Masataka Yoshida
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 192LBS | Age: 30
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 580 537 71 155 15 8 .289 .338 .445 .783
2024 81 72 9 18 2 0 .250 .333 .375 .708
2 Seasons 661 609 80 173 17 8 .284 .337 .437 .774
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .289 15 8 .783
2024 .250 2 0 .708
2 Seasons .284 17 8 .774
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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%
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 30 324 61 2 3.3 2.5 88.5 105.3 10.1 26.2 .241 .351 .323 .305 .300 34.4 13.6 7.4
Player 2521 519 32 6.2 4.8 88.9 112.3 4.7 29.1 .269 .417 .337 .323 .344 39.9 13.9 6.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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

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 45.9 24.6 21.3 8.2 41.0 36.1 23.0 0.0 39.3 24.6 26.2 6.6 3.3 2.5
Player 53.9 20.0 21.4 4.6 36.0 35.3 28.7 3.5 41.6 18.1 25.8 4.2 6.2 4.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -1 107 33.0 29 .250 .250 .307 11.1 13.8 20.0 .277 .435 .371 35.0
2024 Slider 2.5 2 62 19.1 11 .444 .444 .455 21.4 9.1 5.3 .356 .412 .399 50.0
2024 Sinker 6.0 3 48 14.8 17 .333 .800 .497 4.3 0.0 0.0 .229 .380 .311 40.0
2024 Changeup -0.7 0 34 10.5 8 .250 .375 .269 18.8 12.5 11.1 .234 .268 .220 28.6
2024 Curveball -3.5 -1 28 8.6 5 .000 .000 .000 26.7 60.0 25.0 .028 .032 .026 0.0
2024 Cutter -5.1 -1 21 6.5 7 .143 .286 .179 20.0 0.0 0.0 .224 .364 .257 14.3
2024 Sweeper -3.9 -1 14 4.3 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 33.3 .166 .190 .156 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.9 0 10 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 16.7 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 9 724 33.0 205 .369 .556 .445 9.7 8.8 11.3 .325 .497 .382 47.9
2023 Sinker -0.5 -2 316 14.4 91 .291 .395 .334 11.9 13.2 17.9 .231 .305 .257 32.4
2023 Slider -0.6 -2 314 14.3 76 .214 .371 .276 29.9 23.7 16.7 .218 .316 .256 49.1
2023 Changeup 1.0 3 292 13.3 69 .270 .492 .375 26.4 11.6 9.4 .276 .478 .354 34.5
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 219 10.0 55 .269 .404 .313 24.5 21.8 16.4 .283 .479 .343 39.0
2023 Cutter -3.6 -7 183 8.3 45 .122 .171 .178 14.8 13.3 17.6 .206 .327 .268 20.0
2023 Sweeper 2.0 2 77 3.5 17 .176 .471 .265 28.6 29.4 16.7 .184 .407 .245 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 3.1 1 47 2.1 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.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 580 2,197 -14 -2 12 8 5
2024 81 324 -1 -3 4 1 1
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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 324 50.3 61.3 89.0 22.4 72.2 41.0 13.6 42.0 15.4 9.6 64.5
Player 2,521 51.1 58.9 86.8 26.7 71.1 42.6 14.8 43.2 17.9 8.7 68.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2023 51 80 48 37 49 54 31 42 79 49 93 17 86 57 22 52
2024 39 46 30 28 53 14 19 46 30 30 90 38 89 77 23
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.0 15 14.6 0 10 16 3 20.0
2024 22.7 2 2.7 -1 0 3 0 0.0
Player 22.1 17 17.4 0 10 19 3 17.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 15 15 9 15 15 12 15 14 10 11 12 13 16 14 17 17 20 13 19 18 15 14 25 20 11 10 17 14 16 12 10
2024 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 1
Player 17 17 12 17 18 15 18 17 13 13 15 16 18 17 20 20 23 16 21 21 18 17 28 23 13 13 20 17 19 15 11
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.0 88.5 -0.5
Launch Angle 3.9 10.1 6.2
Barrel % 6.6 3.3 -3.3
Hard Hit % 40.6 34.4 -6.2
Sweet Spot % 29.5 26.2 -3.3
xBA .273 .241 -0.032
BA .289 .250 -0.039
xwOBA .325 .305 -0.020
wOBA .339 .323 -0.016
xSLG .425 .351 -0.074
SLG .445 .375 -0.070
K% 14.0 13.6 -0.4
BB% 5.9 7.4 1.5
Swing % 43.3 42.0 -1.3
Whiff% 18.3 15.4 -2.9
In Zone % 51.2 50.3 -0.9
Out of Zone % 48.8 49.7 0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 22.4 -4.9
First Pitch Swing % 15.0 13.6 -1.4
First Pitch Strike % 59.5 50.6 -8.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 580 183 31.6 .334 .347
2024 Shades L 81 43 53.1 .419 .238
! 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 %
2023 677 14.9 52.9% 0.0% 418 18.2 7.7% 0.5%
2024 88 15.4 45.5% 0.0% 60 18.2 5.0% 0.0%
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