2025 Stats
AVG
.214
HR
4
RBI
24
R
24
SB
1
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 one-year contract with the Mariners in May of 2025.
Losing grip on starting job
Young is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Cardinals.
Analysis
The left-handed-hitting Young has now been out of the lineup for five consecutive games, and Monday marks the third time during that stretch that he's sat against a right-handed starting pitcher (Miles Mikolas). Leo Rivas will get the nod at the keystone in the series opener with St. Louis and may have overtaken Young as the Mariners' preferred option at the position. Young's drop in playing time comes while he's gone just 2-for-38 (.053 average) over his last 15 games.
The left-handed-hitting Young has now been out of the lineup for five consecutive games, and Monday marks the third time during that stretch that he's sat against a right-handed starting pitcher (Miles Mikolas). Leo Rivas will get the nod at the keystone in the series opener with St. Louis and may have overtaken Young as the Mariners' preferred option at the position. Young's drop in playing time comes while he's gone just 2-for-38 (.053 average) over his last 15 games.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+1%
OPS vs LHP
2025
+1%
OPS vs LHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .623 | 63 | 0 | 5 | .214 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .614 | 185 | 4 | 19 | .214 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .623 | 63 | 0 | 5 | .214 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .614 | 185 | 4 | 19 | .214 | ||||
| 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
+6%
OPS on Road
2025
+6%
OPS on Road
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | .595 | 116 | 1 | 8 | .198 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .632 | 132 | 3 | 16 | .227 | ||||
| 2025Home | .595 | 116 | 1 | 8 | .198 | ||||
| 2025Away | .632 | 132 | 3 | 16 | .227 | ||||
| 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
0.60BB Rate
10.9%K Rate
18.1%BABIP
.250ISO
.098AVG
.214OBP
.305SLG
.312OPS
.617wOBA
.280Exit Velocity
87.5 mphHard Hit Rate
22.4%Barrels/PA
4.0%Expected BA
.239Expected SLG
.363Sprint Speed
23.5 ft/secGround Ball %
36.3%Line Drive %
19.9%Fly Ball %
43.9%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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Not in Wednesday's starting lineup
Young is not in the Mariners' starting lineup against the Rays on Wednesday.
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Sitting against another lefty
Young is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Padres.
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Idle for series finale
Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.
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Amasses season-high four RBI
Young went 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in Monday's 12-7 loss to the Phillies.
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Big day in Friday's win
Young went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles and three RBI in Friday's 11-9 win over the Mets.
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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.