Jacob Young 2026 Nationals · CF · bats R · throws R · 284 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 21st percentile Power: 11th percentile Discipline: 15th percentile Contact: 75th percentile Hard Contact: 21st percentile F 21st percentile contact quality
Free-Swinging Contact Bat-to-ball first, seldom walks, light power.
One of the toughest bats to strike out Jacob Young rarely strikes out — less often than 75% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 15% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Jacob Young League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .470 .507 21st Walk rate(higher = better) 5% 8% 15th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 19% 23% 75th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Jacob Young put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 210 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.652
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.253
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Jacob Young Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: overall production, power · Trending down: walk rate
EB/PAi ▲ improving improving vs last season — Producing more per plate appearance than last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Hitting home runs more often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Walking less often than last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
