I am a huge fan and he comes up in seemingly every thread right now, so let's give him his own.
Meidroth (pronounced MY-drawth) was drafted in the 4th round in 2022, at pick number 129. A potential utility player, Meidroth has played most of his minor league games at 3B, but also has a decently sized sample at 2B and SS as well.
In his pro debut season he played for Salem and the FCL Sox (only 3 games in FCL) and posted a .438 OBP and .977 OPS. In 2023, he put up a 20 game sample with a .495 OBP in A+ Greenville, forcing a promotion to AA Portland where he struggled a bit to a .762 OPS, but still maintained a solid .386 OBP, with a 59:78 BB:K ratio.
Earning a promotion to Woostah this season, after a solid spring training appearance, Meidroth's biggest skill seems to be "putting up a good at-bat and making the pitcher work really hard to get him out". At nearly 5 years younger than the average AAA player (though, take that with a grain of salt, since many AAA clubs these days trend older than their parent clubs), Meidroth has found another level to the pesky at bat, and has walk 16 times to only 7 K's. While his batting average is middling, at .255, his OBP is currently sitting at a Juan Soto like .462. No, he is not the next coming of Juan Soto, though he may be better defensively.
Over The Monster has a nice article about him a few days ago, in which they opined that he is the "most underrated Red Sox prospect" (it's in the title!) and that he may be due for a promotion soon, especially with the way the injuries in Boston are piling up.
Scouting reports discount him as "smaller", "undersized", "below-average speed" and "below average power", and while most of those things are probably true, the dude just keeps putting up numbers.
Personally, I really enjoyed watching him play this spring. He looks to be an incredibly hard worker and every time he popped up on camera he had a smile on his face. He won't be confused for any of the big three, or even Bleis or Rafaela when it comes to prospect pedigree, but I think he is a guy worth keeping an eye on... and, frankly, I hope this ends up being a short lived thread, because I hope to see him in Boston sooner rather than later.
Meidroth (pronounced MY-drawth) was drafted in the 4th round in 2022, at pick number 129. A potential utility player, Meidroth has played most of his minor league games at 3B, but also has a decently sized sample at 2B and SS as well.
In his pro debut season he played for Salem and the FCL Sox (only 3 games in FCL) and posted a .438 OBP and .977 OPS. In 2023, he put up a 20 game sample with a .495 OBP in A+ Greenville, forcing a promotion to AA Portland where he struggled a bit to a .762 OPS, but still maintained a solid .386 OBP, with a 59:78 BB:K ratio.
Earning a promotion to Woostah this season, after a solid spring training appearance, Meidroth's biggest skill seems to be "putting up a good at-bat and making the pitcher work really hard to get him out". At nearly 5 years younger than the average AAA player (though, take that with a grain of salt, since many AAA clubs these days trend older than their parent clubs), Meidroth has found another level to the pesky at bat, and has walk 16 times to only 7 K's. While his batting average is middling, at .255, his OBP is currently sitting at a Juan Soto like .462. No, he is not the next coming of Juan Soto, though he may be better defensively.
Over The Monster has a nice article about him a few days ago, in which they opined that he is the "most underrated Red Sox prospect" (it's in the title!) and that he may be due for a promotion soon, especially with the way the injuries in Boston are piling up.
Scouting reports discount him as "smaller", "undersized", "below-average speed" and "below average power", and while most of those things are probably true, the dude just keeps putting up numbers.
Personally, I really enjoyed watching him play this spring. He looks to be an incredibly hard worker and every time he popped up on camera he had a smile on his face. He won't be confused for any of the big three, or even Bleis or Rafaela when it comes to prospect pedigree, but I think he is a guy worth keeping an eye on... and, frankly, I hope this ends up being a short lived thread, because I hope to see him in Boston sooner rather than later.
