Jake McCarthy

Bats L Throws L6'2" 215 lbBorn 1997 Scranton, USADebut 2021Team COLDraft 2015 R23 #697 Pittsburgh Pirates, Scranton (PA) HSContract 1 y/$1.525M (26) 2026: $1,525,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 91.7FIELD+ 102.8 at CFTotal 0.88 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	226	203	53	9	3	3	15	41	11	0.259	0.320	0.378	0.698	0.119	0.308	17.9	6.6	92.5	0.50
2027	419	379	97	17	4	7	27	73	19	0.257	0.315	0.384	0.699	0.127	0.307	17.4	6.4	89.9	0.79

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 132 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Greg Briley	1992	94.7	36.2	185
2	Trent Grisham	2024	97.5	128.9	581
3	Heinie Mueller	1927	100.5	60.7	182
4	Ryan Sweeney	2012	93.2	110.1	212
5	Al Burch	1911	92.2	did not play
6	Oddibe McDowell	1990	97.3	did not play
7	David Dahl	2021	90.4	did not play
8	Steve Hovley	1972	92.6	86.7	268
9	Rick Miller	1975	93.1	101.5	313
10	Chris Parmelee	2015	96.7	401.2	8

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			419		97	17	4	7		19	27	73	0.257	0.315	0.384	0.699	89.9
2026*	COL	112	439	62	119	26	7	13		22	22	75	0.295	0.334	0.490	0.824	111.2
2025	ARI	67	222	18	42	7	5	4	20	6	10	40	0.204	0.247	0.345	0.591	58.1
2024	ARI	142	495	66	126	13	7	8	56	25	31	78	0.285	0.349	0.400	0.749	110.4
2023	ARI	99	312	37	67	7	5	2	16	26	26	62	0.243	0.318	0.326	0.644	80.0
2022	ARI	99	354	53	91	16	3	8	43	23	23	76	0.283	0.342	0.427	0.769	119.7
2021	ARI	24	70	11	13	3	0	2	4	3	8	23	0.220	0.333	0.373	0.706	97.0
Career		431	1453	185	339	46	20	24	139	83	98	279	0.260	0.324	0.381	0.705	97.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	439	84.8	12.6	4.8	26.4	22.9	38.3	0.272	0.402	0.316	29.9
2025	222	84.7	6.5	5.3	27.6	21.1	34.4	0.239	0.374	0.286	29.9
2024	495	84.5	9.1	2.7	24.5	17.6	31.1	0.265	0.363	0.314	29.8
2023	312	85.3	7.5	2.3	23.7	22.6	31.6	0.241	0.336	0.295	30.0
2022	354	87.4	8.0	4.8	33.3	28.0	30.0	0.253	0.374	0.305	30.1
2021	70	80.0	2.3	2.8	13.5	41.3	22.8	0.155	0.247	0.252	30.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ARI	OF	63	483	131	1	0	1	1.000
2024	ARI	OF	161	1062	270	2	2	1	0.993
2023	ARI	OF	96	697	197	1	3	0	0.985
2022	ARI	OF	82	636	146	4	1	1	0.993
2021	ARI	OF	19	152	46	3	0	2	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	237	1 HR, 12 SB	0.314	0.841
2023	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	221	9 HR, 15 SB	0.360	1.010
2022	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	165	5 HR, 11 SB	0.369	1.053
2021	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	212	9 HR, 12 SB	0.262	0.838
2021	AA	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Bat	156	6 HR, 17 SB	0.241	0.822
2019	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Bat	214	2 HR, 18 SB	0.277	0.746

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.384	0.351	0.379	0.340
2025	0.239	0.282	0.290	0.260
2024	0.327	0.345	0.359	0.321
2023	0.309	0.297	0.303	0.297
2022	0.362	0.354	0.318	0.384
2021	0.298	0.336	0.284	0.364

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.