Joey Meneses

Joey Meneses

31-Year-Old DHDH
Washington Nationals
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
RANKSFrom Preseason
#188
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in May of 2023.
Homers, collects three hits
DHWashington Nationals
September 21, 2023
Meneses went 3-for-6 with a two-run homer in Wednesday's victory over the White Sox.
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Meneses singled in two of his first three at-bats before launching a two-run home run in the fifth to extend Washington's lead. The 31-year-old has now homered in back-to-back games, collecting five RBI over that brief stretch, while Wednesday also marked his 14th game this season with at least three hits.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
41
49
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
7
31
16
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+16%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+26%
OPS vs LHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .861 263 28 7 29 0 .313 .357 .504
Since 2021vs Right .742 634 76 19 94 1 .278 .323 .419
2023vs Left .771 187 19 2 18 0 .291 .337 .434
2023vs Right .703 470 52 11 71 0 .268 .315 .388
2022vs Left 1.084 76 9 5 11 0 .366 .408 .676
2022vs Right .857 164 24 8 23 1 .305 .348 .510
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+8%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+1%
OPS on Road
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .792 440 50 13 59 0 .289 .339 .453
Since 2021Away .764 457 54 13 64 1 .287 .328 .435
2023Home .749 329 34 8 44 0 .280 .325 .423
2023Away .695 328 37 5 45 0 .270 .317 .378
2022Home .923 111 16 5 15 0 .317 .378 .545
2022Away .935 129 17 8 19 1 .331 .357 .579
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 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.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.29
 
BB Rate
5.8%
 
K Rate
19.8%
 
BABIP
.329
 
ISO
.126
 
AVG
.275
 
OBP
.321
 
SLG
.401
 
OPS
.722
 
wOBA
.319
 
Exit Velocity
89.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
34.1%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.241
 
Expected SLG
.354
 
Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
48.6%
 
Line Drive %
20.2%
 
Fly Ball %
31.2%
 
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Cranks pinch-hit homer
DHWashington Nationals
September 20, 2023
Meneses went 1-for-1 with a three-run homer in Tuesday's win over the White Sox.
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Not in lineup Tuesday
DHWashington Nationals
September 19, 2023
Meneses is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the White Sox.
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Day off Saturday
DHWashington Nationals
September 9, 2023
Meneses isn't in the Nationals' lineup Saturday against the Dodgers, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Gets rare day off
DHWashington Nationals
September 3, 2023
Meneses is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Career-high five RBI in win
DHWashington Nationals
August 18, 2023
Meneses went 2-for-5 with two doubles, five RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's win over the Red Sox.
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