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Meyer

Meyer, the No. 10 overall pick in 2023’s MLB Draft, has had a rough few years since we’ve last blurbed him. He carried a 5.18 ERA in 40 innings for High-A Beloit in 2024, and in a repeat assignment there in 2025, managed a 4.41 ERA in 65 1/3rd innings pitched. Control has been a problem, with 100 walks allowed in 150 1/3rd professional innings. Meyer will look to get things on track when healthy this season. He’s still only 21 years old.

Meyer, the 10th overall pick in last year’s draft, had a 2.65 ERA and a 43/23 K/BB ratio in 34 innings for low-A Jupiter. He could rate as one of the game’s very best pitching prospects by season’s end.

Meyer agreed to a $4.5 million bonus, which is significantly underslot for the 10th overall pick. The six-foot-five right-hander from Oregon was committed to the University of Oregon, but will instead begin his climb up through the minor league ranks in the Marlins organization.

A generation ago, before teams relied heavily on draft models that didn’t account for the risk associated with prep pitchers, Meyer might’ve been a top-five overall pick. The 18-year-old right-hander can dial up premium fastball velocity, and also throws a curve and slider. He’s your prototypical projectable 6-foot-5 arm with an exceptionally-wide range of potential outcomes. He’ll be given every chance to make it as a mid-rotation starter, and possibly more if everything comes together, but didn’t quite have the polish to be a slam-dunk top-10 pick. The Marlins have had a ton of success developing pitchers over the last few years, and will embark on a similar project with Meyer, if they can lure him away from his commitment to Oregon.