WVU baseball pitching sensation's breaking ball garners national attention

We are under one week away from the first pitch of the 2026 season for head coach Steve Sabins and the West Virginia Mountaineers. After a successful first season in charge, Sabins will enter his sophomore season as manager with a relief pitcher earning praise for some of the best pitching in the country.

Discussing WVU star pitcher Chase Meyer’s breaking ball, The College Baseball Show on the Just Baseball network gave significant praise for the junior right-hander’s curveball ahead of the start of the 2026 season.

“You’re looking at probably the best breaking ball in the entire class,” Tyler Jennings of The College Baseball Show said.

Chase Meyer Poised For Breakout Season With High-Level Pitching Skills

Over his two seasons wearing a Mountaineer uniform, Meyer has a career 5.31 ERA over 67.1 innings pitched, and has recorded 91 strikeouts. The Daytona Beach, Florida, native made a huge leap from his freshman season to his sophomore season. As a freshman, Meyer posted an 8.38 ERA over 19.1 innings pitched, but still managed to rack up 28 strikeouts.

Returning to WVU, Meyer made a huge jump in keeping runs off the board, posting a 3.944 ERA over 48 innings in 2024 with 63 strikeouts, helping cut traffic on the basepaths way down. In 2024 Meyer allowed a .243 opposing batting average and a 2.12 WHIP (walks plus hits over innings pitched). In 2025, Meyer lowered his opposing batting average to a low .192 average while driving his WHIP down to 1.45.

What has to be a big reason for the drastic increase in effectiveness on the mound for the Daytona Beach native is the development of Meyer’s curveball. Standing at 6’2”, the right-hander’s breaking ball is widely believed to have some of the best movement in the country. Major league scouts are surely keeping an eye on the 2026 junior season for the 6-foot-2 right-hander.