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Masataka Yoshida
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 192LBS | Age: 31
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 580 537 71 155 15 8 .289 .338 .445 .783
2024 421 378 45 106 10 2 .280 .349 .415 .764
2 Seasons 1,001 915 116 261 25 10 .285 .343 .433 .776
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .289 15 8 .783
2024 .280 10 2 .764
2 Seasons .285 25 10 .776
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value14NOT QUALIFIED78Baserunning Run Value-2NOT QUALIFIED25Fielding Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDBattingxwOBA.322NOT QUALIFIED57xBA.258NOT QUALIFIED68xSLG.394NOT QUALIFIED46Avg Exit Velocity88.0NOT QUALIFIED26Barrel %5.5NOT QUALIFIED24Hard-Hit %37.5NOT QUALIFIED36LA Sweet-Spot %36.3NOT QUALIFIED74Bat Speed70.9NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %30.1NOT QUALIFIEDChase %25.2NOT QUALIFIED72Whiff %14.6NOT QUALIFIED95K %12.4NOT QUALIFIED97BB %6.4NOT QUALIFIED26FieldingRange (OAA)0NOT QUALIFIEDArm Value0NOT QUALIFIEDArm Strength--NOT QUALIFIEDRunningSprint Speed26.1NOT QUALIFIED20
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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%
2023 29 2197 458 30 6.6 5.2 89.0 112.3 3.9 29.5 .273 .425 .339 .325 .350 40.6 14.0 5.9
2024 30 1593 328 18 5.5 4.3 88.0 111.1 10.5 36.3 .258 .394 .336 .322 .326 37.5 12.4 6.4
Player 3790 786 48 6.1 4.8 88.6 112.3 6.7 32.3 .267 .412 .338 .324 .340 39.3 13.3 6.1
MLB 82372 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuMasataka Yoshida Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFastballBreakingOffspeed202320240102030405060
Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
%
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Whiff%
PutAway%
2024 Fastball 948 59.5 254 220 68 47 13 0 8 19 203 .309 .274 .477 .436 .380 .355 88.4 10 9.5 8.6
2024 Breaking 427 26.8 105 97 22 18 3 0 1 23 74 .227 .214 .289 .301 .260 .260 87.0 11 21.4 17.6
2024 Offspeed 218 13.7 62 61 16 10 5 0 1 10 51 .262 .273 .393 .390 .288 .293 88.1 11 22.5 14.1
2023 Fastball 1,228 55.7 347 316 99 69 21 2 7 38 278 .313 .282 .459 .420 .363 .336 89.6 1 11.0 14.4
2023 Breaking 631 28.6 152 143 34 19 10 1 4 36 109 .238 .245 .406 .408 .288 .292 88.0 11 27.4 16.8
2023 Offspeed 346 15.7 88 81 22 16 2 0 4 10 71 .272 .278 .444 .463 .335 .346 88.0 7 25.8 9.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.


