Mike Yastrzemski
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 178LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 14, #429, Baltimore Orioles | Vanderbilt
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 532 468 75 105 25 4 .224 .311 .457 .768
2022 558 485 73 104 17 5 .214 .305 .392 .697
2023 381 330 54 77 15 2 .233 .330 .445 .775
5 Seasons 2,107 1,846 305 444 88 15 .241 .327 .462 .789
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .224 25 4 .768
2022 .214 17 5 .697
2023 .233 15 2 .775
5 Seasons .241 88 15 .789
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%
2019 28 1632 268 30 11.2 7.3 89.6 108.5 19.5 36.9 .252 .504 .353 .342 .434 42.9 26.0 7.8
2020 29 940 137 15 10.9 6.7 88.2 105.6 18.4 35.0 .251 .488 .407 .364 .434 42.3 24.4 13.3
2021 30 2103 341 35 10.3 6.6 89.5 109.4 19.4 33.1 .221 .431 .326 .318 .378 39.3 24.6 9.6
2022 31 2349 351 39 11.1 7.0 89.9 109.7 19.9 36.2 .220 .392 .307 .314 .369 42.5 25.3 10.9
2023 32 1573 234 23 9.8 6.0 90.0 110.1 19.6 35.0 .232 .419 .333 .325 .391 44.0 26.0 11.8
Player 8597 1331 142 10.7 6.7 89.6 110.1 19.5 35.2 .232 .439 .336 .328 .395 42.0 25.3 10.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .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
2019 36.2 29.1 23.9 10.8 41.8 32.5 25.7 2.6 24.3 28.0 23.9 8.6 11.2 7.3
2020 38.7 29.2 21.2 10.9 40.1 39.4 20.4 5.1 23.4 24.8 26.3 9.5 10.9 6.7
2021 34.3 35.8 22.0 7.9 46.3 33.1 20.5 3.2 24.6 33.4 20.2 7.6 10.3 6.6
2022 34.8 31.9 23.6 9.7 42.7 33.6 23.6 4.8 24.5 32.8 21.4 5.1 11.1 7.0
2023 32.9 32.5 25.2 9.4 41.9 38.0 20.1 4.7 20.9 29.5 23.1 11.5 9.8 6.0
Player 35.0 32.2 23.3 9.5 43.1 34.6 22.3 4.0 23.7 30.6 22.4 8.0 10.7 6.7
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 1.5 9 568 36.1 129 .261 .541 .379 26.9 30.2 24.7 .238 .515 .359 51.4
2023 Slider -5.4 -13 236 15.0 56 .041 .061 .126 31.2 37.5 25.3 .111 .176 .193 42.9
2023 Changeup 0.4 1 198 12.6 46 .209 .442 .300 23.3 21.7 14.3 .251 .363 .291 39.4
2023 Sinker 1.0 2 196 12.5 57 .255 .362 .360 11.4 21.1 22.2 .253 .374 .338 50.0
2023 Cutter -0.7 -1 151 9.6 32 .160 .360 .322 22.6 25.0 20.0 .140 .226 .275 29.4
2023 Curveball 1.1 1 126 8.0 28 .423 .808 .532 14.5 10.7 8.1 .404 .775 .512 47.8
2023 Sweeper 6.0 2 39 2.5 10 .333 .778 .485 20.0 30.0 27.3 .217 .407 .304 33.3
2023 Splitter 5.5 2 34 2.2 12 .417 .750 .496 31.6 25.0 30.0 .297 .561 .359 33.3
2023 Slurve -6.1 -1 10 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .100 .117 .095 33.3
2023 Forkball 10.5 1 8 0.5 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .699 .786 .662 0.0
2023 Knuckleball -4.7 0 5 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .242 .242 .218 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 811 34.5 164 .220 .417 .356 18.2 16.5 12.3 .211 .435 .355 41.7
2022 Slider -0.6 -2 374 15.9 100 .176 .341 .254 29.4 37.0 27.0 .176 .327 .251 45.5
2022 Sinker -0.3 -1 339 14.4 89 .250 .447 .347 17.6 20.2 22.0 .245 .446 .347 40.7
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 277 11.8 68 .200 .317 .257 21.5 32.4 20.8 .230 .350 .292 52.5
2022 Changeup 1.2 3 258 11.0 77 .229 .400 .318 29.7 23.4 22.5 .242 .383 .307 42.3
