Jacob Young

Jacob Young

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Washington Nationals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Young played in 33 games down the stretch after making his MLB debut for the Nationals in late August, and he had a .252/.322/.336 slash line with no homers, 13 steals, 12 RBI and nine runs in 121 plate appearances. It was a solid showing for the 2021 seventh-round pick, especially since he entered the season having never played above Single-A. He split most of the minor-league campaign between the High-A and Double-A levels, and overall he hit .305 with six home runs and 39 steals in 112 contests. The speed and contact skills (18.2 percent strikeout rate) were apparent in his first taste of the majors, as was his limited power. Young will likely need a strong showing during spring training to have a chance of making Washington's Opening Day roster in 2024, and even then he could still begin the campaign at Triple-A Rochester given he basically skipped the affiliate last year. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2024.
Back in action Sunday
OFWashington Nationals
September 22, 2024
Young (shoulder) will start in center field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Cubs.
ANALYSIS
Shoulder soreness forced Young from Thursday's game and kept him out of the lineup Friday and Saturday, but he's penciled in to return against lefty Shota Imanaga. Young has struggled to a .523 OPS this month and has been caught stealing on three of his four attempts in September.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
7
1
2
12
73
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
2
10
30
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+21%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .673 188 32 1 14 16 .271 .332 .341
Since 2022vs Right .640 454 52 2 34 30 .249 .312 .328
2024vs Left .691 160 30 1 13 15 .283 .340 .352
2024vs Right .628 361 45 2 23 18 .245 .306 .322
2023vs Left .566 28 2 0 1 1 .200 .286 .280
2023vs Right .687 93 7 0 11 12 .268 .333 .354
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+125%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .699 320 38 3 25 16 .269 .335 .364
Since 2022Away .601 322 46 0 23 30 .243 .300 .301
2024Home .651 257 31 3 16 12 .250 .317 .333
2024Away .645 264 44 0 20 21 .263 .315 .329
2023Home .901 63 7 0 9 4 .345 .410 .491
2023Away .401 58 2 0 3 9 .154 .228 .173
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jacob Young compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.29
 
BB Rate
5.8%
 
K Rate
19.6%
 
BABIP
.321
 
ISO
.075
 
AVG
.256
 
OBP
.316
 
SLG
.331
 
OPS
.648
 
wOBA
.292
 
Exit Velocity
85.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
21.0%
 
Barrels/PA
1.2%
 
Expected BA
.253
 
Expected SLG
.317
 
Sprint Speed
26.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
52.6%
 
Line Drive %
23.1%
 
Fly Ball %
24.3%
 
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More Fantasy News
Absent from lineup again
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
September 21, 2024
Young (shoulder) is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cubs.
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Sitting out with sore shoulder
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
September 20, 2024
Young (shoulder) is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Pulled due to shoulder injury
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
September 19, 2024
Young exited Thursday's game against the Cubs due to a shoulder injury, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
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Sitting in nightcap
OFWashington Nationals
September 7, 2024
Young is out of the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Pirates.
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Hits third home run
OFWashington Nationals
August 26, 2024
Young went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Yankees.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could open '24 as starting CF
OFWashington Nationals
October 19, 2023
Young could open the 2024 season as the Nationals' starting center fielder, per Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com.
ANALYSIS
Young slashed just .252/.322/.336 across his first 121 major-league plate appearances in 2023, but he stole 13 bases in 13 attempts and has racked up 104 stolen bases in 253 career minor-league games. His primary competition in camp next spring will likely be Victor Robles, who has battled injuries and ineffectiveness over the last handful of years but carries a fairly reasonable $3.3 million club option for the 2024 campaign. Washington also has a number of high-ranking outfield prospects -- including Dylan Crews, James Wood and Robert Hassell II -- who may be pushing to reach the big leagues sometime next summer.
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