Jake McCarthy
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: CB-A, #39, Arizona Diamondbacks | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 312 276 37 67 2 26 .243 .318 .326 .644
2024 495 442 66 126 8 25 .285 .349 .400 .749
2025 47 41 2 3 0 1 .073 .170 .098 .268
5 Seasons 1,278 1,139 169 300 20 78 .263 .332 .378 .710
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .243 2 26 .644
2024 .285 8 25 .749
2025 .073 0 1 .268
5 Seasons .263 20 78 .710
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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%
2021 23 282 37 1 2.7 1.4 80.0 109.1 2.3 18.9 .158 .252 .315 .255 .295 13.5 32.9 11.4
2022 24 1263 249 12 4.8 3.4 87.4 108.3 8.0 32.5 .249 .357 .337 .298 .343 33.7 21.5 6.5
2023 25 1125 219 5 2.3 1.6 85.3 108.5 7.5 32.0 .242 .331 .289 .293 .319 23.7 19.9 8.3
2024 26 1786 372 10 2.7 2.0 84.5 106.6 9.1 30.4 .265 .359 .329 .311 .331 24.5 15.8 6.3
2025 27 174 36 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 103.8 7.9 27.8 .173 .240 .139 .232 .205 16.7 12.8 8.5
Player 4630 913 28 3.1 2.2 85.3 109.1 8.1 30.8 .246 .342 .314 .297 .325 26.1 19.2 7.2
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 %
2021 59.5 40.5 35.1 5.4 0.0 40.5 27.0 32.4 32.4 16.2 10.8 8.1 10.8 21.6
2022 51.8 48.2 21.7 23.3 3.2 34.9 41.0 24.1 23.3 23.7 4.8 11.6 17.3 19.3
2023 54.3 45.7 19.2 21.0 5.5 40.2 30.1 29.7 30.6 16.9 6.8 9.6 13.2 22.8
2024 52.2 47.8 21.0 21.8 5.1 35.5 40.1 24.5 22.8 22.0 7.3 12.6 18.0 17.2
2025 50.0 50.0 30.6 11.1 8.3 38.9 38.9 22.2 25.0 25.0 0.0 13.9 13.9 22.2
Player 52.8 47.2 21.7 20.9 4.6 36.8 37.3 25.8 25.3 21.1 6.4 11.5 16.2 19.5
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
2021 13.5 37.8 29.7 8.1 5.4 2.7 1.4
2022 8.4 37.8 20.5 25.3 3.2 4.8 3.4
2023 9.1 39.3 17.8 23.7 6.8 2.3 1.6
2024 10.2 35.8 21.0 25.8 4.3 2.7 2.0
2025 11.1 33.3 33.3 13.9 8.3 0.0 0.0
Player 9.6 37.1 20.9 24.0 4.8 3.1 2.2
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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -3 72 41.4 16 .077 .077 .144 13.9 6.3 5.3 .201 .314 .275 23.1
2025 Curveball -7.4 -2 23 13.2 8 .000 .000 .000 18.2 25.0 33.3 .092 .152 .102 0.0
2025 Slider -2.8 -1 18 10.3 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 28.6 .107 .112 .098 0.0
2025 Changeup -3.9 -1 17 9.8 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 33.3 20.0 .187 .212 .171 50.0
2025 Sweeper 1.6 0 16 9.2 7 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .110 .184 .372 25.0
2025 Sinker 0.0 0 14 8.0 7 .286 .429 .307 10.0 0.0 0.0 .302 .359 .284 14.3
2025 Cutter -3.3 0 10 5.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .017 .024 .015 0.0
2025 Slurve -0.6 0 2 1.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Split-Finger -16.2 0 2 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .178 .184 .160 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 6 574 32.1 156 .328 .473 .402 9.5 14.1 12.9 .256 .383 .339 22.8
2024 Slider 0.8 2 249 13.9 74 .279 .441 .341 27.0 18.9 19.7 .270 .376 .315 29.6
2024 Sinker -1.4 -3 238 13.3 76 .261 .333 .313 7.0 7.9 16.7 .277 .318 .303 23.8
2024 Changeup -2.6 -6 218 12.2 63 .186 .186 .205 25.2 17.5 13.4 .193 .261 .223 22.4
2024 Cutter -0.3 0 146 8.2 41 .308 .436 .333 18.8 14.6 17.1 .324 .465 .351 32.4
2024 Curveball 1.5 2 138 7.7 31 .367 .600 .412 21.2 25.8 22.9 .328 .379 .310 17.4
2024 Sweeper 1.9 2 106 5.9 24 .222 .389 .371 22.9 12.5 10.7 .216 .316 .350 26.7
2024 Split-Finger 0.8 1 84 4.7 20 .211 .263 .233 34.8 30.0 14.3 .327 .395 .334 15.4
2024 Slurve -4.0 0 12 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 25.0 .064 .068 .060 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 14.7 2 11 0.6 4 .750 .750 .675 40.0 25.0 20.0 .182 .204 .174 0.0
