Austin Wade Meadows (born May 3, 1995) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (MLB). He stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches. In Major League Baseball, he has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Meadows was rated as one of the most promising prospects in the 2013 MLB draft. With the ninth overall pick in the first round, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him.
Meadows had committed to play collegiate baseball with the Tigers at Clemson University, but he chose to sign with the Pirates instead, receiving a $3,029,600 signing bonus three weeks after the draft.
Meadows’ salary was increased to $578,900 in 2020, up from $557,400 in 2019. On April 4, 2022, Meadows was traded to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Isaac Paredes and a competitive balance round B pick in the 2022 MLB draft.
Austin Meadows was signed to a one-year, $4,000,000 contract by the Tampa Bay Rays, with $4,000,000 guaranteed and a $4,000,000 yearly average salary. Meadows will be paid a $4,000,000 base salary and a $4,000,000 total salary in 2022.
Meadows made the most of his money as a professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball, and his net worth is believed to be $3 million as of 2022.