Jake Cave
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 6, #209, New York Yankees | Kecoughtan, Hampton, VA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 178 164 14 31 3 1 .189 .249 .293 .542
2022 177 164 17 35 5 2 .213 .260 .384 .644
2023 203 184 18 39 5 3 .212 .272 .348 .620
6 Seasons 1,218 1,106 148 256 38 8 .231 .293 .401 .694
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .189 3 1 .542
2022 .213 5 2 .644
2023 .212 5 3 .620
6 Seasons .231 38 8 .694
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

  • ▾

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 25 1246 186 27 14.5 8.7 89.2 111.4 10.5 41.4 .256 .480 .332 .340 .493 38.2 33.0 5.8
2019 26 922 128 16 12.5 7.0 90.5 111.5 7.4 38.3 .260 .484 .343 .359 .481 43.8 31.1 9.2
2020 27 504 69 3 4.3 2.4 87.4 106.3 8.5 27.5 .213 .332 .293 .272 .382 39.1 35.8 4.1
2021 28 719 103 6 5.8 3.4 87.0 109.1 8.4 38.8 .220 .337 .241 .273 .385 33.0 34.8 5.6
2022 29 710 117 12 10.3 6.8 90.7 108.9 14.4 38.5 .213 .395 .278 .285 .366 42.7 27.7 6.2
2023 30 813 132 10 7.6 4.9 89.3 107.0 15.3 29.5 .203 .358 .271 .277 .341 34.8 27.1 7.4
Player 4914 735 74 10.1 6.1 89.2 111.5 10.9 36.6 .232 .411 .299 .308 .418 38.6 31.4 6.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 45.2 23.7 30.6 0.5 32.8 43.5 23.7 3.2 34.9 13.4 26.9 6.5 14.5 8.7
2019 52.3 18.0 29.7 0.0 39.1 37.5 23.4 3.1 33.6 11.7 34.4 4.7 12.5 7.0
2020 50.7 23.2 26.1 0.0 34.8 39.1 26.1 5.8 36.2 14.5 29.0 10.1 4.3 2.4
2021 52.4 15.5 28.2 3.9 33.0 39.8 27.2 5.8 37.9 15.5 27.2 7.8 5.8 3.4
2022 36.8 39.3 22.2 1.7 24.8 49.6 25.6 2.6 27.4 31.6 18.8 9.4 10.3 6.8
2023 38.6 34.8 23.5 3.0 31.8 34.1 34.1 3.0 31.1 33.3 19.7 5.3 7.6 4.9
Player 45.4 26.0 27.1 1.5 32.7 40.8 26.5 3.7 33.3 20.0 25.9 6.9 10.1 6.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.1 3 304 37.4 74 .275 .449 .336 22.3 24.3 17.1 .255 .442 .322 43.1
2023 Slider -4.8 -6 117 14.4 31 .077 .077 .153 41.1 35.5 27.5 .107 .162 .191 18.8
2023 Changeup -2.2 -3 115 14.1 27 .200 .240 .231 32.8 25.9 16.3 .156 .196 .194 22.2
2023 Curveball -0.5 0 89 10.9 20 .263 .368 .295 29.4 35.0 29.2 .179 .282 .222 33.3
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 70 8.6 18 .200 .600 .350 8.6 11.1 11.8 .281 .709 .441 57.1
2023 Cutter -8.5 -5 53 6.5 15 .000 .000 .093 25.0 26.7 44.4 .070 .095 .155 22.2
2023 Sweeper 0.7 0 42 5.2 11 .364 .455 .359 28.6 36.4 22.2 .291 .426 .307 28.6
2023 Splitter -4.6 -1 20 2.5 5 .000 .000 .000 40.0 40.0 15.4 .090 .135 .232 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.6 -1 238 33.5 68 .224 .397 .344 25.6 19.1 20.6 .215 .443 .332 50.0
2022 Slider -0.3 0 112 15.8 31 .194 .484 .302 37.3 35.5 32.4 .226 .443 .306 45.0
2022 Curveball -0.7 -1 98 13.8 12 .091 .182 .163 55.9 75.0 22.0 .069 .079 .117 0.0
2022 Changeup 2.9 3 96 13.5 21 .350 .550 .412 45.1 19.0 12.9 .187 .279 .204 23.5
2022 Sinker 0.0 0 72 10.1 21 .200 .250 .307 28.2 19.0 25.0 .314 .531 .377 43.8
2022 Cutter -3.7 -2 66 9.3 20 .200 .350 .233 32.5 30.0 42.9 .226 .404 .269 50.0
2022 Sweeper -3.4 -1 19 2.7 2 .000 .000 .000 37.5 50.0 14.3 .059 .060 .057 0.0
2022 Splitter -1.4 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Slurve 0.4 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 272 37.8 71 .242 .394 .316 26.0 38.0 30.7 .245 .427 .314 41.0
