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

Higashioka pulls 22.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

10 pulled, 25 up the middle and 9 the other way over 44 located batted balls.
The power is not there this season

Higashioka is slugging .254, 11th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 374th in MLB.
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Higashioka is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .203 OPS there against .514 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.
This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Higashioka gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 31st percentile barrel rate, 16th percentile strikeout rate.

73 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Higashioka hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.8 mph on average there, against 85.1 the other way.

10 batted balls to his pull side, 9 the other way.
He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Higashioka's quality of contact only supports a .209 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 333rd in MLB.

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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