Josh VanMeter

28-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Milwaukee Brewers AAA
7-Day IL
Injury Undisclosed
Est. Return 5/31/2023
2023 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Josh VanMeter in 2023. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
RANKSFrom Preseason
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$Signed a one-year, minor-league contract with the Brewers in January of 2023.
Reassigned to minor-league camp
2BMilwaukee Brewers  AAA
March 21, 2023
VanMeter was reassigned Tuesday to the minor-league side of Brewers camp, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
VanMeter had been putting together an impressive spring, but he was always on the outside looking in for an Opening Day roster spot in Milwaukee. The 28-year-old slashed just .187/.266/.292 across 192 major-league plate appearances last season with the Pirates.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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+115%
OPS vs RHP
2021
 
 
+43%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .633 80 8 1 13 1 .222 .300 .333
Since 2021vs Right .612 422 33 8 37 6 .198 .282 .330
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left .285 33 3 0 1 1 .069 .182 .103
2022vs Right .614 159 12 3 13 3 .211 .283 .331
2021vs Left .871 47 5 1 12 0 .326 .383 .488
2021vs Right .610 263 21 5 24 3 .190 .281 .329
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+41%
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+25%
OPS at Home
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+49%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .710 267 29 7 33 3 .228 .303 .407
Since 2021Away .504 235 12 2 17 4 .172 .264 .240
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2022Home .619 97 9 2 8 1 .205 .278 .341
2022Away .494 95 6 1 6 3 .169 .253 .241
2021Home .762 170 20 5 25 2 .242 .318 .444
2021Away .511 140 6 1 11 1 .174 .271 .240
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The Triple-A juiced ball in 2019 propelled VanMeter from obscurity to the major-league lineup; he hit 13 HR in his first 29 games with Louisville that year. He had some nice moments as a rookie with the Reds but also some brutal ones, particularly in the outfield. He does not do any one thing particularly well offensively and the Reds ran out of patience after VanMeter got off to a 2-for-34 start to 2020, with 16 strikeouts. He was flipped to the Diamondbacks along with Stuart Fairchild in exchange for Archie Bradley, and while VanMeter played a little better after the change of scenery, he was still well below league average with the bat. VanMeter is not a pedigree guy and will be on a short leash in a utility role with Arizona if he's even on the roster to begin 2021.
VanMeter rose from obscurity and debuted with the Reds in early May after hitting 13 home runs in 29 games with Triple-A Louisville to begin 2019. He was used mostly off the bench initially and ended up riding the shuttle before settling in with the big club for good after the All-Star break. While most of his time came in left field, VanMeter also logged starts at four other positions: first base, second, third and right field. He was much better at home and versus opposite-handed pitching, batting just .186 outside of Great American Ball Park and .125 without the platoon edge. The overall numbers cratered in September, and while some of that may have been due to poor batted-ball luck (.174 BABIP), it left the front office looking for an upgrade at what projected to be VanMeter's position in second base. They found one in Mike Moustakas, leaving VanMeter to compete for a utility role this spring.
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Back in action Sunday
2BMilwaukee Brewers  AAA
March 13, 2023
VanMeter (lower leg) started at second base and struck out in all three of his plate appearances during Sunday's 5-3 win over the Cubs in Cactus League play.
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Scratched with leg tendinitis
2BMilwaukee Brewers  AAA
Leg
March 9, 2023
VanMeter was scratched from the Brewers' Cactus League lineup Thursday due to lower left leg tendinitis, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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Catches on with Milwaukee
2BMilwaukee Brewers  AAA
January 9, 2023
VanMeter and the Brewers agreed Monday to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to MLB spring training, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Parts ways with Bucs
2BFree Agent  AAA
October 12, 2022
VanMeter elected free agency Oct. 6.
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Outrighted to Triple-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
September 10, 2022
VanMeter cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports.
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