2025 Stats
AVG
.259
HR
0
RBI
7
R
8
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The pitcher-friendly home park at Arkansas can be blamed somewhat for Young's career-worst .119 ISO, but there's no denying he's a hit-over-power prospect. He slashed .271/.369/.390 with nine home runs and 23 steals in 124 games. Young, the fourth-youngest qualified hitter at Double-A in 2024, could be passable at shortstop or quite good at second base for the Mariners as early as this summer. He has a very advanced knowledge of the strike zone and logged an impressive 81.4 percent contact rate, but he doesn't hit the ball hard very often (22.0 percent hard-hit rate) and projects to offer modest power, especially if he calls T-Mobile Park home. If everything works out, the lefty-hitting Young could produce similarly to guys like Brice Turang and Bryson Stott in a couple years. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a $3.3 million contract with the Mariners in July of 2022.
Racks up three hits
Young went 3-for-4 with one run scored in Monday's 6-2 win over the Royals.
Analysis
Young has settled in at the plate fairly well lately, going 10-for-31 (.323) over his last nine games. He's drawn just one walk in that span, but he also just four strikeouts, which is a showcase of the steady plate discipline that helped him reach the majors as a 21-year-old. Overall, Young has a .259/.297/.306 slash line with no home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored, four doubles and no stolen bases. He's a contact-over-power player at the plate, and the speed should show up eventually -- he had 22 steals, albeit on 33 attempts, with Double-A Arkansas in 2024.
Young has settled in at the plate fairly well lately, going 10-for-31 (.323) over his last nine games. He's drawn just one walk in that span, but he also just four strikeouts, which is a showcase of the steady plate discipline that helped him reach the majors as a 21-year-old. Overall, Young has a .259/.297/.306 slash line with no home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored, four doubles and no stolen bases. He's a contact-over-power player at the plate, and the speed should show up eventually -- he had 22 steals, albeit on 33 attempts, with Double-A Arkansas in 2024.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2025
+18%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .526 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .211 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .622 | 73 | 0 | 6 | .273 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .526 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .211 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .622 | 73 | 0 | 6 | .273 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
+12%
OPS at Home
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+12%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | .646 | 35 | 0 | 3 | .258 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .577 | 57 | 0 | 4 | .259 | ||||
| 2025Home | .646 | 35 | 0 | 3 | .258 | ||||
| 2025Away | .577 | 57 | 0 | 4 | .259 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Cole 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.
* 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
0.20BB Rate
4.3%K Rate
21.7%BABIP
.333ISO
.047AVG
.259OBP
.297SLG
.306OPS
.603wOBA
.265Exit Velocity
88.1 mphHard Hit Rate
17.9%Barrels/PA
4.3%Expected BA
.218Expected SLG
.332Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/secGround Ball %
37.9%Line Drive %
19.7%Fly Ball %
42.4%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Young's extremely impressive plate discipline metrics in the lower levels of the minors have made him overrated in some dynasty circles. The lefty-hitting infielder has never struck out more than 16.5 percent of the time and last year he walked over 14 percent of the time at Single-A and High-A. He had a pull rate over 41 percent and a groundball rate under 45 percent at both stops and still only managed 11 home runs in 126 games because he has fringe-average raw power. He stole 22 bases on 32 attempts (68.8% success rate) and only gets average run grades from scouts, so we can't assume he'll regularly steal double-digit bases in the majors. Young is trending toward being a worse version of Bryson Stott in fantasy (worse home park, less speed). He'll head to Double-A for his age-20 season and projects as Seattle's second baseman of the future.
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On bench Sunday
Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
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Heading to bench Wednesday
Young is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
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On bench against righty
Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.
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Getting first day off
Young is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks.
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Knocks in winning run in debut
Young went 1-for-4 with a walk and one RBI in Saturday's 5-4 extra-innings win over the Twins.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Name dropped in Ohtani rumors
Young could be an outgoing piece if Seattle pursues a Shohei Ohtani trade, speculates Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
Analysis
Young was Seattle's first-round pick in the 2022 Draft. It's unclear if Seattle would have an interest in selling the farm for Ohtani, who "loves Seattle and has lived there during two offseasons." Seattle would seem to have an edge in Ohtani's free agency sweepstakes, but an extend-and-trade would spare Seattle potential chaos in the offseason, if the superstar is open to the idea.
Young was Seattle's first-round pick in the 2022 Draft. It's unclear if Seattle would have an interest in selling the farm for Ohtani, who "loves Seattle and has lived there during two offseasons." Seattle would seem to have an edge in Ohtani's free agency sweepstakes, but an extend-and-trade would spare Seattle potential chaos in the offseason, if the superstar is open to the idea.