The Mets invited four catchers to major league camp and two of them have the first name Nick! Yesterday we looked at Nick Dini, an offense leaning catcher the Mets signed out of the Royals system. Today we’ll look Nick Meyer who the Mets drafted in the 6th round back in 2016.
Nick Meyer played in two levels last season. In Binghamton, where he was almost exactly the average age, he played in 51 games and 209 PA’s hitting .243/.332..316. In Syracuse he was 2.5 years younger than the average player. Over 11 games and 48 PA’s he hit .286/.362/.357, so even better than he did in Binghamton!
Nick Meyer is currently the Mets #27 Mets prospect according to MLB.com. They note that he was defense first pitcher when the Mets first drafted him and that’s what his first couple of seasons of the minors looked like – but things have improved for his bat last year.
Ultimately, it’s going to be Meyer’s defense that keeps pushing him forward. He projects to be a major league back up, and his glovework/platework is what we are looking for as he get reps in Spring Training. We don’t expect to see him in Queens this year (outside of roster expansion periods) but we wouldn’t be surprised if we see him next year.
