Jacob Young
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 192LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 7, #203, Washington Nationals | Florida
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 121 107 9 27 0 13 .252 .322 .336 .658
2024 125 111 21 29 0 14 .261 .325 .324 .649
2 Seasons 246 218 30 56 0 27 .257 .324 .330 .654
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .252 0 13 .658
2024 .261 0 14 .649
2 Seasons .257 0 27 .654
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 23 466 88 0 0.0 0.0 86.4 107.5 1.8 31.8 .234 .311 .294 .279 .296 30.7 18.2 8.3
2024 24 445 89 0 0.0 0.0 83.4 106.7 -0.4 23.6 .268 .328 .295 .300 .321 29.2 17.4 5.8
Player 911 177 0 0.0 0.0 84.9 107.5 0.7 27.7 .251 .319 .294 .289 .309 29.9 17.8 7.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 58.0 13.6 21.6 6.8 37.5 36.4 26.1 9.1 42.0 14.8 23.9 10.2 0.0 0.0
2024 61.8 10.1 22.5 5.6 22.5 41.6 36.0 20.2 38.2 13.5 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
Player 59.9 11.9 22.0 6.2 29.9 39.0 31.1 14.7 40.1 14.1 23.2 7.3 0.0 0.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 128 28.8 31 .222 .296 .290 15.5 16.1 17.9 .344 .443 .355 50.0
2024 Sinker 3.4 3 89 20.0 23 .474 .526 .528 8.1 13.0 12.0 .359 .413 .401 50.0
2024 Slider -2.9 -2 84 18.9 26 .160 .160 .165 29.5 19.2 18.5 .163 .174 .170 5.0
2024 Cutter -1.1 0 43 9.7 11 .250 .250 .320 21.1 27.3 33.3 .147 .167 .249 0.0
2024 Changeup 3.4 1 40 9.0 13 .167 .250 .358 17.6 15.4 25.0 .232 .331 .279 30.0
2024 Curveball -2.3 -1 29 6.5 11 .300 .400 .341 23.1 9.1 11.1 .278 .352 .315 11.1
2024 Sweeper 5.9 1 25 5.6 5 .400 .600 .430 14.3 40.0 22.2 .358 .418 .339 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -1.0 0 6 1.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .074 .079 .067 0.0
2024 Slurve -1.3 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 116 24.9 26 .368 .526 .452 9.8 11.5 7.7 .325 .481 .418 50.0
2023 Sinker 1.5 2 100 21.5 22 .278 .389 .348 10.3 9.1 10.0 .205 .285 .280 23.5
2023 Slider 0.2 0 96 20.6 30 .200 .200 .210 22.0 16.7 19.2 .198 .265 .201 28.0
2023 Curveball -1.4 -1 46 9.9 9 .222 .333 .239 28.6 22.2 14.3 .196 .271 .201 14.3
2023 Cutter 0.0 0 41 8.8 14 .231 .385 .293 25.0 21.4 25.0 .291 .352 .310 50.0
2023 Changeup 1.3 0 29 6.2 9 .125 .125 .278 21.4 22.2 12.5 .194 .220 .239 16.7
2023 Sweeper 1.2 0 26 5.6 9 .375 .500 .417 46.2 33.3 25.0 .266 .286 .294 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -5.5 0 8 1.7 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -1.9 0 4 0.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 121 466 2 -3 1 1 2
2024 121 445 -4 -1 2 2 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 466 52.6 60.8 85.2 29.9 57.6 43.6 21.5 46.1 20.5 7.9 67.6
2024 445 53.7 59.0 85.8 27.7 61.4 44.9 24.0 44.5 18.2 7.0 83.9
Player 911 53.1 59.9 85.5 28.8 59.3 44.2 22.7 45.3 19.4 7.5 75.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2023 31 98 67
2024 33 71 12 1 63 1 1 2 33 10 73 18 85 49 97 94 63
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.4 83.4 -3.0
Launch Angle 1.8 -0.4 -2.2
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 30.7 29.2 -1.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 23.6 -8.2
xBA .234 .268 0.034
BA .252 .262 0.010
xwOBA .279 .300 0.021
wOBA .294 .295 0.001
xSLG .311 .328 0.017
SLG .336 .318 -0.018
K% 18.2 17.4 -0.8
BB% 8.3 5.8 -2.5
Swing % 46.1 44.5 -1.6
Whiff% 20.5 18.2 -2.3
In Zone % 52.6 53.7 1.1
Out of Zone % 47.4 46.3 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 27.7 -2.2
First Pitch Swing % 21.5 24.0 2.5
First Pitch Strike % 65.3 62.0 -3.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 121 8 6.6 .293 .308
2024 Shades R 120 2 1.7 .295 .446
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 140 15.6 39.3% 0.7% 70 18.9 11.4% 1.4%
2024 127 14.5 52.0% 0.8% 45 18.8 4.4% 0.0%
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