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Kyle Higashioka
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 202LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 7, #230, New York Yankees | Edison HS
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 260 242 24 57 10 0 .236 .274 .413 .687
2024 263 246 29 54 17 2 .220 .263 .476 .739
2025 7 7 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .715
9 Seasons 1,193 1,111 123 236 57 2 .212 .256 .412 .668
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .236 10 0 .687
2024 .220 17 2 .739
2025 .286 0 0 .715
9 Seasons .212 57 2 .668
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDBaserunning Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIEDFielding Run Value-3NOT QUALIFIED28BattingxwOBA.298NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.220NOT QUALIFIEDxSLG.430NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity88.4NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %10.9NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %37.4NOT QUALIFIEDLA Sweet-Spot %40.2NOT QUALIFIEDBat Speed71.8NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %25.4NOT QUALIFIEDChase %28.1NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %25.6NOT QUALIFIEDK %28.1NOT QUALIFIEDBB %5.7NOT QUALIFIEDCatchingBlocks Above Avg-8NOT QUALIFIED8CS Above Avg-3NOT QUALIFIED25Framing1NOT QUALIFIED65Pop Time2.02NOT QUALIFIED10RunningSprint Speed25.4NOT QUALIFIED9
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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%
2017 27 73 12 0 0.0 0.0 79.7 102.4 21.2 16.7 .174 .219 .069 .226 .265 16.7 30.0 10.0
2018 28 267 56 6 10.7 7.6 88.4 109.2 28.0 30.4 .211 .433 .248 .308 .348 30.4 20.3 7.6
2019 29 246 31 3 9.7 5.3 89.8 109.5 17.7 35.5 .165 .326 .270 .210 .386 38.7 45.6 0.0
2020 30 178 37 5 13.5 10.4 89.7 106.4 18.5 35.1 .237 .513 .319 .312 .404 29.7 22.9 0.0
2021 31 816 135 21 15.6 10.0 90.5 109.5 21.7 37.8 .233 .504 .272 .343 .451 48.1 28.0 8.1
2022 32 907 183 18 9.8 7.3 90.9 109.1 17.2 36.6 .254 .444 .282 .317 .381 48.1 21.0 4.8
2023 33 1010 172 19 11.0 7.3 90.1 109.2 15.5 36.6 .242 .443 .293 .309 .411 48.3 28.5 5.4
2024 34 1062 174 19 10.9 7.2 88.4 107.2 20.7 40.2 .220 .430 .314 .298 .391 37.4 28.1 5.7
2025 35 14 4 1 25.0 25.0 97.2 105.2 44.4 25.0 .250 .903 .317 .471 .471 50.0 0.0 0.0
Player 4573 804 92 11.4 7.7 89.7 109.5 19.4 36.7 .231 .446 .285 .309 .399 42.9 26.7 5.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuKyle Higashioka Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFastballBreakingOffspeed2017201820192020202120222023202420250255075
Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
%
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Whiff%
PutAway%
2025 Fastball 13 92.9 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .500 .903 .317 .471 97.2 45 33.3 0.0
2025 Breaking 1 7.1
2024 Fastball 547 51.5 144 130 30 18 5 0 7 29 102 .231 .256 .431 .478 .316 .344 89.1 22 17.0 19.9
2024 Breaking 372 35.0 80 79 16 5 3 1 7 31 49 .203 .171 .532 .350 .305 .220 85.0 24 33.5 21.1
2024 Offspeed 143 13.5 39 37 8 3 2 0 3 14 23 .216 .197 .514 .434 .325 .286 84.8 5 36.8 26.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2017 50.0 50.0 8.3 16.7 25.0 58.3 33.3 8.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 25.0 16.7 8.3
2018 25.0 75.0 44.6 16.1 14.3 42.9 42.9 14.3 17.9 7.1 0.0 25.0 35.7 14.3
2019 32.3 67.7 35.5 29.0 3.2 51.6 41.9 6.5 19.4 12.9 0.0 32.3 29.0 6.5
2020 37.8 62.2 37.8 13.5 10.8 35.1 37.8 27.0 16.2 13.5 8.1 18.9 24.3 18.9
2021 28.1 71.9 35.6 24.4 11.9 45.2 31.9 23.0 17.0 6.7 4.4 28.1 25.2 18.5
2022 36.1 63.9 28.4 25.1 10.4 44.3 41.0 14.8 18.0 15.8 2.2 26.2 25.1 12.6
