Masataka Yoshida
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 192LBS | Age: 31
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 580 537 71 155 15 8 .289 .338 .445 .783
2024 421 378 45 106 10 2 .280 .349 .415 .764
2 Seasons 1,001 915 116 261 25 10 .285 .343 .433 .776
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .289 15 8 .783
2024 .280 10 2 .764
2 Seasons .285 25 10 .776
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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 29 2197 458 30 6.6 5.2 89.0 112.3 3.9 29.5 .273 .425 .339 .325 .350 40.6 14.0 5.9
2024 30 1593 328 18 5.5 4.3 88.0 111.1 10.5 36.3 .258 .394 .336 .322 .326 37.5 12.4 6.4
Player 3790 786 48 6.1 4.8 88.6 112.3 6.7 32.3 .267 .412 .338 .324 .340 39.3 13.3 6.1
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.




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 55.0 19.4 21.4 4.1 35.4 35.2 29.5 3.9 41.9 17.2 25.8 3.9 6.6 5.2
2024 43.9 24.4 26.2 5.5 35.7 37.2 27.1 4.9 31.7 23.8 26.8 7.3 5.5 4.3
Player 50.4 21.5 23.4 4.7 35.5 36.0 28.5 4.3 37.7 20.0 26.2 5.3 6.1 4.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 510 32.0 126 .292 .425 .369 9.0 11.1 11.5 .273 .425 .358 39.4
2024 Sinker 2.8 8 273 17.1 87 .320 .507 .403 7.2 2.3 3.1 .255 .375 .331 42.5
2024 Slider 1.1 2 201 12.6 50 .250 .273 .289 21.1 14.0 11.9 .246 .296 .293 29.7
2024 Cutter 1.1 2 165 10.4 41 .333 .564 .421 14.1 7.3 8.3 .312 .583 .398 33.3
2024 Curveball 2.0 3 148 9.3 34 .212 .333 .249 26.2 29.4 18.9 .182 .272 .210 30.4
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 136 8.5 37 .306 .417 .324 24.6 16.2 15.4 .280 .389 .300 30.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.9 -1 81 5.1 25 .200 .360 .274 19.0 16.0 12.5 .262 .392 .282 38.1
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -1 69 4.3 20 .158 .158 .170 13.8 30.0 35.3 .180 .325 .242 53.8
2024 Knuckleball 0.2 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Slurve 0.6 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 9 729 33.2 207 .370 .556 .445 9.6 8.7 11.1 .323 .494 .380 47.4
2023 Slider -0.8 -3 310 14.1 74 .206 .368 .271 29.9 24.3 16.8 .213 .313 .254 49.0
2023 Sinker -0.5 -2 310 14.1 89 .286 .393 .332 12.1 13.5 18.5 .233 .308 .260 33.3
2023 Changeup 1.0 3 291 13.2 69 .270 .492 .375 26.4 11.6 9.4 .276 .478 .354 34.5
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 220 10.0 55 .269 .404 .313 24.5 21.8 16.2 .283 .479 .343 39.0
2023 Cutter -3.6 -7 182 8.3 45 .122 .171 .178 14.8 13.3 18.2 .206 .327 .268 20.0
2023 Sweeper 2.9 2 81 3.7 19 .211 .474 .284 28.9 26.3 16.1 .204 .406 .255 28.6
2023 Split-Finger 3.2 2 49 2.2 18 .294 .294 .289 25.0 11.1 10.5 .293 .428 .332 46.7
2023 Slurve -0.4 0 14 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .474 1.265 .692 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 580 2,197 -14 -2 12 8 5
2024 421 1,593 7 -12 12 8 14
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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 2,197 51.2 58.6 86.5 27.3 71.0 42.8 15.0 43.3 18.3 8.6 68.6
2024 1,593 51.2 64.7 91.3 25.2 69.4 41.1 18.5 45.4 14.6 8.8 73.6
Player 3,790 51.2 61.2 88.6 26.4 70.3 42.1 16.5 44.2 16.7 8.7 70.7
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
2023 51 80 48 37 48 54 31 42 79 49 93 17 88 57 22 52
2024 57 68 46 33 72 24 24 26 73 36 97 26 95 72 20
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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 %
2023 22.0 15 14.2 1 10 16 3 20.0
2024 23.1 10 11.3 -1 3 11 3 30.0
Player 22.5 25 25.5 -1 13 27 6 24.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 15 15 9 15 14 11 15 14 9 10 12 13 15 14 17 16 20 12 18 18 14 13 25 20 11 10 16 13 15 12 10
2024 10 10 9 13 12 13 14 11 12 7 11 13 13 9 11 12 11 8 11 14 10 11 15 14 10 9 14 14 13 11 5
Player 25 25 18 28 26 24 29 25 21 17 23 26 28 23 28 28 31 20 29 32 24 24 40 34 21 19 30 27 28 23 15
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

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.0 88.0 -1.0 ↓
Launch Angle 3.9 10.5 6.6 ↑
Barrel % 6.6 5.5 -1.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 40.6 37.5 -3.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.5 36.3 6.8 ↑
xBA .273 .258 -0.015 ↓
BA .289 .280 -0.009 ↓
xwOBA .325 .322 -0.003 ↓
wOBA .339 .336 -0.003 ↓
xSLG .425 .394 -0.031 ↓
SLG .445 .415 -0.030 ↓
K% 14.0 12.4 -1.6 ↓
BB% 5.9 6.4 0.5 ↑
Swing % 43.3 45.4 2.1 ↑
Whiff% 18.3 14.6 -3.7 ↓
In Zone % 51.2 51.2 0.0
Out of Zone % 48.8 48.8 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 25.2 -2.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 15.0 18.5 3.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.5 54.4 -5.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 580 183 31.6 .334 .347
2024 Shades L 421 209 49.6 .358 .314
! 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 677 14.9 52.9% 0.0% 418 18.2 7.7% 0.5%
2024 479 15.6 41.8% 0.2% 259 18.4 6.6% 1.2%
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