Danny Young
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 8, #242, Toronto Blue Jays | Florida
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 4.26 3 0 0 6.1 6 2.05
2023 0 0 1.08 8 0 0 8.1 11 1.08
2024 3 0 2.70 34 0 0 33.1 45 1.11
3 Seasons 3 0 2.63 45 0 0 48 62 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 3 0-0 4.26 6.1 6 2.05
2023 8 0-0 1.08 8.1 11 1.08
2024 34 3-0 2.70 33.1 45 1.11
3 Seasons 45 3-0 2.63 48 62 1.23
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2022 28 126 24 1 4.2 3.1 84.1 106.3 5.9 37.5 .275 .411 .408 .323 .373 33.3 18.8 6.3 4.26 4.37
2023 29 135 19 0 0.0 0.0 86.6 105.9 13.2 36.8 .228 .268 .289 .289 .344 31.6 31.4 5.7 1.08 3.48
2024 30 589 74 3 4.1 2.1 88.3 113.1 2.6 27.0 .215 .328 .265 .301 .380 35.1 32.1 11.4 2.70 3.70
Player 850 117 4 3.4 1.9 87.1 113.1 5.0 30.8 .228 .332 .292 .303 .372 34.2 30.0 9.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Young relies on 3 pitches.
Sweeper
(53.1%) ,
Sinker
(46.2%) ,
Cutter
(0.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 50.0 16.7 33.3 0.0 45.8 25.0 29.2 12.5 29.2 20.8 29.2 4.2 4.2 3.1
2023 42.1 26.3 31.6 0.0 26.3 52.6 21.1 0.0 31.6 26.3 42.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024 54.1 20.3 24.3 1.4 29.7 45.9 24.3 1.4 44.6 17.6 28.4 2.7 4.1 2.1
Player 51.3 20.5 27.4 0.9 32.5 42.7 24.8 3.4 39.3 19.7 30.8 2.6 3.4 1.9
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Cutter NYM L 3 86.6 29.7 -0.5 -2 0.8 -3.3 -130
2024 Sweeper NYM L 298 80.6 43.0 2.2 5 19.6 4.2 27
2024 Sinker NYM L 265 91.3 29.5 3.4 13 18.3 2.9 19
2023 Sinker ATL L 74 88.7 30.3 3.1 12 18.7 3.8 25
2023 Sweeper ATL L 61 77.4 45.3 1.3 3 20.2 3.4 20
2022 Changeup ATL L 3 83.0 42.1 5.4 15 19.5 4.6 31
2022 Sweeper ATL L 71 77.5 42.1 -0.8 -2 17.6 1.9 12
2022 Sinker ATL L 52 88.7 32.6 6.2 24 18.9 3.5 23
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Sweeper 0.9 3 313 53.1 61 .102 .184 .250 52.7 47.5 26.6 .160 .297 .293 20.0
2024 Sinker 1.8 5 272 46.2 77 .221 .279 .273 15.4 20.8 23.2 .245 .297 .287 39.6
2024 Cutter -26.7 -1 4 0.7 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .971 3.880 1.959 100.0
2023 Sinker 1.8 1 74 54.8 16 .267 .267 .269 13.8 25.0 22.2 .318 .359 .324 45.5
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 61 45.2 19 .200 .267 .308 46.2 36.8 31.8 .138 .178 .256 12.5
2022 Sweeper 0.7 1 71 56.3 14 .250 .333 .318 28.6 21.4 11.1 .260 .321 .319 11.1
2022 Sinker 4.0 2 52 41.3 17 .412 .471 .391 20.0 17.6 23.1 .256 .321 .253 42.9
2022 Changeup -94.4 -3 3 2.4 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .766 3.032 1.580 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Sinker 258 91.3 87 19.3 10:00 9:15 45
2024 Sweeper 288 80.6 63 20.7 4:00 3:15 45
2023 Sinker 73 88.7 88 19.8 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Sweeper 59 77.4 64 21.3 3:45 3:15 30
2022 Sinker 52 88.7 87 19.9 10:00 9:00 60
2022 Sweeper 71 77.5 55 18.7 3:30 2:45 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 32 126 3 -1 0 -2 0
2023 35 135 2 1 0 -2 1
2024 139 589 6 7 -2 -4 7
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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 %
2022 126 57.9 54.8 80.0 26.4 64.3 37.3 78.1 42.9 24.1 7.9 50.0
2023 135 48.1 56.9 81.1 25.7 50.0 39.3 54.3 40.7 29.1 8.1 63.6
2024 589 42.4 54.0 80.7 28.0 45.3 38.5 56.4 39.0 33.5 6.6 61.5
Player 850 45.6 54.6 80.7 27.5 48.0 38.5 59.4 39.9 31.3 7.1 60.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2022 3 55 9
2023 3 77 4
2024 12 77 18
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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 %
2022 23.7 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2024 24.8 2 1.4 1 0 1 1 50.0
Player 24.2 3 2.3 1 0 2 1 33.3
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
2022 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2024 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Player 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.7 88.7 0.0 91.2 2.5 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 77.5 77.4 -0.1 ↓ 80.5 3.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 84.1 86.6 2.5 ↑ 88.3 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle 5.9 13.2 7.3 ↑ 2.6 -10.6 ↓
Barrel % 4.2 0.0 -4.2 ↓ 4.1 4.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.3 31.6 -1.7 ↓ 35.1 3.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 36.8 -0.7 ↓ 27.0 -9.8 ↓
xBA .275 .228 -0.047 ↓ .215 -0.013 ↓
BA .367 .233 -0.134 ↓ .178 -0.055 ↓
xwOBA .323 .289 -0.034 ↓ .301 0.012 ↑
wOBA .408 .289 -0.119 ↓ .265 -0.024 ↓
xSLG .411 .269 -0.142 ↓ .328 0.059 ↑
SLG .533 .267 -0.266 ↓ .271 0.004 ↑
K% 18.8 31.4 12.6 ↑ 32.1 0.7 ↑
BB% 6.3 5.7 -0.6 ↓ 11.4 5.7 ↑
Swing % 42.9 40.7 -2.2 ↓ 39.0 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 24.1 29.1 5.0 ↑ 33.5 4.4 ↑
In Zone % 57.9 48.1 -9.8 ↓ 42.4 -5.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 42.1 51.9 9.8 ↑ 57.6 5.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.4 25.7 -0.7 ↓ 28.0 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.1 25.7 -2.4 ↓ 18.6 -7.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 78.1 54.3 -23.8 ↓ 56.4 2.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 32 .408 17 7 41.2 15 11 73.3
2023 Shades 35 .289 20 0 0.0 15 5 33.3
2024 Shades 132 .252 78 0 0.0 54 22 40.7
! 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 %
2022 25 19.4 0.0% 0.0% 42 19.8 2.4% 2.4%
2023 39 14.8 53.8% 0.0% 27 17.2 11.1% 0.0%
2024 182 16.3 18.1% 1.1% 105 17.6 7.6% 2.9%

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Pitch Distribution