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Kyle Higashioka

Yankees Career team 2017–2023
Number #11
Position C
Bats R
Throws R
Age 36
Height 6' 1"
Weight 202 lbs
Birth Place Huntington Beach, CA
Born Apr 20, 1990

Key Insights

2026
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Higashioka hits Luis Castillo harder than anyone: 100.9 mph off the bat, against a median of 91.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

9 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the SD, Higashioka has hit .309 and slugged .636 over 58 plate appearances, his best of any club.

17 hits, 4 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .381 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

George Kirby has struck Higashioka out 5 times in 12 plate appearances, 41.7% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Higashioka cannot get the barrel to Jose Quintana: 73.8 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 91.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Higashioka more often than Yusei Kikuchi: 21 plate appearances, in which Higashioka has hit .238/.238/.571.

5 hits, 2 home runs and 7 strikeouts across 21 plate appearances.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Higashioka has never got a hit off Framber Valdez: 0 for 8 across 8 plate appearances.

4 strikeouts and 0 walks in those 8 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 20, 1990
Birth Place Huntington Beach, CA
Height 6' 1"
Weight 202 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R