2023 40.1 59.9 27.3 25.0 7.6 50.0 32.0 18.0 26.2 11.6 2.3 23.8 20.3 15.7
2024 29.3 70.7 35.1 24.1 11.5 50.0 30.5 19.5 16.1 9.2 4.0 33.9 21.3 15.5
2025 0.0 100.0 75.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 25.0
Player 33.3 66.7 32.6 23.5 10.6 46.8 35.2 18.0 19.3 11.1 3.0 27.5 24.1 15.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2017 8.3 33.3 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 1.8 16.1 46.4 19.6 5.4 10.7 7.6
2019 3.2 22.6 32.3 16.1 16.1 9.7 5.3
2020 5.4 27.0 32.4 16.2 5.4 13.5 10.4
2021 2.2 21.5 31.9 17.0 10.4 15.6 10.0
2022 4.9 23.0 30.1 26.8 4.9 9.8 7.3
2023 2.3 29.7 24.4 25.0 7.6 11.0 7.3
2024 5.7 20.7 33.3 20.1 9.2 10.9 7.2
2025 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 25.0
Player 3.9 23.4 31.3 21.8 7.7 11.4 7.7
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2025 Cutter -2.8 0 8 57.1 -- -- -- 60.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Sinker 21.9 1 3 21.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 -- .474 1.719 .896 50.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -19.4 0 2 14.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .025 .087 .045 50.0
2025 Sweeper 5.8 0 1 7.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sinker -1.5 -3 221 20.8 63 .246 .368 .321 13.6 14.3 17.3 .273 .428 .338 43.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 220 20.7 60 .222 .519 .351 18.3 26.7 20.5 .246 .570 .368 56.4
2024 Slider 2.9 5 188 17.7 43 .238 .690 .379 37.1 34.9 21.7 .165 .392 .234 32.1
2024 Cutter -1.0 -1 106 10.0 21 .211 .368 .290 22.0 19.0 25.0 .234 .366 .301 13.3
2024 Curveball -1.9 -2 100 9.4 22 .136 .318 .189 31.0 45.5 26.3 .166 .236 .172 33.3
2024 Changeup 1.0 1 99 9.3 27 .160 .520 .307 40.0 33.3 27.3 .189 .508 .319 25.0
2024 Sweeper -0.4 0 84 7.9 15 .200 .400 .253 27.3 40.0 15.0 .196 .399 .252 11.1
2024 Split-Finger 1.4 1 37 3.5 9 .333 .556 .378 34.8 55.6 26.3 .264 .340 .260 50.0
2024 Screwball -15.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .089 .106 .085 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2017 20 73 -1 -3 1 0 -2
2018 79 267 1 -7 1 1 -3
2019 57 246 -1 -3 0 0 -4
2020 48 178 0 -1 1 0 0
2021 207 798 -10 -9 7 4 -8
2022 247 906 -3 -12 5 4 -7
2023 260 1,010 -6 0 1 3 -2
2024 263 1,062 8 -15 3 5 0
2025 4 14 -1 1 0 0 0
Player 1,185 4,554 -12 -50 19 -12 -25
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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 %
2017 73 56.2 75.6 80.6 25.0 62.5 34.2 55.0 53.4 23.1 8.2 66.7
2018 267 49.8 68.4 78.0 24.6 54.5 44.2 39.2 46.4 28.2 7.5 80.0
2019 246 52.0 80.5 80.6 40.7 52.1 45.1 49.1 61.4 28.5 9.3 91.3
2020 178 53.9 70.8 82.4 32.9 63.0 43.3 39.6 53.4 23.2 10.1 83.3
2021 816 48.9 68.5 79.0 25.5 43.3 43.1 31.8 46.6 31.3 6.8 74.1
2022 907 50.4 72.2 81.5 28.5 49.2 39.6 36.3 50.6 26.8 8.7 82.3
2023 1,010 51.2 67.1 80.7 31.0 48.4 40.7 33.5 49.5 28.6 8.2 73.5
2024 1,062 49.8 64.8 82.5 28.1 53.3 40.5 21.3 46.4 25.6 7.4 72.2
2025 14 64.3 88.9 75.0 20.0 0.0 35.7 25.0 64.3 33.3 14.3 100.0
Player 4,573 50.5 69.0 80.9 28.9 50.2 41.3 32.8 49.2 27.7 8.0 77.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2017 31 18
2018 68 17
2019 67 32
2020 36 27
2021 65 21
2022 50 18
2023 48 12
2024 29 9
2025 59 34 77 53
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2018 23.1 3 2.6 0 3 2 1 33.3
2019 21.6 3 1.4 2 1 2 0 0.0
2020 23.7 5 5.2 0 1 4 2 40.0
2021 23.5 10 10.5 -1 7 7 5 50.0
2022 22.6 10 10.0 0 3 10 3 30.0
2023 23.0 10 10.5 -1 6 10 3 30.0
2024 24.0 20 16.4 4 7 15 6 30.0
2025 -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 23.3 61 57.4 4 28 51 20 32.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2018 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 2
2019 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 1
