Jake Cave
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 6, #209, New York Yankees | Kecoughtan, Hampton, VA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 177 164 17 35 5 2 .213 .260 .384 .644
2023 203 184 18 39 5 3 .212 .272 .348 .620
2024 346 323 42 81 7 5 .251 .290 .396 .686
7 Seasons 1,564 1,429 190 337 45 13 .236 .292 .400 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .213 5 2 .644
2023 .212 5 3 .620
2024 .251 7 5 .686
7 Seasons .236 45 13 .692
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
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
2024 31 1345 229 12 5.2 3.5 87.5 106.8 7.5 35.8 .233 .357 .295 .277 .364 37.1 28.3 5.2
Player 6259 964 86 8.9 5.5 88.8 111.5 10.1 36.4 .232 .399 .298 .301 .405 38.3 30.8 6.3
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.




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

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 %
2018 45.2 54.8 23.7 30.6 0.5 32.8 43.5 23.7 22.6 18.8 3.8 10.2 24.7 19.9
2019 52.3 47.7 18.0 29.7 0.0 39.1 37.5 23.4 25.8 23.4 3.1 13.3 14.1 20.3
2020 50.7 49.3 23.2 26.1 0.0 34.8 39.1 26.1 27.5 20.3 2.9 7.2 18.8 23.2
2021 52.4 47.6 15.5 28.2 3.9 33.0 39.8 27.2 23.3 23.3 5.8 9.7 16.5 21.4
2022 36.8 63.2 39.3 22.2 1.7 24.8 49.6 25.6 16.2 17.9 2.6 8.5 31.6 23.1
2023 38.6 61.4 34.8 23.5 3.0 31.8 34.1 34.1 19.7 15.9 3.0 12.1 18.2 31.1
2024 45.9 54.1 24.5 27.9 1.7 29.7 41.5 28.8 17.0 21.4 7.4 12.7 20.1 21.4
Player 45.5 54.5 25.6 27.3 1.6 32.0 41.0 27.1 21.0 20.1 4.5 11.0 20.9 22.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 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
2018 3.2 34.9 13.4 26.9 6.5 14.5 8.7
2019 3.1 33.6 11.7 34.4 4.7 12.5 7.0
2020 5.8 36.2 14.5 29.0 10.1 4.3 2.4
2021 5.8 37.9 15.5 27.2 7.8 5.8 3.4
2022 2.6 27.4 31.6 18.8 9.4 10.3 6.8
2023 3.0 31.1 33.3 19.7 5.3 7.6 4.9
2024 7.0 33.2 22.3 26.2 5.2 5.2 3.5
Player 4.5 33.3 20.5 25.9 6.5 8.9 5.5
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.

