Kyle Higashioka
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 202LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 7, #230, New York Yankees | Edison HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 260 242 24 57 10 0 .236 .274 .413 .687
2024 263 246 29 54 17 2 .220 .263 .476 .739
2025 45 43 2 12 1 0 .279 .311 .419 .730
9 Seasons 1,231 1,147 125 246 58 2 .214 .258 .412 .670
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .236 10 0 .687
2024 .220 17 2 .739
2025 .279 1 0 .730
9 Seasons .214 58 2 .670
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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%
2017 27 73 12 0 0.0 0.0 79.7 102.4 21.2 16.7 .174 .219 .069 .226 .265 16.7 30.0 10.0
2018 28 267 56 6 10.7 7.6 88.4 109.2 28.0 30.4 .211 .433 .248 .308 .348 30.4 20.3 7.6
2019 29 246 31 3 9.7 5.3 89.8 109.5 17.7 35.5 .165 .326 .270 .210 .386 38.7 45.6 0.0
2020 30 178 37 5 13.5 10.4 89.7 106.4 18.5 35.1 .237 .513 .319 .312 .404 29.7 22.9 0.0
2021 31 816 135 21 15.6 10.0 90.5 109.5 21.7 37.8 .233 .504 .272 .343 .451 48.1 28.0 8.1
2022 32 907 183 18 9.8 7.3 90.9 109.1 17.2 36.6 .254 .444 .282 .317 .381 48.1 21.0 4.8
2023 33 1010 172 19 11.0 7.3 90.1 109.2 15.5 36.6 .242 .443 .293 .309 .411 48.3 28.5 5.4
2024 34 1062 174 19 10.9 7.2 88.4 107.2 20.7 40.2 .220 .430 .314 .298 .391 37.4 28.1 5.7
2025 35 156 36 4 11.1 8.9 90.4 106.7 19.9 33.3 .287 .475 .321 .341 .388 41.7 15.6 4.4
Player 4715 836 95 11.4 7.7 89.7 109.5 19.3 36.6 .233 .445 .286 .309 .398 42.8 26.4 5.5
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 %
2017 50.0 50.0 8.3 16.7 25.0 58.3 33.3 8.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 25.0 16.7 8.3
2018 25.0 75.0 44.6 16.1 14.3 42.9 42.9 14.3 17.9 7.1 0.0 25.0 35.7 14.3
2019 32.3 67.7 35.5 29.0 3.2 51.6 41.9 6.5 19.4 12.9 0.0 32.3 29.0 6.5
2020 37.8 62.2 37.8 13.5 10.8 35.1 37.8 27.0 16.2 13.5 8.1 18.9 24.3 18.9
2021 28.1 71.9 35.6 24.4 11.9 45.2 31.9 23.0 17.0 6.7 4.4 28.1 25.2 18.5
2022 36.1 63.9 28.4 25.1 10.4 44.3 41.0 14.8 18.0 15.8 2.2 26.2 25.1 12.6
2023 40.1 59.9 27.3 25.0 7.6 50.0 32.0 18.0 26.2 11.6 2.3 23.8 20.3 15.7
2024 29.3 70.7 35.1 24.1 11.5 50.0 30.5 19.5 16.1 9.2 4.0 33.9 21.3 15.5
2025 33.3 66.7 19.4 30.6 16.7 52.8 30.6 16.7 19.4 11.1 2.8 33.3 19.4 13.9
Player 33.5 66.5 31.8 23.9 10.8 47.1 34.9 17.9 19.4 11.1 3.0 27.8 23.8 15.0
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
2017 8.3 33.3 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 1.8 16.1 46.4 19.6 5.4 10.7 7.6
2019 3.2 22.6 32.3 16.1 16.1 9.7 5.3
2020 5.4 27.0 32.4 16.2 5.4 13.5 10.4
2021 2.2 21.5 31.9 17.0 10.4 15.6 10.0
2022 4.9 23.0 30.1 26.8 4.9 9.8 7.3
2023 2.3 29.7 24.4 25.0 7.6 11.0 7.3
2024 5.7 20.7 33.3 20.1 9.2 10.9 7.2
2025 2.8 25.0 33.3 25.0 2.8 11.1 8.9
Player 3.8 23.6 31.2 22.0 7.5 11.4 7.7
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 1.7 1 50 32.1 16 .375 .625 .428 4.2 6.3 10.0 .400 .675 .458 60.0
2025 Slider 0.9 0 24 15.4 8 .286 .429 .356 33.3 12.5 25.0 .334 .394 .366 33.3
2025 Cutter -2.0 0 22 14.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .004 .003 0.0
2025 Sinker 2.3 0 19 12.2 9 .375 .500 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .386 .785 .514 50.0
2025 Split-Finger -6.6 -1 16 10.3 5 .000 .000 .000 57.1 40.0 25.0 .059 .063 .054 0.0
