Jacob Young
Washington Nationals · No. 30 · CF

Jacob Young

5' 11", 192 lbs·Age 26·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL4 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Slap / SpeedLow-power, ground-ball contact profile that leans on speed.2023–2026 · 934 batted balls
2026 · 76 G
.224
AVG
.639
OPS
8
HR
31
RBI
60
H
17
BB
54
SO
9
SB
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Career Highs
.658
Best OPS · 2023
8
Most HR · 2026
36
Most RBI · 2024
.256
Best AVG · 2024
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17410120.224
Jul 10410000.224
Jul 7200010.223
Jul 6410000.225
Jul 1320121.225
Jun 30200001.220
Jun 29300002.221
Jun 28400001.224
Jun 26210000.229
Jun 25310200.226

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202333107012
2024150468336
2025120324231
202688275832
Career391117413111
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

927 BBE · 2023–2026 · 83.2 mph avg EV · 2.7% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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