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Alex Young
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 2, #43, Arizona Diamondbacks | TCU
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 1 1 2.36 25 1 0 26.2 21 1.50
2023 4 2 3.86 63 0 1 53.2 50 1.36
2024 0 0 2.87 17 0 0 15.2 15 1.40
6 Seasons 16 18 4.34 177 25 1 277.2 239 1.41
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 25 1-1 2.36 26.2 21 1.50
2023 63 4-2 3.86 53.2 50 1.36
2024 17 0-0 2.87 15.2 15 1.40
6 Seasons 177 16-18 4.34 277.2 239 1.41
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDBreaking Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDOffspeed Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDPitchingxERA4.28NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.256NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Velo90.2NOT QUALIFIED6Avg Exit Velocity88.4NOT QUALIFIEDChase %30.2NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %31.7NOT QUALIFIEDK %22.1NOT QUALIFIEDBB %10.3NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %6.5NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %47.8NOT QUALIFIEDGB %52.2NOT QUALIFIEDExtension5.9NOT QUALIFIED7
20242024 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE30°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"4.0 INCHES TAIL12.0 INCHES RISE10.7 INCHES BREAK0.7 INCHES RISEAVG16.5 INCHES TAIL6.1 INCHES RISEAVG10.9 INCHES TAIL1.2 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHLHP AVGChange46%85.284.2Sinker38%90.292.6Curve14%81.179.04-Seam1%88.793.3SAMPLE100 PITCH

Statcast 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%
ERA
xERA
2019 25 1325 247 18 7.3 5.2 87.8 109.1 10.2 27.9 .248 .433 .298 .318 .369 35.6 20.3 7.7 3.56 4.47
2020 26 797 150 19 12.7 9.3 90.0 111.8 15.3 41.3 .289 .551 .361 .378 .444 40.7 19.1 6.9 5.44 6.40
2021 27 912 173 16 9.2 6.5 90.2 111.9 9.9 38.2 .284 .483 .389 .365 .407 39.9 17.5 11.0 6.58 5.88
2022 28 445 83 2 2.4 1.7 88.9 109.8 7.3 30.1 .249 .334 .325 .297 .315 38.6 18.1 9.5 2.36 3.64
2023 29 877 165 10 6.1 4.2 90.2 112.4 12.4 28.5 .248 .393 .324 .311 .357 44.2 21.2 8.5 3.86 4.07
2024 30 267 46 3 6.5 4.4 88.4 112.4 12.2 30.4 .256 .388 .327 .319 .367 47.8 22.1 10.3 2.87 4.28
Player 4623 864 68 7.9 5.6 89.3 112.4 11.3 32.8 .263 .443 .336 .334 .382 39.9 19.6 8.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Young relies on 5 pitches.
Changeup
(46.4%) ,
Sinker
(38.2%) ,
Curveball
(14.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.7%) ,
Slider
(0.4%) ,

Changeup124 Pitches (46.4%)
Sinker102 Pitches (38.2%)
Curveball38 Pitches (14.2%)
Four Seamer2 Pitches (0.7%)
Slider1 Pitches (0.4%)

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Pitch Tracking



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 %
2019 50.2 49.8 25.1 19.4 5.3 44.1 37.2 18.6 27.9 19.4 2.8 16.2 17.8 15.8
2020 36.7 63.3 30.7 26.0 6.7 39.3 41.3 19.3 20.0 11.3 5.3 19.3 30.0 14.0
2021 46.2 53.8 25.4 24.3 4.0 48.0 31.8 20.2 27.2 15.0 4.0 20.8 16.8 16.2
2022 54.2 45.8 18.1 24.1 3.6 49.4 33.7 16.9 31.3 19.3 3.6 18.1 14.5 13.3
2023 49.7 50.3 19.4 22.4 8.5 46.1 31.5 22.4 27.3 14.5 7.9 18.8 17.0 14.5
2024 52.2 47.8 26.1 13.0 8.7 54.3 30.4 15.2 30.4 10.9 10.9 23.9 19.6 4.3
Player 47.5 52.5 24.4 22.2 5.9 45.5 35.1 19.4 26.7 15.7 5.0 18.8 19.3 14.5
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
2019 4.5 35.2 22.7 25.1 4.5 7.3 5.2
2020 2.7 28.7 26.7 22.0 7.3 12.7 9.3
2021 2.9 34.1 23.7 27.7 2.3 9.2 6.5
2022 2.4 42.2 19.3 24.1 9.6 2.4 1.7
2023 5.5 32.7 23.6 24.8 6.1 6.1 4.2
2024 2.2 30.4 23.9 28.3 8.7 6.5 4.4
Player 3.7 33.8 23.5 25.1 5.6 7.9 5.6
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.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuAlex Young Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFour SeamerCurveballSliderChangeupSinkerCutter201920202021202220232024-15-10-50510

