Jacob Young
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 192LBS | Age: 25
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 521 468 75 120 3 33 .256 .316 .331 .647
2 Seasons 642 575 84 147 3 46 .256 .317 .332 .649
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .252 0 13 .658
2024 .256 3 33 .647
2 Seasons .256 3 46 .649
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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 1955 377 6 1.6 1.2 85.8 106.7 4.0 28.1 .260 .326 .290 .290 .324 28.9 19.6 5.8
Player 2421 465 6 1.3 0.9 85.9 107.5 3.6 28.8 .255 .323 .290 .288 .319 29.2 19.3 6.2
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.




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 56.5 15.4 23.1 5.0 27.3 35.8 36.9 13.0 39.0 16.7 25.7 2.9 1.6 1.2
Player 56.8 15.1 22.8 5.4 29.2 35.9 34.8 12.3 39.6 16.3 25.4 4.3 1.3 0.9
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 -0.3 -2 539 27.6 129 .261 .357 .302 14.5 18.6 16.8 .289 .374 .309 35.1
2024 Sinker 0.2 1 439 22.5 126 .339 .429 .389 13.6 12.7 16.0 .295 .378 .335 34.0
2024 Slider -0.8 -3 318 16.3 93 .218 .276 .246 23.4 21.5 18.3 .222 .259 .237 20.6
2024 Curveball 0.8 1 158 8.1 35 .258 .387 .327 33.3 31.4 18.0 .214 .292 .274 25.0
2024 Changeup -1.2 -2 155 7.9 45 .150 .200 .249 14.5 13.3 14.0 .263 .342 .301 25.7
2024 Sweeper -0.4 -1 155 7.9 43 .175 .250 .225 29.1 30.2 25.5 .215 .250 .239 22.2
2024 Cutter -1.2 -2 142 7.3 34 .414 .414 .403 15.9 23.5 33.3 .262 .291 .286 26.1
2024 Split-Finger -4.4 -1 33 1.7 11 .000 .000 .064 18.8 27.3 16.7 .185 .218 .221 14.3
2024 Slurve -5.5 -1 10 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .275 .362 .274 33.3
2024 Knuckleball 5.7 0 6 0.3 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
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 Sinker 0.6 1 95 20.4 20 .250 .375 .337 8.6 10.0 10.5 .160 .204 .244 13.3
2023 Slider 0.5 0 92 19.7 28 .214 .214 .225 19.1 14.3 16.7 .212 .284 .215 29.2
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 Sweeper -0.1 0 30 6.4 11 .300 .400 .341 50.0 36.4 28.6 .214 .229 .241 0.0
2023 Changeup 1.3 0 29 6.2 9 .125 .125 .278 21.4 22.2 12.5 .194 .220 .239 16.7
2023 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 521 1,955 -14 -14 10 10 -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 1,955 52.6 60.3 84.8 27.8 59.1 43.8 25.9 44.9 18.2 7.7 72.8
Player 2,421 52.6 60.4 84.9 28.2 58.8 43.8 25.1 45.1 18.7 7.8 71.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 31 98 67
2024 17 67 4 1 51 1 1 6 24 8 64 17 84 55 97 100 59 7 85 86
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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 21.9 3 3.0 0 1 2 1 33.3
Player 21.9 3 3.1 0 2 2 1 33.3
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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 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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 85.8 -0.6 ↓
Launch Angle 1.8 4.0 2.2 ↑
Barrel % 0.0 1.6 1.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 30.7 28.9 -1.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 28.1 -3.7 ↓
xBA .234 .260 0.026 ↑
BA .252 .256 0.004 ↑
xwOBA .279 .290 0.011 ↑
wOBA .294 .290 -0.004 ↓
xSLG .311 .326 0.015 ↑
SLG .336 .331 -0.005 ↓
K% 18.2 19.6 1.4 ↑
BB% 8.3 5.8 -2.5 ↓
Swing % 46.1 44.9 -1.2 ↓
Whiff% 20.5 18.2 -2.3 ↓
In Zone % 52.6 52.6 0.0
Out of Zone % 47.4 47.4 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 27.8 -2.1 ↓
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 521 8 1.5 .292 .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 622 15.3 46.3% 0.3% 258 18.4 10.1% 0.4%
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