Jacob Young

Jacob Young

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Washington Nationals
10-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 5/30/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Young is a flawed player, but he's already a success story as a seventh-round draft pick by the Nationals in 2021. He got the call early last season when Victor Robles hit the injured list and never gave the center-field job back. Speed is his greatest asset and he used it to swipe 33 bags as a rookie, though he was also caught 10 times. The big problem is the minimal power, with Young managing just three home runs in 521 plate appearances last season. His offensive game is built around putting the ball in play -- often via the bunt -- and booking it down the line while looking to take the extra base. He was below average at the plate last season, but to justify a regular role in the Washington lineup he just has to do enough as a nine-hole hitter to complement his excellent defense in center. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#303
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2025.
Placed on 10-day injured list
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
May 23, 2025
The Nationals placed Young on the 10-day injured list Friday with a left shoulder AC joint sprain.
ANALYSIS
Young initially suffered the injury when he collided with the outfield wall Saturday and was unable to make the necessary improvement to avoid a stint on the IL. He will be eligible for activation May 30, but it's the type of injury that could lead to longer than a minimum absence. Robert Hassell, Alex Call and Daylen Lile will help fill the void in the Nationals' outfield created by the absences of Young and Dylan Crews (oblique).
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
22
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
5
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+65%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+21%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .695 214 42 1 15 18 .274 .347 .347
Since 2023vs Right .619 555 57 2 39 33 .242 .304 .315
2025vs Left .862 26 10 0 1 2 .300 .462 .400
2025vs Right .524 101 5 0 5 3 .211 .268 .256
2024vs Left .691 160 30 1 13 15 .283 .340 .352
2024vs Right .628 361 45 2 23 18 .245 .306 .322
2023vs Left .566 28 2 0 1 1 .200 .286 .280
2023vs Right .687 93 7 0 11 12 .268 .333 .354
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+13%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+125%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .680 374 44 3 28 18 .261 .329 .352
Since 2023Away .603 395 55 0 26 33 .242 .304 .299
2025Home .565 54 6 0 3 2 .213 .288 .277
2025Away .610 73 9 0 3 3 .238 .324 .286
2024Home .651 257 31 3 16 12 .250 .317 .333
2024Away .645 264 44 0 20 21 .263 .315 .329
2023Home .901 63 7 0 9 4 .345 .410 .491
2023Away .401 58 2 0 3 9 .154 .228 .173
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Stat Review
How does Jacob 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.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.58
 
BB Rate
8.7%
 
K Rate
15.0%
 
BABIP
.275
 
ISO
.055
 
AVG
.227
 
OBP
.309
 
SLG
.282
 
OPS
.591
 
wOBA
.273
 
Exit Velocity
86.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
16.8%
 
Barrels/PA
0.8%
 
Expected BA
.279
 
Expected SLG
.323
 
Sprint Speed
26.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
64.0%
 
Line Drive %
23.3%
 
Fly Ball %
12.8%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Young played in 33 games down the stretch after making his MLB debut for the Nationals in late August, and he had a .252/.322/.336 slash line with no homers, 13 steals, 12 RBI and nine runs in 121 plate appearances. It was a solid showing for the 2021 seventh-round pick, especially since he entered the season having never played above Single-A. He split most of the minor-league campaign between the High-A and Double-A levels, and overall he hit .305 with six home runs and 39 steals in 112 contests. The speed and contact skills (18.2 percent strikeout rate) were apparent in his first taste of the majors, as was his limited power. Young will likely need a strong showing during spring training to have a chance of making Washington's Opening Day roster in 2024, and even then he could still begin the campaign at Triple-A Rochester given he basically skipped the affiliate last year.
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Held out again Thursday
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
May 22, 2025
Young (shoulder) remains out of the lineup for Thursday's game against Atlanta.
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Remains out Wednesday
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
May 21, 2025
Young (shoulder) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.
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Scratched from lineup
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
May 20, 2025
Young (shoulder) was scratched from Tuesday's lineup against Atlanta, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Good to go Tuesday
OFWashington Nationals
May 20, 2025
Young (shoulder) is starting in center field and batting ninth Tuesday against Atlanta.
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Withheld from starting nine
OFWashington Nationals
Shoulder
May 18, 2025
Young (shoulder) was absent from the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Status uncertain after injury
OFWashington Nationals
May 17, 2025
Young departed Saturday's game against the Orioles with a left shoulder injury after crashing into an outfield wall at full speed, and although the x-rays were negative, according to Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post, his status for the next few days is uncertain.
ANALYSIS
Young hasn't hit much in his second season as a regular for the Nationals, as he's slashing .215/.300/.252 with no home runs and just four doubles through 41 games, but he makes up for the lackluster production at the plate with elite defense and baserunning. If he were to miss time, Dylan Crews would probably slide to center for the time being.
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