2021 Sinker -2.5 -3 102 14.2 32 .194 .258 .213 20.7 15.6 22.7 .290 .435 .321 42.3
2021 Changeup -1.6 -2 98 13.6 25 .174 .217 .194 52.2 40.0 37.0 .180 .217 .198 14.3
2021 Slider -1.1 -1 88 12.2 16 .154 .308 .344 41.9 37.5 17.6 .161 .187 .257 0.0
2021 Curveball 0.6 1 84 11.7 17 .133 .267 .282 45.2 47.1 27.6 .097 .159 .181 28.6
2021 Cutter -2.4 -1 46 6.4 11 .100 .100 .145 19.0 18.2 20.0 .256 .294 .283 37.5
2021 Splitter -0.8 0 24 3.3 3 .000 .000 .233 54.5 100.0 27.3 -- -- .233 --
2021 Slurve -11.3 0 3 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .172 .185 .163 0.0
2021 Sweeper -5.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer 2.1 4 189 37.5 39 .314 .514 .390 31.5 30.8 23.5 .262 .346 .308 60.9
2020 Slider -3.7 -3 87 17.3 26 .083 .083 .123 50.0 46.2 34.3 .104 .164 .161 16.7
2020 Sinker -2.8 -2 65 12.9 15 .267 .400 .287 23.5 13.3 13.3 .272 .385 .284 38.5
2020 Curveball -1.3 -1 64 12.7 11 .111 .111 .209 55.6 45.5 25.0 .124 .149 .226 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.2 -1 61 12.1 17 .118 .294 .224 56.4 41.2 31.8 .208 .320 .225 20.0
2020 Cutter 8.1 3 31 6.2 13 .455 1.091 .650 30.0 30.8 33.3 .328 .805 .504 57.1
2020 Splitter -4.2 0 5 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sweeper 0.7 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -0.1 0 344 37.3 71 .276 .534 .408 28.7 29.6 21.0 .305 .624 .439 51.4
2019 Sinker -1.6 -2 140 15.2 34 .250 .393 .329 19.4 20.6 24.1 .339 .571 .426 68.2
2019 Curveball 3.6 5 131 14.2 32 .357 .536 .452 32.2 21.9 14.9 .230 .384 .315 28.6
2019 Changeup -0.4 0 126 13.7 37 .222 .278 .251 33.8 37.8 36.8 .194 .304 .244 27.3
2019 Slider 0.9 1 114 12.4 33 .258 .677 .405 42.3 45.5 35.7 .257 .598 .367 50.0
2019 Cutter -2.6 -1 43 4.7 14 .000 .000 .214 57.1 35.7 27.8 .143 .164 .261 16.7
2019 Splitter 5.7 1 20 2.2 6 .400 .400 .417 38.5 16.7 12.5 .276 .323 .336 25.0
2019 Slurve -4.7 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer 1.8 9 475 38.1 109 .276 .571 .392 25.2 28.4 19.7 .274 .571 .383 45.6
2018 Slider -2.3 -5 206 16.5 56 .170 .208 .173 49.5 48.2 35.1 .194 .364 .259 42.9
2018 Sinker 1.2 2 200 16.1 52 .261 .696 .441 16.8 21.2 26.8 .290 .708 .446 36.1
2018 Curveball 0.0 0 163 13.1 33 .233 .267 .244 38.6 42.4 20.9 .178 .223 .238 17.6
2018 Changeup 3.3 4 119 9.6 34 .424 .576 .469 31.4 29.4 25.0 .308 .422 .327 30.4
2018 Cutter -1.3 -1 58 4.7 14 .286 .429 .307 21.9 35.7 33.3 .276 .325 .265 33.3
2018 Splitter 3.3 1 19 1.5 8 .250 .250 .225 41.7 37.5 33.3 .327 .368 .311 40.0
2018 Sweeper -5.6 0 5 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 307 1,246 10 -10 6 5 10
2019 232 939 -1 -10 7 5 2
2020 124 512 4 -8 0 3 0
2021 178 719 -3 -10 2 4 -7
2022 177 710 1 -12 5 3 -3
2023 206 830 -4 -14 6 2 -9
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 1,246 49.9 66.7 78.6 32.1 49.0 45.2 26.6 49.4 30.4 6.9 75.6
2019 922 44.3 71.3 80.8 29.0 43.6 40.2 23.7 47.7 31.8 6.7 75.8
2020 504 46.8 66.1 71.8 31.3 38.1 45.0 13.0 47.6 39.6 6.3 62.5
2021 719 51.7 66.9 78.3 22.5 32.1 40.9 22.5 45.5 32.4 5.7 73.2
2022 710 47.5 73.0 73.2 30.6 45.6 43.1 25.4 50.7 35.0 7.5 77.4
2023 813 49.1 68.2 80.5 30.2 53.6 41.3 29.1 48.8 26.7 8.0 75.4