2025 Sweeper -0.4 0 10 6.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2025 Changeup -4.0 0 9 5.8 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 50.0 .056 .060 .052 0.0
2025 Curveball 3.8 0 5 3.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 50.0 50.0 .031 .033 .029 0.0
2024 Sinker -1.5 -3 221 20.8 63 .246 .368 .321 13.6 14.3 17.3 .273 .428 .338 43.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 220 20.7 60 .222 .519 .351 18.3 26.7 20.5 .246 .570 .368 56.4
2024 Slider 2.9 5 186 17.5 43 .238 .690 .379 37.1 34.9 22.1 .165 .392 .234 32.1
2024 Cutter -1.0 -1 106 10.0 21 .211 .368 .290 22.0 19.0 25.0 .234 .366 .301 13.3
2024 Curveball -1.9 -2 100 9.4 22 .136 .318 .189 31.0 45.5 26.3 .166 .236 .172 33.3
2024 Changeup 1.0 1 99 9.3 27 .160 .520 .307 40.0 33.3 27.3 .189 .508 .319 25.0
2024 Sweeper -0.3 0 85 8.0 15 .200 .400 .253 27.3 40.0 14.6 .196 .399 .252 11.1
2024 Split-Finger 1.4 1 37 3.5 9 .333 .556 .378 34.8 55.6 26.3 .264 .340 .260 50.0
2024 Slurve 5.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball -15.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .089 .106 .085 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 20 73 -1 -3 1 0 -2
2018 79 267 1 -7 1 1 -3
2019 57 246 -1 -3 0 0 -4
2020 48 178 0 -1 1 0 0
2021 207 798 -10 -9 7 4 -8
2022 247 906 -3 -12 5 4 -7
2023 260 1,010 -6 0 1 3 -2
2024 263 1,062 8 -15 3 5 0
2025 45 155 -3 1 1 0 0
Player 1,226 4,695 -14 -50 20 -14 -26
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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 %
2017 73 56.2 75.6 80.6 25.0 62.5 34.2 55.0 53.4 23.1 8.2 66.7
2018 267 49.8 68.4 78.0 24.6 54.5 44.2 39.2 46.4 28.2 7.5 80.0
2019 246 52.0 80.5 80.6 40.7 52.1 45.1 49.1 61.4 28.5 9.3 91.3
2020 178 53.9 70.8 82.4 32.9 63.0 43.3 39.6 53.4 23.2 10.1 83.3
2021 816 48.9 68.5 79.0 25.5 43.3 43.1 31.8 46.6 31.3 6.8 74.1
2022 907 50.4 72.2 81.5 28.5 49.2 39.6 36.3 50.6 26.8 8.7 82.3
2023 1,010 51.2 67.1 80.7 31.0 48.4 40.7 33.5 49.5 28.6 8.2 73.5
2024 1,062 49.8 64.8 82.5 28.1 53.3 40.5 21.3 46.4 25.6 7.4 72.2
2025 156 49.4 64.9 88.0 24.1 52.6 38.5 24.4 44.2 21.7 9.0 78.6
Player 4,715 50.4 68.8 81.1 28.8 50.3 41.2 32.5 49.0 27.5 8.0 77.1
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
2017 31 18
2018 68 17
2019 67 32
2020 36 27
2021 65 21
2022 50 18
2023 48 12
2024 29 9
2025 35 13
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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 23.1 3 2.6 0 3 2 1 33.3
2019 21.6 3 1.4 2 1 2 0 0.0
2020 23.7 5 5.2 0 1 4 2 40.0
2021 23.5 10 10.5 -1 7 7 5 50.0
2022 22.6 10 10.0 0 3 10 3 30.0
2023 23.0 10 10.5 -1 6 10 3 30.0
2024 24.0 20 16.4 4 7 15 6 30.0
2025 25.3 1 1.7 -1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.4 62 58.3 4 28 52 20 32.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 2
2019 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 1
2020 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 4 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 6 5 6 6 4
2021 10 12 10 9 11 9 10 11 6 9 9 9 13 9 11 11 11 12 10 9 11 13 12 13 12 10 11 10 12 10 10
2022 10 8 9 8 9 8 10 9 7 7 7 8 13 12 12 11 12 11 10 8 11 10 12 12 8 9 8 13 13 11 13
2023 10 8 10 11 10 9 12 10 9 9 9 12 12 9 13 11 13 10 11 11 11 8 16 14 11 8 10 10 11 10 7