2020 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 4 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 6 5 6 6 4
2021 10 12 10 9 11 9 10 11 6 9 9 9 13 9 11 11 11 12 10 9 11 13 12 13 12 10 11 10 12 10 10
2022 10 8 9 8 9 8 10 9 7 7 7 8 13 12 12 11 12 11 10 8 11 10 12 12 8 9 8 13 13 11 13
2023 10 8 10 11 10 9 12 10 9 9 9 12 12 9 13 11 13 10 11 11 11 8 16 14 11 8 10 10 11 10 7
2024 20 9 17 14 17 19 21 14 14 13 19 21 14 15 16 15 13 12 16 22 16 16 21 18 13 15 16 21 18 22 16
2025 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Player 61 50 55 51 56 55 63 52 42 45 53 61 64 55 61 58 58 55 58 61 60 60 74 69 52 50 53 65 68 64 54
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

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2017
2018
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2019
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Exit Velocity 79.7 88.4 8.7 89.8 1.4 89.7 -0.1 90.5 0.8 90.9 0.4 90.1 -0.8 88.4 -1.7 97.2 8.8
Launch Angle 21.2 28.0 6.8 17.7 -10.3 18.5 0.8 21.7 3.2 17.2 -4.5 15.5 -1.7 20.7 5.2 44.4 23.7
Barrel % 0.0 10.7 10.7 9.7 -1.0 13.5 3.8 15.6 2.1 9.8 -5.8 11.0 1.2 10.9 -0.1 25.0 14.1
Hard Hit % 16.7 30.4 13.7 38.7 8.3 29.7 -9.0 48.1 18.4 48.1 0.0 48.3 0.2 37.4 -10.9 50.0 12.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 30.4 13.7 35.5 5.1 35.1 -0.4 37.8 2.7 36.6 -1.2 36.6 0.0 40.2 3.6 25.0 -15.2
xBA .174 .211 0.037 .165 -0.046 .237 0.072 .233 -0.004 .254 0.021 .242 -0.012 .220 -0.022 .250 0.030
BA .000 .167 0.167 .214 0.047 .250 0.036 .181 -0.069 .227 0.046 .236 0.009 .220 -0.016 .250 0.030
xwOBA .226 .308 0.082 .210 -0.098 .312 0.102 .343 0.031 .317 -0.026 .309 -0.008 .298 -0.011 .471 0.173
wOBA .069 .248 0.179 .270 0.022 .319 0.049 .272 -0.047 .282 0.010 .293 0.011 .314 0.021 .317 0.003
xSLG .219 .433 0.214 .326 -0.107 .513 0.187 .504 -0.009 .444 -0.060 .443 -0.001 .430 -0.013 .903 0.473
SLG .000 .319 0.319 .464 0.145 .521 0.057 .389 -0.132 .389 0.000 .413 0.024 .476 0.063 .500 0.024
K% 30.0 20.3 -9.7 45.6 25.3 22.9 -22.7 28.0 5.1 21.0 -7.0 28.5 7.5 28.1 -0.4 0.0 -28.1
BB% 10.0 7.6 -2.4 0.0 -7.6 0.0 0.0 8.1 8.1 4.8 -3.3 5.4 0.6 5.7 0.3 0.0 -5.7
Swing % 53.4 46.4 -7.0 61.4 15.0 53.4 -8.0 46.6 -6.8 50.6 4.0 49.5 -1.1 46.4 -3.1 64.3 17.9
Whiff% 23.1 28.2 5.1 28.5 0.3 23.2 -5.3 31.3 8.1 26.8 -4.5 28.6 1.8 25.6 -3.0 33.3 7.7
In Zone % 56.2 49.8 -6.4 52.0 2.2 53.9 1.9 48.9 -5.0 50.4 1.5 51.2 0.8 49.8 -1.4 64.3 14.5
Out of Zone % 43.8 50.2 6.4 48.0 -2.2 46.1 -1.9 51.1 5.0 49.6 -1.5 48.8 -0.8 50.2 1.4 35.7 -14.5
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 24.6 -0.4 40.7 16.1 32.9 -7.8 25.5 -7.4 28.5 3.0 31.0 2.5 28.1 -2.9 20.0 -8.1
First Pitch Swing % 55.0 39.2 -15.8 49.1 9.9 39.6 -9.5 31.8 -7.8 36.3 4.5 33.5 -2.8 21.3 -12.2 25.0 3.7
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 67.1 -7.9 73.7 6.6 72.9 -0.8 63.5 -9.4 61.7 -1.8 65.8 4.1 60.5 -5.3 50.0 -10.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 20 3 15.0 .082 .000
2018 Shifts R 79 8 10.1 .224 .462
2019 Shifts R 57 19 33.3 .299 .212
2020 Shifts R 48 20 41.7 .197 .491
2021 Shifts R 205 88 42.9 .241 .310
2022 Shifts R 246 126 51.2 .310 .251
2023 Shades R 260 18 6.9 .305 .137
2024 Shades R 263 8 3.0 .321 .086
2025 Shades R 4 0 0.0 .317
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2017 12 17.0 41.7% 0.0% 15 23.7 0.0% 26.7%
2018 70 17.9 15.7% 2.9% 48 24.2 0.0% 12.5%
2019 51 17.8 19.6% 2.0% 31 24.7 0.0% 25.8%
2020 46 18.8 15.2% 2.2% 25 23.4 0.0% 20.0%
2021 232 19.7 4.3% 2.6% 130 25.3 0.0% 8.5%
2022 237 18.6 17.3% 1.7% 135 23.6 3.7% 8.9%
2023 236 15.8 35.2% 0.0% 194 18.9 5.7% 0.5%
2024 289 15.6 40.1% 0.3% 184 18.4 4.9% 0.5%
2025 3 14.3 66.7% 0.0% 2 17.0 0.0% 0.0%
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