2022 Cutter 1.6 3 211 9.0 39 .314 .629 .427 20.0 23.1 17.0 .318 .518 .397 42.3
2022 Splitter 1.3 1 38 1.6 8 .125 .125 .113 41.2 37.5 21.4 .139 .159 .133 0.0
2022 Sweeper -6.8 -2 26 1.1 8 .000 .000 .000 46.2 62.5 55.6 .051 .053 .048 0.0
2022 Slurve -6.2 0 8 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seamer 1.2 9 730 34.7 185 .258 .613 .404 25.2 27.0 20.8 .237 .532 .365 50.4
2021 Slider -3.0 -10 341 16.2 82 .082 .192 .180 35.8 36.6 26.8 .139 .229 .217 25.6
2021 Curveball -0.8 -2 275 13.1 65 .211 .368 .273 21.4 24.6 19.3 .196 .359 .263 34.1
2021 Sinker 1.9 5 268 12.7 72 .302 .524 .420 15.4 11.1 14.0 .265 .454 .354 41.8
2021 Changeup 1.2 3 241 11.5 68 .266 .391 .308 19.3 16.2 15.9 .277 .464 .337 34.0
2021 Cutter -1.5 -2 169 8.0 37 .226 .484 .343 24.0 21.6 22.2 .222 .445 .335 33.3
2021 Splitter -2.3 -1 34 1.6 8 .000 .000 .088 46.7 62.5 25.0 .031 .035 .112 0.0
2021 Slurve -4.4 -1 30 1.4 9 .111 .222 .139 11.1 33.3 25.0 .149 .308 .192 16.7
2021 Sweeper 13.3 2 15 0.7 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .709 2.674 1.028 100.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.7 7 401 42.7 86 .269 .582 .452 23.6 19.8 16.0 .212 .461 .373 46.0
2020 Slider 0.8 1 143 15.2 32 .179 .393 .295 28.8 43.8 23.3 .125 .250 .223 28.6
2020 Sinker 0.0 0 122 13.0 34 .241 .345 .347 20.0 14.7 17.9 .330 .526 .415 41.7
2020 Changeup 9.1 10 111 11.8 32 .500 .900 .600 20.0 12.5 13.8 .389 .852 .525 46.2
2020 Curveball 2.7 2 89 9.5 21 .350 .450 .367 25.7 33.3 19.4 .299 .479 .351 46.2
2020 Cutter 6.2 4 58 6.2 15 .333 .867 .493 25.9 40.0 31.6 .213 .364 .245 33.3
2020 Splitter 2.8 0 6 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Slurve -4.1 0 6 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Sweeper 0.9 0 4 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 650 39.8 160 .204 .493 .346 31.7 32.5 26.5 .195 .499 .324 45.1
2019 Sinker 0.4 1 286 17.5 86 .341 .573 .410 14.6 12.8 16.7 .319 .595 .394 45.1
2019 Slider 0.1 0 219 13.4 54 .256 .465 .377 30.6 33.3 25.0 .250 .472 .354 40.7
2019 Curveball 0.1 0 180 11.0 40 .300 .525 .336 30.0 37.5 28.8 .238 .386 .264 36.0
2019 Changeup 2.4 4 166 10.2 43 .341 .634 .427 22.0 16.3 13.5 .281 .501 .343 35.3
2019 Cutter 1.9 2 84 5.1 15 .364 .364 .380 32.3 6.7 4.2 .410 .527 .440 63.6
2019 Splitter -1.9 -1 40 2.5 10 .200 .300 .215 29.2 20.0 13.3 .274 .474 .313 37.5
2019 Sweeper 9.9 1 6 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 66.7 50.0 33.3 .173 .224 .165 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 410 1,631 -2 -8 11 6 6
2020 223 940 2 8 8 6 24
2021 541 2,156 -11 -21 18 13 -2
2022 558 2,349 -10 -17 17 8 -2
2023 378 1,573 1 -17 13 6 3
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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 %
2019 1,632 49.6 68.2 77.2 27.4 58.2 42.6 29.9 47.6 27.3 7.4 79.3
2020 940 49.9 58.6 80.4 19.7 58.1 46.9 24.1 39.1 24.7 6.4 73.3
2021 2,103 51.0 67.9 80.2 23.0 59.1 42.6 27.2 45.9 24.2 7.8 81.6
2022 2,349 50.3 63.4 83.0 22.2 54.4 43.2 25.1 42.9 22.5 7.7 70.0
2023 1,573 49.5 62.5 82.3 20.2 57.1 44.4 20.9 41.2 23.6 7.2 78.9
Player 8,597 50.1 64.8 80.8 22.7 57.2 43.5 25.7 43.8 24.3 7.4 76.6