How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)
Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 2 88.7 21.9 -3.8 4.0ARM -2.1 12.0 -3.7 4.0ARM -4.1
2024 Curveball NYM L 38 81.1 41.1 -9.8 10.7GLV 1.1 0.7 -9.1 10.7GLV 3.5
2024 Slider NYM L 1 85.8 27.3 -8.0 1.2GLV -3.2 9.8 -8.4 1.2GLV -3.9
2024 Changeup NYM L 124 85.2 36.2 4.9 10.9ARM -3.1 1.2 4.7 10.9ARM -3.2
2024 Sinker NYM L 102 90.2 27.6 2.1 16.5ARM 1.8 6.1 2.1 16.5ARM 1.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball CIN L 31 91.3 18.5 -2.0 10.1ARM 3.3 14.3 -1.2 10.1ARM 2.4
2023 Sinker CIN L 318 90.5 26.3 1.7 16.8ARM 2.0 7.2 1.3 16.8ARM 1.7
2023 Changeup CIN L 315 85.7 35.7 4.9 12.0ARM -2.2 1.4 4.9 12.0ARM -2.1
2023 Curveball CIN L 213 81.5 40.5 -10.0 8.8GLV 0.5 0.9 -9.6 8.8GLV 1.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Changeup -0.2 0 124 46.4 33 .233 .333 .308 48.4 33.3 23.9 .206 .253 .267 36.8
2024 Sinker 0.6 1 102 38.2 28 .208 .458 .339 11.4 10.7 13.6 .296 .548 .408 61.9
2024 Curveball -0.6 0 38 14.2 5 .400 .600 .430 23.1 20.0 7.7 .361 .472 .361 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -31.9 -1 2 0.7 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .374 .410 .337 0.0
2024 Slider 25.6 0 1 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .116 .133 .111 0.0
2023 Sinker -1.5 -5 318 36.3 85 .312 .519 .414 12.4 3.5 6.7 .340 .521 .399 51.4
2023 Changeup 0.5 2 315 35.9 100 .196 .370 .288 39.9 34.0 28.6 .199 .326 .260 46.6
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 213 24.3 42 .263 .395 .345 38.9 28.6 20.3 .179 .233 .228 23.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -1 31 3.5 9 .143 .571 .450 23.1 11.1 14.3 .266 .736 .447 28.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year
Pitch Type
Pitches
MPH
Active Spin %
Total Movement (In.)
Spin-Based
Observed
Deviation
2024 Changeup 112 85.1 76 11.5 10:15 9:00 75
2024 Curveball 36 81.2 30 11.6 3:30 3:00 30
2024 Sinker 101 90.2 81 18.1 10:30 9:30 60
2023 Changeup 283 85.7 82 12.7 10:00 9:00 60
2023 Curveball 201 81.6 23 9.6 3:00 3:00 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 30 91.3 89 17.2 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sinker 287 90.5 84 18.6 10:30 9:45 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPSLIDERCURVEBALLAlex YoungObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

20202021202220232024All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE32°2020 ARM ANGLE34°2021 ARM ANGLE28°2022 ARM ANGLE30°2023 ARM ANGLE30°2024
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2019 345 1,325 4 17 -6 -7 8
2020 204 797 -5 3 -6 -4 -12
2021 242 912 -9 2 -5 -5 -17
2022 116 445 -2 7 -3 -3 -2
2023 236 877 -3 4 -3 -3 -5
2024 68 267 -2 5 -3 0 0
Player 1,211 4,623 -17 39 -27 -17 -27
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Plate Discipline

Season
Pitches
Zone %
Zone Swing %
Zone Contact %
Chase %
Chase Contact %
Edge %
1st Pitch Strike %
Swing %
Whiff %
Meatball %
Meatball Swing %
2019 1,325 43.9 68.0 83.3 32.0 52.9 41.8 60.2 47.8 27.4 5.8 68.8
2020 797 47.9 70.2 81.3 30.1 62.4 44.0 64.2 49.3 24.4 5.9 80.9
2021 912 47.9 70.3 82.1 29.5 50.7 43.1 56.4 49.0 27.1 7.3 82.1
2022 445 43.1 67.7 82.3 37.5 47.4 42.0 62.1 50.6 31.6 5.8 96.2
2023 877 47.4 67.8 81.9 35.6 45.1 39.1 61.9 50.9 30.3 8.1 77.5
2024 267 44.2 66.1 87.2 30.2 35.6 43.1 64.7 46.1 31.7 6.0 68.8
Player 4,623 46.0 68.7 82.5 32.3 50.8 42.0 60.9 49.1 28.0 6.6 78.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year
xwOBA /
xERA
xBA
xSLG
xISO
xOBP
Brl
Brl%
EV
Hard
Hit%
K%
BB%
Whiff%
Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2019 44 43 36 35 50 46 43 73 58 27 57 63 77 6 40 30 18
2020 8 9 4 4 29 1 6 20 27 22 72 33 71 17 63 32 7
2021 5 8 9 17 3 54 25 18 38 12 18 56 65 9 52 30 13
2022 11 73 25 17
2023 54 43 57 67 49 79 80 18 15 33 47 78 99 9 81 31 12
2024 6 46 7
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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 %
2019 22.9 14 12.5 2 7 7 6 42.9
2020 23.3 11 10.7 0 6 4 7 63.6
2021 22.7 12 11.3 1 3 7 6 50.0
2022 -- 0 0.2 0 4 0 0 --
2023 22.3 10 7.6 2 3 8 2 20.0
2024 22.9 2 1.8 0 0 2 1 50.0
Player 22.8 49 44.1 5 23 28 22 44.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2019 14 15 13 11 12 11 13 13 8 10 11 13 14 13 11 12 11 12 14 13 14 15 15 14 13 11 13 13 16 12 10
2020 11 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 8 10 10 12 11 10 10 10 12 11 10 10 11 11 13 10 11 10 10 10 11 12 9
2021 12 13 11 11 13 10 13 11 9 8 9 11 11 10 11 14 10 10 13 11 13 12 13 13 10 10 14 9 13 11 11
2022 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2023 10 8 2 10 8 7 9 6 8 5 7 9 8 7 10 8 9 7 9 11 6 6 10 10 8 5 6 8 8 7 5
2024 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
Player 49 48 40 49 45 42 49 43 35 34 39 49 45 41 44 45 44 42 48 48 45 45 55 49 43 37 44 44 49 44 37
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
+/-
 