Batted Ball Profile

Season
GB %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2023 55.0 19.4 21.4 4.1 35.4 35.2 29.5 3.9 41.9 17.2 25.8 3.9 6.6 5.2
2024 43.9 24.4 26.2 5.5 35.7 37.2 27.1 4.9 31.7 23.8 26.8 7.3 5.5 4.3
Player 50.4 21.5 23.4 4.7 35.5 36.0 28.5 4.3 37.7 20.0 26.2 5.3 6.1 4.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 0.1 0 510 32.0 126 .292 .425 .369 9.0 11.1 11.5 .273 .425 .358 39.4
2024 Sinker 2.8 8 273 17.1 87 .320 .507 .403 7.2 2.3 3.1 .255 .375 .331 42.5
2024 Slider 1.1 2 201 12.6 50 .250 .273 .289 21.1 14.0 11.9 .246 .296 .293 29.7
2024 Cutter 1.1 2 165 10.4 41 .333 .564 .421 14.1 7.3 8.3 .312 .583 .398 33.3
2024 Curveball 2.0 3 148 9.3 34 .212 .333 .249 26.2 29.4 18.9 .182 .272 .210 30.4
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 136 8.5 37 .306 .417 .324 24.6 16.2 15.4 .280 .389 .300 30.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.9 -1 81 5.1 25 .200 .360 .274 19.0 16.0 12.5 .262 .392 .282 38.1
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -1 69 4.3 20 .158 .158 .170 13.8 30.0 35.3 .180 .325 .242 53.8
2024 Knuckleball 0.2 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Slurve 0.6 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 9 729 33.2 207 .370 .556 .445 9.6 8.7 11.1 .323 .494 .380 47.4
2023 Slider -0.8 -3 310 14.1 74 .206 .368 .271 29.9 24.3 16.8 .213 .313 .254 49.0
2023 Sinker -0.5 -2 310 14.1 89 .286 .393 .332 12.1 13.5 18.5 .233 .308 .260 33.3
2023 Changeup 1.0 3 291 13.2 69 .270 .492 .375 26.4 11.6 9.4 .276 .478 .354 34.5
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 220 10.0 55 .269 .404 .313 24.5 21.8 16.2 .283 .479 .343 39.0
2023 Cutter -3.6 -7 182 8.3 45 .122 .171 .178 14.8 13.3 18.2 .206 .327 .268 20.0
2023 Sweeper 2.9 2 81 3.7 19 .211 .474 .284 28.9 26.3 16.1 .204 .406 .255 28.6
2023 Split-Finger 3.2 2 49 2.2 18 .294 .294 .289 25.0 11.1 10.5 .293 .428 .332 46.7
2023 Slurve -0.4 0 14 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .474 1.265 .692 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2023 580 2,197 -14 -2 12 8 5
2024 421 1,593 7 -12 12 8 14
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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 %
2023 2,197 51.2 58.6 86.5 27.3 71.0 42.8 15.0 43.3 18.3 8.6 68.6
2024 1,593 51.2 64.7 91.3 25.2 69.4 41.1 18.5 45.4 14.6 8.8 73.6
Player 3,790 51.2 61.2 88.6 26.4 70.3 42.1 16.5 44.2 16.7 8.7 70.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
2023 51 80 48 37 48 54 31 42 79 49 93 17 88 57 22 52 39 94 37
2024 57 68 46 33 72 24 24 26 73 36 97 26 95 72 20
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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 %
2023 22.0 15 14.2 1 10 16 3 20.0
2024 23.1 10 11.3 -1 3 11 3 30.0
Player 22.5 25 25.5 -1 13 27 6 24.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2023 15 15 9 15 14 11 15 14 9 10 12 13 15 14 17 16 20 12 18 18 14 13 25 20 11 10 16 13 15 12 10
2024 10 10 9 13 12 13 14 11 12 7 11 13 12 9 11 12 11 8 11 14 11 11 15 14 10 9 13 14 13 11 5
Player 25 25 18 28 26 24 29 25 21 17 23 26 27 23 28 28 31 20 29 32 25 24 40 34 21 19 29 27 28 23 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
2023
2024
+/-
 
Exit Velocity 89.0 88.0 -1.0
Launch Angle 3.9 10.5 6.6
Barrel % 6.6 5.5 -1.1
Hard Hit % 40.6 37.5 -3.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.5 36.3 6.8
xBA .273 .258 -0.015
BA .289 .280 -0.009
xwOBA .325 .322 -0.003
wOBA .339 .336 -0.003
xSLG .425 .394 -0.031
SLG .445 .415 -0.030
K% 14.0 12.4 -1.6
BB% 5.9 6.4 0.5
Swing % 43.3 45.4 2.1
Whiff% 18.3 14.6 -3.7
In Zone % 51.2 51.2 0.0
Out of Zone % 48.8 48.8 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 25.2 -2.1
First Pitch Swing % 15.0 18.5 3.5
First Pitch Strike % 59.5 54.4 -5.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2023 Shades L 580 183 31.6 .334 .347
2024 Shades L 421 209 49.6 .358 .314
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2023 677 14.9 52.9% 0.0% 418 18.2 7.7% 0.5%
2024 479 15.6 41.8% 0.2% 259 18.4 6.6% 1.2%
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Statcast Rankings