2024 Screwball -0.5 0 5 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 70 282 -2 0 2 1 1
2022 354 1,263 6 -10 11 5 13
2023 311 1,125 -7 -17 9 5 -10
2024 494 1,786 -11 -7 14 8 5
2025 47 174 -5 -3 1 1 -6
Player 1,276 4,630 -18 -38 38 -18 2
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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 %
2021 282 47.5 68.7 66.3 23.0 38.2 43.6 27.1 44.7 41.3 6.4 88.9
2022 1,263 52.0 74.7 78.0 29.7 48.9 42.4 41.2 53.1 28.0 7.4 88.2
2023 1,125 49.4 71.0 86.3 31.6 53.3 46.4 38.5 51.1 22.6 7.9 79.8
2024 1,786 50.7 67.0 91.1 31.1 58.4 42.6 32.3 49.3 17.6 8.4 80.0
2025 174 48.9 62.4 84.9 32.6 58.6 45.4 38.3 47.1 20.7 4.0 71.4
Player 4,630 50.5 70.1 84.4 30.4 53.7 43.7 36.2 50.4 23.2 7.7 82.4
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
2021 60 100 48
2022 27 53 23 16 41 10 20 20 43 16 46 27 28 47 99 39 29
2023 39 98 58 21
2024 44 79 22 8 74 6 4 1 24 2 83 23 86 30 98 89 25 5 63 94
2025 6 5 2 8 12 1 1 3 20 1 89 47 74 26 92 60 8 90 77
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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 %
2021 22.8 2 1.2 1 0 2 0 0.0
2022 23.8 8 7.4 1 2 5 3 37.5
2023 19.8 2 1.7 0 1 3 0 0.0
2024 24.3 8 7.5 1 4 2 6 75.0
2025 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.5 20 17.9 2 8 12 9 45.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 2
2022 8 7 5 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 8 9 8 6 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 8 8 9 5 7 8 9 7 8 5
2023 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 0
2024 8 9 7 9 6 8 7 8 7 6 6 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 11 9 7 7 6 7 8 8 8
2025 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 20 19 15 22 18 18 18 18 16 13 16 21 19 13 17 20 18 17 17 19 18 18 24 24 14 15 18 21 18 18 15
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 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 80.0 7.4 87.4 -2.1 85.3 -0.8 84.5 -0.3 84.2
Launch Angle 2.3 5.7 8.0 -0.5 7.5 1.6 9.1 -1.2 7.9
Barrel % 2.7 2.1 4.8 -2.5 2.3 0.4 2.7 -2.7 0.0
Hard Hit % 13.5 20.2 33.7 -10.0 23.7 0.8 24.5 -7.8 16.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.9 13.6 32.5 -0.5 32.0 -1.6 30.4 -2.6 27.8
xBA .158 0.091 .249 -0.007 .242 0.023 .265 -0.092 .173
BA .220 0.063 .283 -0.040 .243 0.042 .285 -0.212 .073
xwOBA .255 0.043 .298 -0.005 .293 0.018 .311 -0.079 .232
wOBA .315 0.022 .337 -0.048 .289 0.040 .329 -0.190 .139
xSLG .252 0.105 .357 -0.026 .331 0.028 .359 -0.119 .240
SLG .373 0.054 .427 -0.101 .326 0.074 .400 -0.302 .098
K% 32.9 -11.4 21.5 -1.6 19.9 -4.1 15.8 -3.0 12.8
BB% 11.4 -4.9 6.5 1.8 8.3 -2.0 6.3 2.2 8.5
Swing % 44.7 8.4 53.1 -2.0 51.1 -1.8 49.3 -2.2 47.1
Whiff% 41.3 -13.3 28.0 -5.4 22.6 -5.0 17.6 3.1 20.7
In Zone % 47.5 4.5 52.0 -2.6 49.4 1.3 50.7 -1.8 48.9
Out of Zone % 52.5 -4.5 48.0 2.6 50.6 -1.3 49.3 1.8 51.1
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 6.7 29.7 1.9 31.6 -0.5 31.1 1.5 32.6
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 14.1 41.2 -2.7 38.5 -6.2 32.3 6.0 38.3
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 11.2 65.5 -2.0 63.5 1.8 65.3 -1.5 63.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 70 28 40.0 .268 .385
2022 Shifts L 354 134 37.9 .362 .296
2023 Shades L 311 78 25.1 .286 .293
2024 Shades L 494 118 23.9 .345 .278
2025 Shades L 47 4 8.5 .136 .173
! 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 %
2021 84 20.4 15.5% 4.8% 38 26.7 0.0% 15.8%
2022 333 17.6 24.6% 3.3% 154 22.3 3.9% 7.8%
2023 307 15.1 46.9% 0.0% 156 18.6 10.3% 0.0%
2024 505 15.3 43.2% 0.2% 248 18.0 9.7% 1.2%
2025 43 15.6 37.2% 0.0% 23 18.8 4.3% 0.0%
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