2023 Stats
AVG
.300
HR
2
RBI
29
R
23
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
Productive in wild win
Meneses went 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-10 win over the Royals.
ANALYSIS
The 31-year-old continues to tear it up in May. Over his last 20 games, Meneses is slashing .361/.398/.482 with 12 runs and 18 RBI, although he has only one homer during that stretch and just two on the season. Given his 81st percentile hard-hit rate and shockingly unlucky 4.4 percent HR/FB rate, it seems only a matter of time before Meneses starts sending more balls flying over the fence.
The 31-year-old continues to tear it up in May. Over his last 20 games, Meneses is slashing .361/.398/.482 with 12 runs and 18 RBI, although he has only one homer during that stretch and just two on the season. Given his 81st percentile hard-hit rate and shockingly unlucky 4.4 percent HR/FB rate, it seems only a matter of time before Meneses starts sending more balls flying over the fence.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+13%
OPS vs LHP
2023
+3%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .902 | 150 | 5 | 16 | .329 | ||||
| Since 2021vs Right | .796 | 326 | 10 | 47 | .305 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .715 | 74 | 0 | 5 | .290 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .736 | 162 | 2 | 24 | .305 | ||||
| 2022vs Left | 1.084 | 76 | 5 | 11 | .366 | ||||
| 2022vs Right | .857 | 164 | 8 | 23 | .305 | ||||
| 2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+12%
OPS on Road
2023
+22%
OPS on Road
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | .782 | 231 | 5 | 28 | .303 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | .874 | 245 | 10 | 35 | .322 | ||||
| 2023Home | .659 | 120 | 0 | 13 | .291 | ||||
| 2023Away | .805 | 116 | 2 | 16 | .311 | ||||
| 2022Home | .923 | 111 | 5 | 15 | .317 | ||||
| 2022Away | .935 | 129 | 8 | 19 | .331 | ||||
| 2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joey Meneses compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.29BB Rate
5.5%K Rate
19.1%BABIP
.369ISO
.090AVG
.300OBP
.339SLG
.390OPS
.729wOBA
.323Exit Velocity
89.5 mphHard Hit Rate
30.3%Barrels/PA
3.4%Expected BA
.254Expected SLG
.357Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/secGround Ball %
49.4%Line Drive %
22.5%Fly Ball %
28.1%Advanced Batting Stats
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Three hits against Tigers
Meneses went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's win over the Tigers.
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Back from paternity list
Meneses was reinstated from the paternity list Friday, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Going on paternity leave
The Nationals will place Meneses on the paternity list Wednesday, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
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Four RBI in win
Meneses went 4-for-5 with three doubles and four RBI in Monday's 10-3 win over the Mets.
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Delivers clutch homer
Meneses went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and two total runs scored in Sunday's 9-8 win over the Diamondbacks.
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