Jake McCarthy
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2018 | Rd: CB-A, #39, Arizona Diamondbacks | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 70 59 11 13 2 3 .220 .333 .373 .706
2022 354 321 53 91 8 23 .283 .342 .427 .769
2023 312 276 37 67 2 26 .243 .318 .326 .644
3 Seasons 736 656 101 171 12 52 .261 .331 .380 .711
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .220 2 3 .706
2022 .283 8 23 .769
2023 .243 2 26 .644
3 Seasons .261 12 52 .711
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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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 1125 219 5 2.3 1.6 85.3 108.5 7.5 32.0 .244 .328 .289 .293 .319 23.7 19.9 8.3
Player 2670 505 18 3.6 2.4 85.9 109.1 7.3 31.3 .239 .335 .315 .292 .329 27.9 21.9 7.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .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
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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 54.3 19.2 21.0 5.5 40.2 30.1 29.7 9.1 39.3 17.8 23.7 6.8 2.3 1.6
Player 53.5 21.6 21.0 4.0 37.6 35.2 27.1 9.1 38.4 20.0 23.4 5.0 3.6 2.4
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 -0.2 0 326 29.0 76 .283 .367 .389 11.9 15.8 12.9 .293 .400 .385 27.1
2023 Slider -0.9 -2 175 15.6 44 .273 .409 .295 32.2 22.7 17.5 .275 .397 .289 23.5
2023 Sinker -1.4 -2 163 14.5 51 .244 .333 .296 15.9 17.6 23.7 .216 .286 .265 35.1
2023 Changeup -3.2 -5 143 12.7 52 .184 .265 .231 29.8 28.8 29.4 .194 .262 .217 20.0
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 135 12.0 31 .200 .240 .295 30.5 16.1 13.2 .251 .327 .315 18.2
2023 Cutter -3.9 -4 102 9.1 33 .194 .194 .163 11.9 12.1 17.4 .232 .279 .239 14.3
2023 Sweeper 2.2 1 49 4.4 13 .273 .364 .342 36.8 30.8 17.4 .246 .279 .305 14.3
2023 Splitter -1.0 0 20 1.8 7 .429 .714 .486 36.4 28.6 33.3 .237 .344 .251 20.0
2023 Slurve -3.1 0 7 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .213 .389 .249 50.0
2023 Forkball 4.6 0 4 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 50.0 .099 .108 .093 0.0
2023 Screwball 17.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 1.7 6 344 27.2 93 .272 .481 .361 17.1 11.8 11.1 .264 .400 .333 35.2
2022 Slider -1.0 -3 261 20.7 77 .219 .288 .253 42.9 31.2 25.0 .193 .270 .220 32.0
2022 Sinker 2.3 5 217 17.2 61 .321 .453 .409 21.1 14.8 22.5 .298 .433 .360 42.2
2022 Changeup 2.2 3 144 11.4 40 .282 .385 .345 39.0 30.0 25.0 .263 .319 .268 29.6
2022 Curveball 4.2 6 142 11.2 34 .483 .655 .541 30.6 8.8 7.7 .315 .399 .380 29.6
2022 Cutter -1.7 -2 94 7.4 33 .226 .290 .282 18.0 36.4 52.2 .181 .222 .209 21.1
2022 Sweeper 2.8 1 23 1.8 6 .200 .800 .450 20.0 33.3 18.2 .271 .852 .510 33.3
2022 Splitter 3.0 1 21 1.7 6 .333 .333 .300 50.0 50.0 30.0 .197 .213 .181 33.3
2022 Slurve -0.5 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
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 -3.6 -2 62 22.0 14 .100 .100 .264 58.6 35.7 26.3 .071 .077 .250 0.0
2021 Curveball -3.2 -2 52 18.4 13 .154 .231 .179 43.5 38.5 25.0 .153 .175 .147 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 311 1,125 -8 -16 8 5 -12
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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 1,125 49.4 71.0 86.3 31.6 53.3 46.4 38.5 51.1 21.7 7.9 79.8
Player 2,670 50.4 72.6 80.3 29.8 50.0 44.2 38.7 51.4 26.3 7.5 84.5
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
2021 60 99 50
2022 26 53 23 16 41 10 20 20 43 16 46 27 31 47 99 39 29
2023 39 98 73 21
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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 19.8 2 1.8 0 1 3 0 0.0
Player 23.0 12 10.4 2 3 10 3 25.0

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 2 1 2 3 1 3 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
Player 12 10 8 12 11 12 11 10 9 7 10 12 11 7 10 13 11 10 10 12 9 11 13 14 7 8 12 14 11 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 ↑ 85.3 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 2.3 8.0 5.7 ↑ 7.5 -0.5 ↓
Barrel % 2.7 4.8 2.1 ↑ 2.3 -2.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 13.5 33.7 20.2 ↑ 23.7 -10.0 ↓
Sweet Spot % 18.9 32.5 13.6 ↑ 32.0 -0.5 ↓
xBA .158 .249 0.091 ↑ .244 -0.005 ↓
BA .220 .283 0.063 ↑ .243 -0.040 ↓
xwOBA .255 .298 0.043 ↑ .293 -0.005 ↓
wOBA .315 .337 0.022 ↑ .289 -0.048 ↓
xSLG .252 .357 0.105 ↑ .328 -0.029 ↓
SLG .373 .427 0.054 ↑ .326 -0.101 ↓
K% 32.9 21.5 -11.4 ↓ 19.9 -1.6 ↓
BB% 11.4 6.5 -4.9 ↓ 8.3 1.8 ↑
Swing % 44.7 53.1 8.4 ↑ 51.1 -2.0 ↓
Whiff% 41.3 27.4 -13.9 ↓ 21.7 -5.7 ↓
In Zone % 47.5 52.0 4.5 ↑ 49.4 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.5 48.0 -4.5 ↓ 50.6 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 29.7 6.7 ↑ 31.6 1.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 41.2 14.1 ↑ 38.5 -2.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 65.5 11.2 ↑ 63.5 -2.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 65 33 50.8 .294 .353
2022 Shifts L 354 163 46.0 .361 .309
2023 Shades L 311 78 25.1 .286 .293
! 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 303 15.1 47.5% 0.0% 156 18.6 10.3% 0.0%
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