Parker Meadows

Parker Meadows

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Detroit Tigers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Meadows got off to a slow start for Detroit last season and was optioned to Triple-A Toledo in early May. After two months spent clawing his way back, Meadows strained his right hamstring three games into his MLB return, which cost him another month. Faith was rewarded, however, as he ended up being a difference maker in the second half, slashing .296/.340/.500 with six homers and five steals in 47 regular-season games following his return in August. The overall batted-ball numbers do little to excite, but strong defense should help keep him on the field. Meadows, a lefty batter, handles same-side pitching reasonably well and is closer to the hitter we saw down the stretch than the one we saw over the first month-plus. Now 25 years old, Meadows projects to open the year as the Tigers' starting center fielder, with a longer leash to work through any offensive struggles. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in March of 2025.
Idle for second game of day
OFDetroit Tigers
July 2, 2025
Meadows is out of the lineup for the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Nationals.
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With a tough lefty (MacKenzie Gore) taking the hill for the Nationals, the left-handed-hitting Meadows will give way to Matt Vierling in center field in the nightcap. Meadows started in the Tigers' 11-2 win in the first game of the day, finishing 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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3
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vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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7
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs LHP
2025
Even Split
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .711 109 13 1 6 0 .263 .343 .368
Since 2023vs Right .703 423 55 13 42 19 .224 .300 .403
2025vs Left .583 18 3 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250
2025vs Right .582 71 7 2 7 2 .172 .254 .328
2024vs Left .733 62 4 1 4 0 .263 .311 .421
2024vs Right .746 236 35 8 24 9 .239 .309 .437
2023vs Left .732 29 6 0 2 0 .273 .414 .318
2023vs Right .689 116 13 3 11 8 .223 .310 .379
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+53%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .707 268 31 6 19 11 .243 .322 .385
Since 2023Away .702 264 37 8 29 8 .220 .295 .407
2025Home .462 45 5 0 0 1 .195 .267 .195
2025Away .709 44 5 2 7 1 .179 .273 .436
2024Home .780 131 15 4 9 5 .263 .331 .449
2024Away .714 167 24 5 19 4 .230 .293 .421
2023Home .724 92 11 2 10 5 .238 .337 .388
2023Away .654 53 8 1 3 3 .222 .321 .333
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Stat Review
How does Parker Meadows 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
0.38
 
BB Rate
10.1%
 
K Rate
27.0%
 
BABIP
.241
 
ISO
.125
 
AVG
.188
 
OBP
.270
 
SLG
.313
 
OPS
.582
 
wOBA
.264
 
Exit Velocity
86.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.0%
 
Barrels/PA
4.5%
 
Expected BA
.233
 
Expected SLG
.396
 
Sprint Speed
25.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
38.9%
 
Line Drive %
22.2%
 
Fly Ball %
38.9%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Meadows is a prime late-round outfielder to target in redraft leagues and a potentially ascending asset in dynasty leagues. Austin's younger brother had an impressive run in big-league camp during spring training but he struggled out of the gate at Triple-A, slashing .237/.321/.391 in his first 53 games. However, he got into a groove from early-June on, hitting .273 with an .897 OPS, 13 home runs and 12 steals on 13 attempts over his final 59 games for Toledo before getting a late-August promotion to the majors. His 37-game run in the big leagues was impressive on several fronts. First, he provided plus center-field defense with 81st percentile arm strength and 90th percentile sprint speed. He also stole eight bases on nine attempts. Additionally, his 77.9 percent contact rate and 23 percent chase rate are strong marks for a 23-year-old rookie, as were his 35.2 percent groundball rate and 5.4 percent infield-flyball rate. Comerica Park was the 25th best park for lefty power last year, so it's possible his power will be capped in the 15-20 HR range early on, but the 6-foot-5 Meadows may just be scratching the surface as a slugger. He doesn't have pronounced splits and has a chance to be Detroit's leadoff hitter for all of 2024.
Given that he is on the 40-man roster and entering his age-23 season, we should focus on what Meadows did as a high-pedigree, age-appropriate hitter in 489 plate appearances at Double-A. He had by far the best strikeout (18.4%) and walk (10.6%) rates of his career while playing quality center field defense and flirted with a 20/20 season (16-HR/17-SB). Prior to 2022, it seemed like Meadows' hit tool was going to be too mediocre for him to make it as a big-league regular (hits left-handed), but last season keeps hope alive that he can get there. He could debut later in the summer if it looks like he doesn't have much to gain by staying at Triple-A, but Meadows probably won't be ready from a skill standpoint to help out in deeper leagues until 2024.
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Sitting Saturday
OFDetroit Tigers
June 28, 2025
Meadows is not in the Tigers' starting lineup against the Twins on Saturday.
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Tallies two hits Thursday
OFDetroit Tigers
June 26, 2025
Meadows went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in Thursday's 8-0 win over the Athletics.
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Hits second home run
OFDetroit Tigers
June 22, 2025
Meadows went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 9-3 win over the Rays
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Bumped down in batting order
OFDetroit Tigers
June 22, 2025
Meadows will start in center field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Rays, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
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Idle for nightcap
OFDetroit Tigers
June 19, 2025
Meadows isn't in the lineup for the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against Pittsburgh, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
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