2024 20 9 17 14 17 19 21 14 14 13 19 21 14 15 16 15 13 12 16 22 16 16 21 18 13 15 16 21 18 22 16
2025 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2
Player 62 51 56 52 57 56 65 53 43 46 53 62 65 56 62 59 58 56 59 62 61 61 75 70 52 51 54 66 69 65 55
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 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 79.7 8.7 88.4 1.4 89.8 -0.1 89.7 0.8 90.5 0.4 90.9 -0.8 90.1 -1.7 88.4 2.0 90.4
Launch Angle 21.2 6.8 28.0 -10.3 17.7 0.8 18.5 3.2 21.7 -4.5 17.2 -1.7 15.5 5.2 20.7 -0.8 19.9
Barrel % 0.0 10.7 10.7 -1.0 9.7 3.8 13.5 2.1 15.6 -5.8 9.8 1.2 11.0 -0.1 10.9 0.2 11.1
Hard Hit % 16.7 13.7 30.4 8.3 38.7 -9.0 29.7 18.4 48.1 0.0 48.1 0.2 48.3 -10.9 37.4 4.3 41.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 13.7 30.4 5.1 35.5 -0.4 35.1 2.7 37.8 -1.2 36.6 0.0 36.6 3.6 40.2 -6.9 33.3
xBA .174 0.037 .211 -0.046 .165 0.072 .237 -0.004 .233 0.021 .254 -0.012 .242 -0.022 .220 0.067 .287
BA .000 0.167 .167 0.047 .214 0.036 .250 -0.069 .181 0.046 .227 0.009 .236 -0.016 .220 0.059 .279
xwOBA .226 0.082 .308 -0.098 .210 0.102 .312 0.031 .343 -0.026 .317 -0.008 .309 -0.011 .298 0.043 .341
wOBA .069 0.179 .248 0.022 .270 0.049 .319 -0.047 .272 0.010 .282 0.011 .293 0.021 .314 0.007 .321
xSLG .219 0.214 .433 -0.107 .326 0.187 .513 -0.009 .504 -0.060 .444 -0.001 .443 -0.013 .430 0.045 .475
SLG .000 0.319 .319 0.145 .464 0.057 .521 -0.132 .389 0.000 .389 0.024 .413 0.063 .476 -0.057 .419
K% 30.0 -9.7 20.3 25.3 45.6 -22.7 22.9 5.1 28.0 -7.0 21.0 7.5 28.5 -0.4 28.1 -12.5 15.6
BB% 10.0 -2.4 7.6 -7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 8.1 -3.3 4.8 0.6 5.4 0.3 5.7 -1.3 4.4
Swing % 53.4 -7.0 46.4 15.0 61.4 -8.0 53.4 -6.8 46.6 4.0 50.6 -1.1 49.5 -3.1 46.4 -2.2 44.2
Whiff% 23.1 5.1 28.2 0.3 28.5 -5.3 23.2 8.1 31.3 -4.5 26.8 1.8 28.6 -3.0 25.6 -3.9 21.7
In Zone % 56.2 -6.4 49.8 2.2 52.0 1.9 53.9 -5.0 48.9 1.5 50.4 0.8 51.2 -1.4 49.8 -0.4 49.4
Out of Zone % 43.8 6.4 50.2 -2.2 48.0 -1.9 46.1 5.0 51.1 -1.5 49.6 -0.8 48.8 1.4 50.2 0.4 50.6
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 -0.4 24.6 16.1 40.7 -7.8 32.9 -7.4 25.5 3.0 28.5 2.5 31.0 -2.9 28.1 -4.0 24.1
First Pitch Swing % 55.0 -15.8 39.2 9.9 49.1 -9.5 39.6 -7.8 31.8 4.5 36.3 -2.8 33.5 -12.2 21.3 3.1 24.4
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 -7.9 67.1 6.6 73.7 -0.8 72.9 -9.4 63.5 -1.8 61.7 4.1 65.8 -5.3 60.5 6.2 66.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 20 3 15.0 .082 .000
2018 Shifts R 79 8 10.1 .224 .462
2019 Shifts R 57 19 33.3 .299 .212
2020 Shifts R 48 20 41.7 .197 .491
2021 Shifts R 205 88 42.9 .241 .310
2022 Shifts R 246 126 51.2 .310 .251
2023 Shades R 260 18 6.9 .305 .137
2024 Shades R 263 8 3.0 .321 .086
2025 Shades R 45 11 24.4 .294 .405
! 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 %
2017 12 17.0 41.7% 0.0% 15 23.7 0.0% 26.7%
2018 70 17.9 15.7% 2.9% 48 24.2 0.0% 12.5%
2019 51 17.8 19.6% 2.0% 31 24.7 0.0% 25.8%
2020 46 18.8 15.2% 2.2% 25 23.4 0.0% 20.0%
2021 232 19.7 4.3% 2.6% 130 25.3 0.0% 8.5%
2022 237 18.6 17.3% 1.7% 135 23.6 3.7% 8.9%
2023 236 15.8 35.2% 0.0% 194 18.9 5.7% 0.5%
2024 289 15.6 40.1% 0.3% 184 18.4 4.9% 0.5%
2025 39 15.3 46.2% 0.0% 20 18.8 0.0% 0.0%
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