Jake McCarthy
RF | B/T: L/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 25

Draft: 2018 | Rd: CB-A, #39, Arizona Diamondbacks | Virginia

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 86 77 9 14 1 5 7 .182 .267 .273 .540
3 Seasons 510 457 73 118 11 52 33 .258 .328 .394 .722
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .182 1 5 7 .540
3 Seasons .258 11 52 33 .722

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%
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 25 290 62 3 4.8 3.5 85.7 108.5 6.5 30.6 .247 .359 .248 .307 .323 25.8 17.4 8.1
Player 1835 348 16 4.6 3.1 86.3 109.1 7.1 30.7 .237 .344 .319 .294 .335 30.2 22.4 7.5
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 59.5 35.1 5.4 0.0 40.5 27.0 32.4 13.5 37.8 29.7 8.1 5.4 2.7 1.4
2022 51.8 21.7 23.3 3.2 34.9 41.0 24.1 8.4 37.8 20.5 25.3 3.2 4.8 3.4
2023 58.1 22.6 16.1 3.2 40.3 25.8 33.9 4.8 43.5 17.7 22.6 6.5 4.8 3.5
Player 53.7 23.3 20.1 2.9 36.5 36.8 26.7 8.3 38.8 21.0 23.0 4.0 4.6 3.1
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 -1.0 -1 87 30.0 21 .294 .471 .440 7.1 14.3 18.8 .321 .438 .400 28.6
2023 Slider 0.3 0 51 17.6 13 .250 .500 .346 40.9 30.8 21.1 .197 .410 .288 25.0
2023 Sinker -3.8 -2 47 16.2 12 .182 .182 .208 12.0 0.0 0.0 .260 .314 .285 36.4
2023 Changeup -7.3 -3 38 13.1 17 .176 .235 .179 30.4 35.3 42.9 .224 .355 .246 27.3
2023 Cutter -8.3 -3 34 11.7 12 .000 .000 .000 10.0 8.3 25.0 .229 .294 .230 18.2
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 14 4.8 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 0.0 0.0 .146 .157 .326 0.0
2023 Curveball 10.6 1 12 4.1 5 .250 .250 .500 25.0 20.0 100.0 .258 .294 .331 0.0
2023 Slurve -6.7 0 3 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .213 .389 .249 50.0
2023 Splitter 2.9 0 3 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Screwball 23.1 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 1.6 6 347 27.5 94 .268 .476 .357 16.9 11.7 11.1 .262 .396 .330 34.7
2022 Slider -1.1 -3 266 21.1 79 .213 .280 .246 43.1 31.6 25.8 .190 .265 .216 31.4
2022 Sinker 2.5 5 214 16.9 60 .327 .462 .416 21.4 15.0 22.5 .302 .439 .365 43.2
2022 Curveball 4.1 6 144 11.4 34 .483 .655 .541 30.2 8.8 7.7 .315 .399 .380 29.6
2022 Changeup 2.2 3 144 11.4 40 .282 .385 .345 39.0 30.0 25.0 .263 .319 .268 29.6
2022 Cutter -1.6 -1 92 7.3 32 .233 .300 .291 16.9 37.5 52.2 .182 .224 .212 22.2
2022 Splitter 3.0 1 21 1.7 6 .333 .333 .300 50.0 50.0 30.0 .197 .213 .181 33.3
2022 Sweeper 3.9 1 20 1.6 5 .250 1.000 .540 15.4 20.0 10.0 .339 1.065 .612 33.3
2021 4-Seamer 0.6 1 83 29.4 22 .313 .500 .433 23.3 27.3 25.0 .174 .265 .313 18.2
2021 Slider -3.7 -2 64 22.7 15 .091 .091 .247 56.7 33.3 25.0 .071 .084 .240 0.0
2021 Curveball -3.1 -2 50 17.7 12 .167 .250 .195 45.5 41.7 26.3 .161 .177 .152 0.0
2021 Changeup 0.6 0 37 13.1 10 .200 .300 .215 52.6 40.0 30.8 .102 .132 .103 0.0
2021 Sinker 7.0 1 20 7.1 7 .500 1.167 .693 0.0 0.0 0.0 .432 .988 .605 50.0
2021 Splitter -0.8 0 12 4.3 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Cutter -4.2 -1 12 4.3 3 .000 .000 .000 71.4 66.7 50.0 .082 .091 .073 0.0
2021 Sweeper 0.9 0 4 1.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 70 282 -4 -1 1 1 -2
2022 354 1,263 9 -8 11 5 18
2023 85 290 -6 -5 3 2 -7
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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 27.4 7.4 88.2
2023 290 51.4 71.8 87.9 24.1 55.9 49.7 34.9 48.6 18.4 6.9 75.0
Player 1,835 51.2 73.4 78.0 27.7 48.4 43.8 38.2 51.1 27.9 7.1 86.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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
2021 60 99 50
2022 26 53 23 15 41 10 20 20 43 16 46 27 31 47 99 39 29
2023 43 98 27
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Expected Home Runs

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 22.3 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.5 11 9.5 2 2 8 3 27.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 8 8 5
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 11 10 7 10 11 10 11 9 9 7 10 12 9 7 10 11 10 10 8 11 7 9 11 12 7 8 11 12 9 10 7
! 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.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 80.0 87.4 7.4 85.7 -1.7
Launch Angle 2.3 8.0 5.7 6.5 -1.5
Barrel % 2.7 4.8 2.1 4.8 0.0
Hard Hit % 13.5 33.7 20.2 25.8 -7.9
Sweet Spot % 18.9 32.5 13.6 30.6 -1.9
xBA .158 .249 0.091 .247 -0.002
BA .220 .283 0.063 .182 -0.101
xwOBA .255 .298 0.043 .307 0.009
wOBA .315 .337 0.022 .248 -0.089
xSLG .252 .357 0.105 .359 0.002
SLG .373 .427 0.054 .273 -0.154
K% 32.9 21.5 -11.4 17.4 -4.1
BB% 11.4 6.5 -4.9 8.1 1.6
Swing % 44.7 53.1 8.4 48.6 -4.5
Whiff% 41.3 27.4 -13.9 18.4 -9.0
In Zone % 47.5 52.0 4.5 51.4 -0.6
Out of Zone % 52.5 48.0 -4.5 48.6 0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 29.7 6.7 24.1 -5.6
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 41.2 14.1 34.9 -6.3
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 65.5 11.2 57.0 -8.5
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2021 L 65 27 41.5 .289 .373
2022 L 354 134 37.9 .362 .296
2023 L 85 0 0.0 .243

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 60 14.9 50.0% 0.0% 32 17.5 15.6% 0.0%
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