Masataka Yoshida

Masataka Yoshida

29-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Boston Red Sox
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Yoshida's appeal to the Red Sox, who signed him to a five-year, $90 million deal, likely centered around his ability to make contact. Across seven NPB seasons, the outfielder struck out just 9.4 percent of the time and hit .327. Those numbers were even better last year, when he rode an 8.1 K% to a .335/.447/.561 slash line and helped the Orix Buffaloes to a title. That contact ability should help him produce a solid or better average against MLB pitching, but whether he'll do enough else to live up to that free agent contract remains a question, as he offers very little with his glove and legs. His outstanding on-base ability could get him there, as he finished second among qualified NPB hitters in both strikeout rate and walk rate (15.7%) last season. He also has decent enough power, averaging 22 homers across the last five years, but it's possible he is more of a 10-to-15 homer guy against MLB pitching. His contract guarantees him significant playing time early on with Boston, but Yoshida is not a sure thing beyond his ability to hit for a high average. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#181
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$Signed a five-year, $90 million contract with the Red Sox in December of 2022.
Swats seventh homer
OFBoston Red Sox
May 31, 2023
Yoshida went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run in a loss to the Reds on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Yoshida put the Red Sox on the board with a solo shot to right field in the second inning and came around to score following a double in the eighth. The outfielder tallied his fourth straight multi-hit game, during which he's batting a scorching .643 (9-for-14). The long ball was his first since May 4, but Yoshida has been impressive offensively in his first MLB campaign, slashing .317/.391/.508 while walking nearly as many times (20) as he's struck out (21).
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
15
20
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
5
4
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2022
No Stats
2021
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .826 61 5 1 7 0 .300 .426 .400
Since 2021vs Right .910 150 26 6 24 3 .316 .373 .537
2023vs Left .826 61 5 1 7 0 .300 .426 .400
2023vs Right .910 150 26 6 24 3 .316 .373 .537
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2022
No Stats
2021
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .909 112 21 4 22 1 .303 .384 .525
Since 2021Away .865 99 10 3 9 2 .322 .394 .471
2023Home .909 112 21 4 22 1 .303 .384 .525
2023Away .865 99 10 3 9 2 .322 .394 .471
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Masataka Yoshida 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
0.95
 
BB Rate
9.7%
 
K Rate
10.1%
 
BABIP
.327
 
ISO
.191
 
AVG
.317
 
OBP
.391
 
SLG
.508
 
OPS
.900
 
wOBA
.389
 
Exit Velocity
89.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
30.3%
 
Barrels/PA
5.7%
 
Expected BA
.276
 
Expected SLG
.454
 
Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
57.8%
 
Line Drive %
12.0%
 
Fly Ball %
30.1%
 
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Swipes bag Saturday
OFBoston Red Sox
May 20, 2023
Yoshida went 1-for-5 with a double and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Padres.
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Big day against M's
OFBoston Red Sox
May 17, 2023
Yoshida went 2-for-5 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 9-4 win over the Mariners.
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Day off Monday
OFBoston Red Sox
May 15, 2023
Yoshida is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Mariners, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
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Day off Saturday
OFBoston Red Sox
May 6, 2023
Yoshida will sit Saturday against the Phillies, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.
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Batting stance adjustment working
OFBoston Red Sox
May 5, 2023
Yoshida made a slight adjustment to his batting stance which he credits for his current hot stretch, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports. The Red Sox outfielder has a hit in 14 consecutive games, going 25-for-56 (.446) with 13 runs, five doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI during the run.
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