Josh VanMeter

27-Year-Old Second Baseman2B

Pittsburgh Pirates

2022 Stats

AVG

.169

RBI

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2022 Fantasy Outlook

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RANKSFrom Preseason

#598

ADP

League Majors

Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'11"

Weight 190

DOB 3/10/1995

Born Ossian, IN

College None

Drafted 5th Rd 2013 SD

Hits bench against lefty

2BPittsburgh Pirates

May 16, 2022

VanMeter is out of the lineup Monday against the Cubs.

ANALYSIS
With southpaw Wade Miley on the mound for Chicago, the lefty-hitting VanMeter will give way to the righty-hitting Michael Chavis at the keystone. VanMeter had started in four of the Pirates' last five games, going 4-for-15 with a home run, a triple, a walk and two RBI.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2020

+39%

OPS vs LHP

2022

+3%

OPS vs RHP

2021

+43%

OPS vs LHP

2020

+68%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020vs Left	.789	69	8	1	13	1	.279	.362	.426
Since 2020vs Right	.566	377	30	8	30	4	.175	.257	.309
2022vs Left	.536	8	2	0	1	1	.143	.250	.286
2022vs Right	.551	58	4	2	3	0	.182	.224	.327
2021vs Left	.871	47	5	1	12	0	.326	.383	.488
2021vs Right	.610	263	21	5	24	3	.190	.281	.329
2020vs Left	.630	14	1	0	0	0	.182	.357	.273
2020vs Right	.375	56	5	1	3	1	.098	.179	.196
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2020

+53%

OPS at Home

2022

+8%

OPS on Road

2021

+49%

OPS at Home

2020

+251%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020Home	.708	247	28	7	30	3	.220	.296	.413
Since 2020Away	.463	199	10	2	13	2	.154	.246	.217
2022Home	.533	40	4	1	3	0	.179	.200	.333
2022Away	.574	26	2	1	1	1	.174	.269	.304
2021Home	.762	170	20	5	25	2	.242	.318	.444
2021Away	.511	140	6	1	11	1	.174	.271	.240
2020Home	.652	37	4	1	2	1	.161	.297	.355
2020Away	.186	33	2	0	1	0	.065	.121	.065
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Stat Review

How does Josh VanMeter 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.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a batter in feet per second.

BB/K

0.26

BB Rate

7.1%

K Rate

27.1%

BABIP

.205

ISO

.138

AVG

.169

OBP

.229

SLG

.308

OPS

.536

wOBA

.244

Exit Velocity

79.8 mph

Hard Hit Rate

19.6%

Barrels/PA

3.5%

Sprint Speed

21.5

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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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