Jacob Young Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Young puts up a .494 OPS against right-handers and .733 against left-handers.

110 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Young's batting average is .207 but the quality of his contact projects .260, a gap of .053 in his favour once the bounces even out.

156 plate appearances in 2026.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Young pulls 25.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

30 pulled, 52 up the middle and 37 the other way over 119 located batted balls.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Young averages 82.6 mph off the bat, against 87.4 with the bases empty.

30 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 88 without.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Young swings it at 64.1 mph, 17th percentile bat speed in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 351st in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 30.5% of Young's contact reaches 95 mph, 18th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 346th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Young is on base at a .258 clip, 18th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 344th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Young is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .815 OPS there against .562 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Young does his damage against fastballs: a .581 OPS against them, against .389 on breaking balls.

88 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 55 on breaking balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Young walks in only 5.1% of his plate appearances, 18th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 346th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

23.3% of Young's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33% of it with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Young trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 23rd percentile barrel rate, 76th percentile strikeout rate.

156 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Young's OPS+ of 59 sits 20th percentile among hitters this season.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 339th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Young slugs .267 against right-handers and .400 against left-handers.

110 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Young's fly balls travel 267 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 403.

52 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.4% of Young's batted balls are barrelled, 23rd percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 326th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Young averages 86.2 mph off the bat, 25th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 318th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Young is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .368 OPS there against .562 overall.

44 plate appearances in that situation.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Young finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.7% of his contact, 78th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 95th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Young strikes out in only 17.3% of his trips, 76th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 101st in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Young is slugging .303, 25th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 318th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Young should be hitting .260, 66th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 143rd in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Young has an OPS of .466; with the bases empty it is .594.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Young slugs .309 against fastballs and .189 against breaking balls.

88 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Young strikes out in 16.4% of his trips against right-handers and 19.6% of them against left-handers.

110 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Young strikes out in 15% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.1% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

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