Jake Meyers
Jacob Berkshire Meyers (born June 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Meyers played college baseball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was selected in the 13th round by the Astros in the 2017 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2021. Early life and amateur career Jacob Berkshire Meyers was born to Paul and Laurie Meyers on June 18, 1996, in Omaha, Nebraska. Paul was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the fourth round of the 1986 draft and spent multiple seasons playing Minor League Baseball but never made it to the majors. Meyers has one sister, Lauren. He attended Westside High School, where he played baseball and basketball. Westside's baseball team won the Class A state championship in Meyers' junior and senior seasons, while the basketball team finished runner-up in the Class A state championship in Meyers' senior year. As a senior, Meyers was named the captain of both the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska baseball team and the Lincoln Journal Star Super State baseball team after pitching to a 9–0 win–loss record with a 0.97 earned run average (ERA) and 80 strikeouts in 58 innings pitched while also batting .440 with six triples, 51 runs scored, and 23 runs batted in (RBIs). Meyers attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a business administration major, where he played college baseball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers as both a pitcher and an outfielder. Jake's father, Paul, also attended Nebraska and was an All-American centerfielder in 1986. Jake went 3–1 with a 2.38 ERA in 16 appearances as a pitcher in his freshman season. As a sophomore, Meyers was named third team All-Big Ten Conference after leading the team with a .326 batting average and with a 1.42 ERA. He was named first team All-Big Ten and a third team All-American by Baseball America and the NCBWA after hitting .297 with one home run, seven doubles, 16 RBIs, 52 runs scored, and 20 stolen bases while also going 8–2 on the mound with a 3.42 ERA in innings pitched. Professional career 2017—2020 The Houston Astros selected Meyers in the 13th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats. Meyers was assigned to the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits to start the 2018 season before being promoted to the Buies Creek Astros of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. He returned to the Carolina League with the renamed Fayetteville Woodpeckers at the beginning of the 2019 season, where hit batted .258 with eight home runs and 41 RBIs and was named a Mid-Season All-Star before being promoted to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. He was a non-roster invitee for the Astros in spring training in 2020 before it, and later the minor league season, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 He opened the 2021 season with the Sugar Land Skeeters. On July 31, 2021, Houston selected Meyers' contract and promoted