2022
+/-
 
2023
+/-
 
2024
Fastball Velocity 87.6 1.6 89.2 -0.4 88.8 2.1 90.9 -0.3 90.6 -0.4 90.2
Offspeed Velocity 84.5 0.7 85.2 0.1 85.3 0.9 86.2 -0.5 85.7 -0.5 85.2
Breaking Velocity 81.5 0.1 81.6 0.7 82.3 0.4 82.7 -1.2 81.5 -0.3 81.2
Exit Velocity 87.8 2.2 90.0 0.2 90.2 -1.3 88.9 1.3 90.2 -1.8 88.4
Launch Angle 10.2 5.1 15.3 -5.4 9.9 -2.6 7.3 5.1 12.4 -0.2 12.2
Barrel % 7.3 5.4 12.7 -3.5 9.2 -6.8 2.4 3.7 6.1 0.4 6.5
Hard Hit % 35.6 5.1 40.7 -0.8 39.9 -1.3 38.6 5.6 44.2 3.6 47.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.9 13.4 41.3 -3.1 38.2 -8.1 30.1 -1.6 28.5 1.9 30.4
xBA .248 0.041 .289 -0.005 .284 -0.035 .249 -0.001 .248 0.008 .256
BA .229 0.048 .277 0.030 .307 -0.025 .282 -0.034 .248 -0.002 .246
xwOBA .318 0.060 .378 -0.013 .365 -0.068 .297 0.014 .311 0.008 .319
wOBA .298 0.063 .361 0.028 .389 -0.064 .325 -0.001 .324 0.003 .327
xSLG .433 0.118 .551 -0.068 .483 -0.149 .334 0.059 .393 -0.005 .388
SLG .413 0.136 .549 -0.011 .538 -0.159 .379 0.056 .435 -0.009 .426
K% 20.3 -1.2 19.1 -1.6 17.5 0.6 18.1 3.1 21.2 0.9 22.1
BB% 7.7 -0.8 6.9 4.1 11.0 -1.5 9.5 -1.0 8.5 1.8 10.3
Swing % 47.8 1.5 49.3 -0.3 49.0 1.6 50.6 0.3 50.9 -4.8 46.1
Whiff% 27.4 -3.0 24.4 2.7 27.1 4.5 31.6 -1.3 30.3 1.4 31.7
In Zone % 43.9 4.0 47.9 0.0 47.9 -4.8 43.1 4.3 47.4 -3.2 44.2
Out of Zone % 56.1 -4.0 52.1 0.0 52.1 4.8 56.9 -4.3 52.6 3.2 55.8
Out of Zone Swing % 32.0 -1.9 30.1 -0.6 29.5 8.0 37.5 -1.9 35.6 -5.4 30.2
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 9.9 36.8 -5.9 30.9 6.2 37.1 -0.2 36.9 -3.1 33.8
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 4.0 64.2 -7.8 56.4 5.7 62.1 -0.2 61.9 2.8 64.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2019 Shifts 345 .298 245 50 20.4 100 44 44.0
2020 Shifts 204 .361 141 45 31.9 63 32 50.8
2021 Shifts 242 .389 149 33 22.1 93 33 35.5
2022 Shifts 116 .325 62 11 17.7 54 23 42.6
2023 Shades 236 .324 118 8 6.8 118 60 50.8
2024 Shades 68 .327 43 0 0.0 25 10 40.0
! 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 %
2019 445 18.0 15.5% 1.1% 167 23.6 0.6% 14.4%
2020 260 14.7 54.2% 0.8% 95 21.6 0.0% 6.3%
2021 221 17.8 10.0% 1.4% 168 21.1 2.4% 7.1%
2022 71 14.3 59.2% 2.8% 101 21.8 0.0% 6.9%
2023 213 16.1 28.6% 0.5% 145 17.6 9.7% 0.0%
2024 62 15.4 43.5% 0.0% 58 16.7 19.0% 1.7%

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Pitch Distribution

Alex Young - 2024 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCurveballSinkerSliderAll Pitches78 MPH80 MPH82 MPH84 MPH86 MPH88 MPH90 MPH92 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed