Dakota Mekkes

Chicago Cubs (AAA)

Age: 25

Bats/Throws: R/R

6' 7" / 275

Birthdate: 11/6/1994 (25 y, 3 m, 17 d)
Drafted: 2016 June Amateur Draft - Round: 10, Pick: 28, Overall: 314, Team: Chicago Cubs

Rule 5 Eligible: Eligible

Reported as pre-2020

Prospects Report

Team Rank: 28Overall Rank: NAReported: 2019 - UpdatedETA: 2019

Fastball	Slider	Changeup	Command	Future Value
55 / 55	55 / 55	55 / 55	40 / 40	40

2/13/2020	RG	2020 New Pitch Tracker by Jason Collette
2/14/2019	FG	Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2020 Top 100 by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel
12/7/2018	FG	Top 31 Prospects: Chicago Cubs by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel
8/11/2017	FG	Daily Prospect Notes: 8/10 & 8/11 by Eric Longenhagen
1/19/2017	FG	Top 23 Prospects: Chicago Cubs by Eric Longenhagen

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Projections | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2016	Cubs (R)	0	0	0	2	3.0	18.00	0.00	0.00	.250	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	0.12	0.51
2016	Cubs (A-)	1	1	0	9	17.0	11.12	2.12	0.53	.250	61.6 %	50.0 %	10.0 %	2.12	2.94	2.62
2017	Cubs (A)	3	0	4	18	31.0	13.65	4.06	0.29	.228	90.2 %	40.0 %	3.8 %	0.58	2.24	2.64
2017	Cubs (A+)	5	2	3	24	42.1	9.57	4.25	0.00	.240	87.0 %	37.6 %	0.0 %	1.28	2.76	3.97
2018	Cubs (AA)	3	0	8	16	22.1	12.09	5.24	0.40	.174	78.7 %	40.0 %	5.3 %	0.81	3.14	3.52
2018	Cubs (AAA)	1	0	3	25	31.1	11.78	4.60	0.29	.342	89.2 %	46.7 %	5.0 %	1.44	3.17	3.59
2019	Cubs (AAA)	4	2	5	43	49.1	11.13	6.20	1.09	.309	67.0 %	34.7 %	11.5 %	5.29	5.46	6.07
2020	Steamer	0	0	0	1	1.0	9.40	4.18	1.36	.287	72.9 %	41.1 %		4.43	4.63	4.76	0.0
2020	ZiPS	3	3	0	45	54.0	10.33	6.67	1.17	.312	71.6 %			5.00	4.99		-0.1

Standard

Projections | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2016	Cubs (R)	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2016	Cubs (A-)	1	1	2.12	9	0	0	0	2	2	17.0	67	11	7	4	1	4	0	1	1	0	21
2017	Cubs (A)	3	0	0.58	18	0	0	4	4	0	31.0	119	14	4	2	1	14	0	0	3	0	47
2017	Cubs (A+)	5	2	1.28	24	0	0	3	5	0	42.1	170	25	6	6	0	20	1	1	2	1	45
2018	Cubs (AA)	3	0	0.81	16	0	0	8	0	1	22.1	91	9	6	2	1	13	3	1	1	0	30
2018	Cubs (AAA)	1	0	1.44	25	0	0	3	2	1	31.1	135	27	6	5	1	16	1	1	3	1	41
2019	Cubs (AAA)	4	2	5.29	43	0	0	5	4	1	49.1	232	44	34	29	6	34	0	8	0	1	61
2020	Steamer	0	0	4.43	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0		0			1
2020	ZiPS	3	3	5.00	45			0			54.0		48	32	30	7	40	2	3	3	2	62

Advanced

Projections | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
2016	Cubs (R)	18.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	60.0 %	0.0 %	60.0 %	.100	0.33	.250	100.0 %	0.12
2016	Cubs (A-)	11.12	2.12	5.25	0.53	31.3 %	6.0 %	25.4 %	.177	0.88	.250	61.6 %	2.94
2017	Cubs (A)	13.65	4.06	3.36	0.29	39.5 %	11.8 %	27.7 %	.133	0.90	.228	90.2 %	2.24
2017	Cubs (A+)	9.57	4.25	2.25	0.00	26.5 %	11.8 %	14.7 %	.168	1.06	.240	87.0 %	2.76
2018	Cubs (AA)	12.09	5.24	2.31	0.40	33.0 %	14.3 %	18.7 %	.117	0.99	.174	78.7 %	3.14
2018	Cubs (AAA)	11.78	4.60	2.56	0.29	30.4 %	11.9 %	18.5 %	.229	1.37	.342	89.2 %	3.17
2019	Cubs (AAA)	11.13	6.20	1.79	1.09	26.3 %	14.7 %	11.6 %	.232	1.58	.309	67.0 %	5.46
2020	Steamer	9.40	4.18	2.25	1.36	24.0 %	10.7 %	13.3 %	.237	1.38	.287	72.9 %	4.63
2020	ZiPS	10.33	6.67	1.55	1.17				.240	1.63	.312	71.6 %	4.99

ZiPS 3 Year Projections

Projections | Regular Season

Season	Age	W	L	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP	WAR
2020	25	3	3	45	54.0	48	32	30	7	40	62	10.33	6.67	1.55	1.17	.240	1.63	.312	71.6 %	5.00	4.99	-0.1
2021	26	2	2	29	34.7	30	20	19	5	25	40	10.38	6.49	1.60	1.30	.235	1.59	.302	72.9 %	4.93	5.12	-0.1
2022	27	2	2	29	35.0	30	20	19	5	25	41	10.54	6.43	1.64	1.29	.233	1.57	.302	72.9 %	4.89	5.04	-0.1

Batted Ball

Projections | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP
2016	Cubs (R)	0.00	50.0 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	50.0 %	0.51
2016	Cubs (A-)	1.90	23.7 %	50.0 %	26.3 %	40.0 %	10.0 %	42.9 %	23.8 %	33.3 %	2.62
2017	Cubs (A)	0.85	12.7 %	40.0 %	47.3 %	38.5 %	3.8 %	43.1 %	19.0 %	37.9 %	2.64
2017	Cubs (A+)	0.79	14.9 %	37.6 %	47.5 %	39.6 %	0.0 %	50.5 %	19.4 %	30.1 %	3.97
2018	Cubs (AA)	0.95	17.8 %	40.0 %	42.2 %	36.8 %	5.3 %	46.8 %	23.4 %	29.8 %	3.52
2018	Cubs (AAA)	1.75	26.7 %	46.7 %	26.7 %	25.0 %	5.0 %	49.4 %	24.7 %	26.0 %	3.59
2019	Cubs (AAA)	0.83	23.4 %	34.7 %	41.9 %	36.5 %	11.5 %	45.0 %	24.0 %	31.0 %	6.07

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Projections | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2016	Cubs (R)	0	2	2	1	0	22	22
2016	Cubs (A-)	19	10	9	4	81	173	254
2017	Cubs (A)	22	26	7	10	174	306	480
2017	Cubs (A+)	38	48	15	19	247	436	683
2018	Cubs (AA)	18	19	8	7	140	211	351
2018	Cubs (AAA)	35	20	20	5	247	363	610
2019	Cubs (AAA)	43	52	29	19	398	582	980

Fielding

Projections | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2016	Cubs (R)	P	2	3.0	0	0	0	0
2016	Cubs (A-)	P	9	17.0	1	2	1	0
2017	Cubs (A)	P	18	31.0	0	1	0	0
2017	Cubs (A+)	P	24	42.1	0	2	1	0
2018	Cubs (AA)	P	16	22.1	4	3	1	0
2018	Cubs (AAA)	P	25	31.1	2	4	0	0
2019	Cubs (AAA)	P	43	49.1	1	6	0	1

Drafts

2016 June Amateur Draft - Round: 10, Pick: 28, Overall: 314

Team: Chicago Cubs
School: Michigan State

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