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
2019 63 41 81 86 33 57 78 60 61 73 22 36 30 59 65 84
2020 79 51 80 84 79 75 73 39 30 67 39 82 56 88 67 3 60
2021 37 10 52 72 27 63 67 53 63 38 27 61 53 81 58 91 60
2022 48 12 46 65 44 76 78 67 59 65 24 83 62 85 42 77 59
2023 51 19 44 65 54 32 62 63 59 67 25 84 60 90 40 73 62
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.0 21 22.9 -2 9 16 11 52.4
2020 22.8 10 13.9 -4 3 11 6 60.0
2021 22.3 25 26.5 -2 6 19 13 52.0
2022 23.1 17 17.7 -1 7 20 5 29.4
2023 23.6 15 15.9 -1 6 11 6 40.0
Player 22.7 88 96.9 -9 31 77 41 46.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 21 28 20 22 25 21 28 25 18 18 17 21 29 24 20 21 21 19 22 24 24 26 28 25 23 20 20 27 31 24 15
2020 10 17 12 13 13 18 16 15 11 9 10 13 17 12 14 13 17 15 15 14 17 13 20 13 13 10 13 13 17 14 10
2021 25 29 24 28 30 27 33 27 19 18 21 31 26 25 28 32 25 27 27 28 25 25 34 27 26 22 30 28 26 26 21
2022 17 18 11 20 19 16 21 16 11 12 12 19 20 16 18 25 17 17 18 18 16 19 29 24 12 12 22 21 21 16 16
2023 15 16 10 19 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 17 16 16 17 16 17 15 16 18 15 17 19 18 14 15 16 16 16 16 12
Player 88 108 77 102 103 98 114 99 75 72 75 101 108 93 97 107 97 93 98 102 97 100 130 107 88 79 101 105 111 96 74
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.6 88.2 -1.4 ↓ 89.5 1.3 ↑ 89.9 0.4 ↑ 90.0 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 19.5 18.4 -1.1 ↓ 19.4 1.0 ↑ 19.9 0.5 ↑ 19.6 -0.3 ↓
Barrel % 11.2 10.9 -0.3 ↓ 10.3 -0.6 ↓ 11.1 0.8 ↑ 9.8 -1.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.9 42.3 -0.6 ↓ 39.3 -3.0 ↓ 42.5 3.2 ↑ 44.0 1.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.9 35.0 -1.9 ↓ 33.1 -1.9 ↓ 36.2 3.1 ↑ 35.0 -1.2 ↓
xBA .252 .251 -0.001 ↓ .221 -0.030 ↓ .220 -0.001 ↓ .232 0.012 ↑
BA .272 .297 0.025 ↑ .224 -0.073 ↓ .214 -0.010 ↓ .233 0.019 ↑
xwOBA .342 .364 0.022 ↑ .318 -0.046 ↓ .314 -0.004 ↓ .325 0.011 ↑
wOBA .353 .407 0.054 ↑ .326 -0.081 ↓ .307 -0.019 ↓ .333 0.026 ↑
xSLG .504 .488 -0.016 ↓ .431 -0.057 ↓ .392 -0.039 ↓ .419 0.027 ↑
SLG .518 .568 0.050 ↑ .457 -0.111 ↓ .392 -0.065 ↓ .445 0.053 ↑
K% 26.0 24.4 -1.6 ↓ 24.6 0.2 ↑ 25.3 0.7 ↑ 26.0 0.7 ↑
BB% 7.8 13.3 5.5 ↑ 9.6 -3.7 ↓ 10.9 1.3 ↑ 11.8 0.9 ↑
Swing % 47.6 39.1 -8.5 ↓ 45.9 6.8 ↑ 42.9 -3.0 ↓ 41.2 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 27.3 24.7 -2.6 ↓ 24.2 -0.5 ↓ 22.5 -1.7 ↓ 23.6 1.1 ↑
In Zone % 49.6 49.9 0.3 ↑ 51.0 1.1 ↑ 50.3 -0.7 ↓ 49.5 -0.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.4 50.1 -0.3 ↓ 49.0 -1.1 ↓ 49.7 0.7 ↑ 50.5 0.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 19.7 -7.7 ↓ 23.0 3.3 ↑ 22.2 -0.8 ↓ 20.2 -2.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 24.1 -5.8 ↓ 27.2 3.1 ↑ 25.1 -2.1 ↓ 20.9 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.6 60.7 -0.9 ↓ 58.6 -2.1 ↓ 60.2 1.6 ↑ 56.9 -3.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 410 238 58.0 .332 .368
2020 Shifts L 223 123 55.2 .538 .300
2021 Shifts L 514 403 78.4 .351 .311
2022 Shifts L 552 461 83.5 .339 .297
2023 Shades L 369 145 39.3 .365 .282
! 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