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 320 286 50 71 1 24 .248 .312 .308 .620
2 Seasons 441 393 59 98 1 37 .249 .315 .316 .631
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .252 0 13 .658
2024 .248 1 24 .620
2 Seasons .249 1 37 .631
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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 1180 228 4 1.8 1.3 85.0 106.7 4.1 29.4 .261 .327 .280 .293 .330 27.2 20.3 5.6
Player 1646 316 4 1.3 0.9 85.4 107.5 3.5 30.1 .254 .322 .284 .289 .320 28.2 19.7 6.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 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 57.0 14.0 24.1 4.8 28.1 36.0 36.0 13.2 38.6 15.8 27.2 2.6 1.8 1.3
Player 57.3 13.9 23.4 5.4 30.7 36.1 33.2 12.0 39.6 15.5 26.3 4.7 1.3 0.9
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 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.

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 -1.1 -4 308 26.1 73 .277 .354 .309 16.9 20.5 21.7 .310 .423 .329 40.0
2024 Sinker 0.7 2 271 23.0 79 .329 .429 .396 12.6 10.1 12.3 .305 .378 .343 33.9
2024 Slider -2.5 -5 213 18.1 68 .200 .231 .213 25.5 22.1 21.7 .225 .262 .234 12.0
2024 Sweeper 1.3 1 99 8.4 24 .182 .227 .223 27.6 29.2 21.9 .244 .272 .265 20.0
2024 Cutter -0.3 0 90 7.6 24 .421 .421 .423 18.6 29.2 38.9 .194 .219 .252 21.4
2024 Curveball -0.9 -1 86 7.3 20 .188 .250 .293 37.9 25.0 19.2 .194 .245 .293 18.2
2024 Changeup -1.3 -1 85 7.2 24 .087 .130 .202 16.7 20.8 26.3 .229 .295 .247 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 0 20 1.7 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 40.0 18.2 .192 .248 .289 50.0
2024 Knuckleball 5.8 0 6 0.5 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2024 Slurve -9.1 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .349 .581 .385 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 1 121 26.0 28 .381 .524 .452 10.9 10.7 7.5 .347 .524 .434 55.0
2023 Slider 0.2 0 96 20.6 30 .200 .200 .210 22.0 16.7 19.2 .198 .265 .201 28.0
2023 Sinker 0.6 1 95 20.4 20 .250 .375 .337 8.6 10.0 10.5 .160 .204 .244 13.3
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 .285 .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 320 1,180 -6 -12 4 6 -8
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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 1,180 52.6 59.1 85.6 27.7 53.5 44.7 25.9 44.2 19.7 7.3 75.6
Player 1,646 52.6 59.6 85.5 28.3 54.8 44.4 24.7 44.8 19.9 7.5 73.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 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 19 65 6 1 57 2 2 4 26 8 56 19 76 52 97 100 62 11 78
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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 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2024 20.7 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 20.7 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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
2024 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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 86.4 85.0 -1.4
Launch Angle 1.8 4.1 2.3
Barrel % 0.0 1.8 1.8
Hard Hit % 30.7 27.2 -3.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 29.4 -2.4
xBA .234 .261 0.027
BA .252 .248 -0.004
xwOBA .279 .293 0.014
wOBA .294 .280 -0.014
xSLG .311 .327 0.016
SLG .336 .308 -0.028
K% 18.2 20.3 2.1
BB% 8.3 5.6 -2.7
Swing % 46.1 44.2 -1.9
Whiff% 20.5 19.7 -0.8
In Zone % 52.6 52.6 0.0
Out of Zone % 47.4 47.4 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 27.7 -2.2
First Pitch Swing % 21.5 25.9 4.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.3 64.7 -0.6
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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 319 8 2.5 .285 .126
! 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 384 15.1 48.2% 0.5% 141 19.1 9.9% 0.0%
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