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 4 404 30.0 98 .300 .578 .383 22.1 24.5 18.2 .282 .493 .348 44.1
2024 Slider 0.0 0 206 15.3 57 .288 .423 .331 38.7 38.6 26.8 .215 .323 .269 41.9
2024 Curveball -1.7 -3 171 12.7 36 .206 .324 .253 27.9 30.6 19.3 .217 .343 .265 39.1
2024 Changeup -2.9 -5 159 11.8 47 .174 .217 .183 39.6 31.9 26.3 .175 .231 .191 22.6
2024 Sinker -2.7 -4 144 10.7 42 .231 .282 .255 15.6 21.4 25.0 .275 .340 .288 38.7
2024 Cutter 0.2 0 129 9.6 36 .324 .441 .353 16.7 16.7 23.1 .258 .359 .292 39.3
2024 Sweeper -2.0 -2 84 6.2 17 .125 .250 .241 41.3 35.3 22.2 .085 .200 .159 20.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.4 0 38 2.8 11 .182 .273 .215 43.8 45.5 35.7 .184 .216 .177 16.7
2024 Knuckleball -1.3 0 8 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .523 .630 .497 0.0
2024 Slurve 2.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 302 37.1 73 .275 .493 .347 21.7 24.7 17.1 .251 .458 .320 43.1
2023 Changeup -1.1 -1 111 13.7 26 .208 .250 .240 32.1 23.1 14.6 .163 .204 .201 22.2
2023 Slider -3.7 -4 109 13.4 29 .083 .083 .164 43.1 37.9 28.9 .096 .150 .189 21.4
2023 Curveball -1.3 -1 88 10.8 19 .278 .389 .311 27.3 31.6 26.1 .189 .298 .234 33.3
2023 Sinker -1.4 -1 72 8.9 19 .200 .400 .311 11.4 10.5 11.8 .299 .634 .441 57.1
2023 Cutter -6.5 -3 53 6.5 15 .000 .000 .093 25.0 26.7 44.4 .070 .095 .155 22.2
2023 Sweeper -0.3 0 51 6.3 14 .286 .357 .282 33.3 35.7 23.8 .263 .378 .273 22.2
2023 Split-Finger -4.2 -1 24 3.0 6 .000 .000 .000 41.7 50.0 20.0 .072 .108 .194 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 307 1,246 8 -12 5 4 5
2019 228 922 -1 -8 6 6 4
2020 123 504 2 -9 1 4 -3
2021 178 719 -7 -10 4 4 -9
2022 177 710 -1 -9 5 3 -2
2023 203 813 -7 -12 6 2 -10
2024 345 1,345 -8 -8 5 3 -9
Player 1,561 6,259 -12 -69 31 -12 -24
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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 %
2018 1,246 49.9 66.7 78.6 32.1 49.0 45.2 26.6 49.4 30.6 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 32.7 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 27.0 8.0 75.4
2024 1,345 51.2 71.0 78.7 33.4 55.3 46.6 31.5 52.6 28.2 7.9 77.4
Player 6,259 48.9 69.1 78.0 30.3 47.5 43.5 25.9 49.3 31.2 7.1 75.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 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
2018 81 69 57
2019 81 66
2020 35 75 86 50
2021 60 72 47
2022 47 69 78
2023 28 57 61
2024 6 25 21 22 6 10 22 20 25 33 14 12 30 19 60 34 61
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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 %
2018 22.0 13 14.4 -1 8 11 5 38.5
2019 21.3 8 9.6 -2 3 7 3 37.5
2020 22.1 4 2.6 1 0 3 1 25.0
2021 23.3 3 2.7 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 3 3 60.0
2024 24.2 7 5.5 2 3 8 1 14.3
Player 22.7 45 44.9 0 17 39 16 35.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 13 18 11 13 15 16 16 14 10 13 14 20 14 13 14 14 13 15 14 17 15 16 17 16 12 13 12 15 15 15 12
2019 8 11 9 10 10 10 11 9 5 8 10 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 12 11 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 2 2 3 3 3 2 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 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 4 4
2024 7 5 5 5 6 7 8 3 2 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 4 4 8 6 6 9 8 6 4 3 8 7 7 6
Player 45 50 40 41 48 47 53 38 31 34 45 52 44 41 46 45 43 43 44 54 45 52 57 50 39 40 39 52 48 47 40
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 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Exit Velocity 89.2 1.3 90.5 -3.1 87.4 -0.4 87.0 3.7 90.7 -1.4 89.3 -1.8 87.5
Launch Angle 10.5 -3.1 7.4 1.1 8.5 -0.1 8.4 6.0 14.4 0.9 15.3 -7.8 7.5
Barrel % 14.5 -2.0 12.5 -8.2 4.3 1.5 5.8 4.5 10.3 -2.7 7.6 -2.4 5.2
Hard Hit % 38.2 5.6 43.8 -4.7 39.1 -6.1 33.0 9.7 42.7 -7.9 34.8 2.3 37.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.4 -3.1 38.3 -10.8 27.5 11.3 38.8 -0.3 38.5 -9.0 29.5 6.3 35.8
xBA .256 0.004 .260 -0.047 .213 0.007 .220 -0.007 .213 -0.010 .203 0.030 .233
BA .265 -0.007 .258 -0.037 .221 -0.032 .189 0.024 .213 -0.001 .212 0.039 .251
xwOBA .340 0.019 .359 -0.087 .272 0.001 .273 0.012 .285 -0.008 .277 0.000 .277
wOBA .332 0.011 .343 -0.050 .293 -0.052 .241 0.037 .278 -0.007 .271 0.024 .295
xSLG .480 0.004 .484 -0.152 .332 0.005 .337 0.058 .395 -0.037 .358 -0.001 .357
SLG .473 -0.018 .455 -0.066 .389 -0.096 .293 0.091 .384 -0.036 .348 0.048 .396
K% 33.0 -1.9 31.1 4.7 35.8 -1.0 34.8 -7.1 27.7 -0.6 27.1 1.2 28.3
BB% 5.8 3.4 9.2 -5.1 4.1 1.5 5.6 0.6 6.2 1.2 7.4 -2.2 5.2
Swing % 49.4 -1.7 47.7 -0.1 47.6 -2.1 45.5 5.2 50.7 -1.9 48.8 3.8 52.6
Whiff% 30.6 1.2 31.8 7.8 39.6 -6.9 32.7 2.3 35.0 -8.0 27.0 1.2 28.2
In Zone % 49.9 -5.6 44.3 2.5 46.8 4.9 51.7 -4.2 47.5 1.6 49.1 2.1 51.2
Out of Zone % 50.1 5.6 55.7 -2.5 53.2 -4.9 48.3 4.2 52.5 -1.6 50.9 -2.1 48.8
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 -3.1 29.0 2.3 31.3 -8.8 22.5 8.1 30.6 -0.4 30.2 3.2 33.4
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 -2.9 23.7 -10.7 13.0 9.5 22.5 2.9 25.4 3.7 29.1 2.4 31.5
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 -7.3 57.0 -5.0 52.0 7.6 59.6 -4.2 55.4 2.7 58.1 4.9 63.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 307 43 14.0 .333 .328
2019 Shifts L 228 78 34.2 .326 .377
2020 Shifts L 123 64 52.0 .318 .269
2021 Shifts L 178 102 57.3 .284 .208
2022 Shifts L 177 116 65.5 .295 .270
2023 Shades L 199 97 48.7 .318 .213
2024 Shades L 344 115 33.4 .333 .223
! 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 %
2018 284 16.7 27.5% 1.1% 256 22.6 0.8% 8.2%
2019 264 17.5 24.2% 1.1% 156 23.7 0.0% 11.5%
2020 150 17.2 26.7% 1.3% 78 23.5 0.0% 7.7%
2021 219 17.7 16.9% 0.9% 119 24.4 0.8% 21.8%
2022 186 18.3 16.1% 3.2% 127 24.5 0.8% 14.2%
2023 224 15.2 47.3% 0.0% 135 18.6 6.7% 1.5%
2024 368 15.4 43.8% 0.3% 176 18.5 3.4% 0.6%
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