Player 4,914 48.3 68.6 77.8 29.5 45.2 42.7 24.3 48.4 31.9 6.9 74.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2018 81 68 61
2019 81 67
2020 35 74 85 48
2021 60 72 46
2022 47 69 78
2023 28 57 61
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.0 13 14.6 -2 8 11 5 38.5
2019 21.3 8 9.7 -2 3 8 3 37.5
2020 22.1 4 2.6 1 0 3 1 25.0
2021 23.3 3 2.8 0 1 1 2 66.7
2022 23.9 5 5.2 0 1 6 1 20.0
2023 23.9 5 5.0 0 1 4 2 40.0
Player 22.5 38 39.9 -2 14 33 14 36.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 13 18 11 13 15 16 16 14 10 13 14 20 14 13 15 15 13 15 14 17 15 17 17 16 12 13 13 16 16 15 12
2019 8 11 9 10 11 10 11 9 5 8 10 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 13 12 10 9 10 6 10 10 10 8
2020 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 4 2
2021 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 5 4 4 5 6 5 6 3 4 3 6 5 5 4 6 7 5 5 5 7 4 6 7 6 3 4 7 8 6 4 5
2023 5 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 4
Player 38 45 35 37 43 41 45 35 28 31 40 47 39 36 43 42 37 39 40 46 39 48 49 43 33 36 37 45 43 41 34
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
+View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 90.5 1.3 ↑ 87.4 -3.1 ↓ 87.0 -0.4 ↓ 90.7 3.7 ↑ 89.3 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 10.5 7.4 -3.1 ↓ 8.5 1.1 ↑ 8.4 -0.1 ↓ 14.4 6.0 ↑ 15.3 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 14.5 12.5 -2.0 ↓ 4.3 -8.2 ↓ 5.8 1.5 ↑ 10.3 4.5 ↑ 7.6 -2.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.2 43.8 5.6 ↑ 39.1 -4.7 ↓ 33.0 -6.1 ↓ 42.7 9.7 ↑ 34.8 -7.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 41.4 38.3 -3.1 ↓ 27.5 -10.8 ↓ 38.8 11.3 ↑ 38.5 -0.3 ↓ 29.5 -9.0 ↓
xBA .256 .260 0.004 ↑ .213 -0.047 ↓ .220 0.007 ↑ .213 -0.007 ↓ .203 -0.010 ↓
BA .265 .258 -0.007 ↓ .221 -0.037 ↓ .189 -0.032 ↓ .213 0.024 ↑ .212 -0.001 ↓
xwOBA .340 .359 0.019 ↑ .272 -0.087 ↓ .273 0.001 ↑ .285 0.012 ↑ .277 -0.008 ↓
wOBA .332 .343 0.011 ↑ .293 -0.050 ↓ .241 -0.052 ↓ .278 0.037 ↑ .271 -0.007 ↓
xSLG .480 .484 0.004 ↑ .332 -0.152 ↓ .337 0.005 ↑ .395 0.058 ↑ .358 -0.037 ↓
SLG .473 .455 -0.018 ↓ .389 -0.066 ↓ .293 -0.096 ↓ .384 0.091 ↑ .348 -0.036 ↓
K% 33.0 31.1 -1.9 ↓ 35.8 4.7 ↑ 34.8 -1.0 ↓ 27.7 -7.1 ↓ 27.1 -0.6 ↓
BB% 5.8 9.2 3.4 ↑ 4.1 -5.1 ↓ 5.6 1.5 ↑ 6.2 0.6 ↑ 7.4 1.2 ↑
Swing % 49.4 47.7 -1.7 ↓ 47.6 -0.1 ↓ 45.5 -2.1 ↓ 50.7 5.2 ↑ 48.8 -1.9 ↓
Whiff% 30.4 31.8 1.4 ↑ 39.6 7.8 ↑ 32.4 -7.2 ↓ 35.0 2.6 ↑ 26.7 -8.3 ↓
In Zone % 49.9 44.3 -5.6 ↓ 46.8 2.5 ↑ 51.7 4.9 ↑ 47.5 -4.2 ↓ 49.1 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.1 55.7 5.6 ↑ 53.2 -2.5 ↓ 48.3 -4.9 ↓ 52.5 4.2 ↑ 50.9 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 29.0 -3.1 ↓ 31.3 2.3 ↑ 22.5 -8.8 ↓ 30.6 8.1 ↑ 30.2 -0.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 23.7 -2.9 ↓ 13.0 -10.7 ↓ 22.5 9.5 ↑ 25.4 2.9 ↑ 29.1 3.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 57.0 -7.3 ↓ 52.0 -5.0 ↓ 59.6 7.6 ↑ 55.4 -4.2 ↓ 58.1 2.7 ↑
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 307 83 27.0 .346 .296
2019 Shifts L 228 101 44.3 .322 .371
2020 Shifts L 123 78 63.4 .370 .248
2021 Shifts L 174 110 63.2 .263 .220
2022 Shifts L 177 122 68.9 .273 .281
2023 Shades L 199 97 48.7 .318 .213
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo