Red Sox Prospect Chase Meidroth Walked His Way Into Potential
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Chase Meidroth gets on base just about everywhere he goes. Affiliates in the Boston Red Sox farm system are well aware of that.
His college on-base percentage? .430. Summer collegiate leagues? .467. Now in the Boston system, Meidroth sports a .427 lifetime clip. These numbers should be magnified to examine one of the most professional at-bats in the minor leagues.
Meidroth played the full 2024 season in Triple-A and kept producing the way he knows how. The Red Sox infield prospect slashed .297/.443/.405 with seven home runs and 57 RBIs for an .848 OPS in 119 games. He walked 36 more times than he struck out and he holds a double-digit lead for the most walks in MILB with 105.
Ironically enough, that included a walk-off walk on a recent homestand for Triple-A Worcester.
It's an elite approach that's carried him through his career and created a professional opportunity when the Red Sox drafted him in the fourth round in 2022. Now at the end of his second full MiLB season, the tweaks in approach make Meidroth a more complete hitter at the plate.
"This game is a game of adjustments," Meidroth told NESN.com at Polar Park. "Every level you go up, you've got to make them or you don't. I think it's just a game of adjustments. I've had a good foundation from the beginning. I've had a lot of really good coaches help me and show me the way of being a professional baseball player. They've expected it from me from the start and I expect that from myself. I want to be out here and keep getting better every day. I think that's been a big part of it."
Iron does sharpen iron, which Meidroth knows all about given the talent he's surrounded by in the Red Sox system. While development is often the priority throughout the minors, stacking wins alongside top prospects only strengthens the experience for Meidroth.
"It's fun when you're on a winning team," Meidroth added. "We've got a really talented team. It's been like that all year. We're kind of just putting the pieces together at the right moment. That's kind of what you're seeing right now."
Meidroth may not be the flashiest name in the system, but the Red Sox have another ballplayer who's built to be a big leaguer.