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2018 Mets draft profile: Nick Meyer

Name: Nick Meyer

Born: Mission Viejo, California

Age: 21 (2/18/1997)

Height/Weight: 6’/195 lbs.

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

School: California Polytechnic State University

Nick Meyer was born with a condition called pre-axial polydactyly, meaning he was born with two thumbs on his left hand. He underwent surgery to remove the extra digit when he was two years old, but the procedure was not without side effects. To this day, Nick Meyer cannot bend his left thumb all the way.