury, which could have affected his power output. With a strikeout rate below 20 percent and decent quality of contact, Meneses is a solid bet for batting average. If he's healthy and the power bounces back, he could have some mixed league value. Worth noting is that Meneses will enter 2024 with only DH eligibility if you use a 20-game threshold.
Meneses was the International Player of the Year in 2018, batting .311/.360/.510 with Triple-A Lehigh. Meneses played in Japan for two years then returned stateside in 2021, landing in the Red Sox system. He signed a minor league deal with the Nationals for the 2022 campaign. After cleaning house at the trade deadline, Washington promoted the 30-year-old for his MLB debut. He slashed .286/.341/.489 for Triple-A Rochester. Meneses crushed 13 homers in two months, though two xHR metrics pegged him for 10. While Meneses power was in line with his minor league numbers, his .371 BABIP with the Nationals was artificially high, spurred by an unsustainable number of outfield line drives sporting a high BABIP. Even with batting average regression, Meneses warrants a look at first base in a transition year for the Nationals. His power is mixed-league worthy, but brace for the inevitable dip in batting average.
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Inks deal with Mets
DHNew York Mets  AAA
November 21, 2024
The Mets signed Meneses on Thursday to a minor-league deal with an invite to MLB spring training, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Hits free-agent market
DHFree Agent  AAA
November 4, 2024
Meneses elected free agency Monday, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
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Optioned to Rochester
DHWashington Nationals  AAA
July 4, 2024
The Nationals optioned Meneses to Triple-A Rochester on Thursday.
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Drives in three Monday
DHWashington Nationals  AAA
June 24, 2024
Meneses went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Monday's 7-6 extra-inning loss to the Padres.
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Homers, drives in three in win
DHWashington Nationals  AAA
June 15, 2024
Meneses went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in a 4-0 win over the Marlins on Saturday.
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Not slugging
DHWashington Nationals  AAA
May 5, 2023
Meneses has just one home run through 132 plate appearances. His expected slugging of .396 isn't a far cry from his current .346 slugging output
ANALYSIS
The formula for expected slugging consists of exit velocity, launch angle and, sometimes, sprint speed. Both of the former are down for Meneses, which is concerning given his pre-draft profile of delivering power. The 30-year-old is still amid a solid season at the dish with a .276/average, but the Meneses that hit a home run every 18.5 plate appearances last season may never materialize.
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