Masataka Yoshida
Boston Red Sox · No. 7 · DH

Masataka Yoshida

5' 8", 192 lbs·Age 33·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL6 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2023–2026 · 1,097 batted balls
2026 · 46 G
.263
AVG
.719
OPS
4
HR
15
RBI
44
H
15
BB
21
SO
2
SB
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Career Highs
.783
Best OPS · 2023
15
Most HR · 2023
72
Most RBI · 2023
.289
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17531101.273
Jul 17300000.269
Jul 11311210.266
Jul 10420210.264
Jul 8510002.259
Jul 5530100.261
Jun 29410000.250
Jun 27321100.245
Jun 25300011.237
Jun 22300010.242

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20231405371572
20241083781056
202555188426
202664187418
Career367129033172
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.

1,094 BBE · 2023–2026 · 88.9 mph avg EV · 5.8% 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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