Wade Meckler #53

As a freshman at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Calif., Meckler was just 4-feet-10, the shortest kid in the school, and weighed 75 pounds. By the time he was a senior, the utility man had reached 5-foot-8 and 145 pounds and finished the season batting .375 with 28 runs...Meckler was a two-time All-League All- Academic selection. Throughout high school he had a 4.4 GPA, was a Collegiate Scholar and earned the Golden State Award. He graduated with honors, was an AP Scholar with Distinction and scored 1470 on his SAT...Meckler did not receive any Division I or II offers and chose to attend Oregon State where he was a finance major. He was cut from the baseball team after his freshman year in 2019 after just 10 at-bats and did not make the team in 2020...The Yorba Linda, CA native rejoined the team in 2021 and was the only Beaver to appear in all 66 games in 2022. He hit .347 with 23 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 32 RBI en route to being named to the All-Pac 12 First Team. During his three seasons at Oregon State, Meckler had a slash line of .326/.435/.467.

2023

A 2022 draft selection, Meckler started the year at High-A Eugene and worked his way through three swift promotions before having his contract selected on August 14...Became the fourth member of any organization’s 2022 draft class to reach the Majors (the other three were all Angels prospects)...His debut came just 13 months after being drafted... Meckler appeared in 20 games at the Major League level and hit .232 with a double and six runs scored...Played in 69 minor league games between Eugene (High-A), Richmond (Double-A) and Sacramento (Triple-A) before his MLB promotion and another 14 games upon being optioned...Hit .371 in 83 MiLB games with 62 runs, 17 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 50 RBI and a .966 OPS...His .371 combined average was the best among all Minor Leaguers (min. 80 games).

2022

Made his professional debut with the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Giants and appeared exclusively in the outfield. He slashed .290/.460/.395 in 12 games with the ACL Giants Black...Was promoted to Single–A San Jose, where he slashed .439/.540/.683 in 11 games.