Masataka Yoshida

Bats L Throws R5'8" 176 lbBorn 1993 Fukui, JapanDebut 2023Team BOSContract 5 y/$90M (23-27) 2026: $18,600,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 79.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.18 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	274	248	66	13	1	6	19	38	3	0.265	0.326	0.396	0.722	0.131	0.317	13.8	6.9	97.9	0.79
2027	288	260	66	13	1	6	22	39	2	0.255	0.320	0.379	0.699	0.124	0.309	13.7	7.5	93.7	0.68

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 74 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	Brian Daubach	2003	107.8	88.0	86
2	Eric Thames	2018	108.3	117.0	459
3	Mike Hegan	1974	107.6	106.8	236
4	Justin Bour	2019	116.1	did not play
5	Russell Branyan	2007	106.8	135.3	152
6	Frank Torre	1963	100.7	did not play
7	Glenn Adams	1979	106.1	90.7	287
8	Len Matuszek	1986	99.4	-49.1	16
9	Mark Sweeney	2001	98.0	27.5	69
10	Buck Jordan	1938	104.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			288		66	13	1	6		2	22	39	0.255	0.320	0.379	0.699	93.7
2026*	BOS	87	297	34	72	16	1	5		2	28	33	0.274	0.347	0.399	0.746	110.0
2025	BOS	55	205	16	50	11	0	4	26	3	10	24	0.266	0.307	0.388	0.696	91.2
2024	BOS	108	421	45	106	21	0	10	56	2	27	52	0.280	0.349	0.415	0.765	117.5
2023	BOS	140	580	71	155	33	3	15	72	8	34	81	0.289	0.338	0.445	0.783	109.2
Career		303	1206	132	311	65	3	29	154	13	71	157	0.282	0.337	0.425	0.762	109.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	297	88.8	8.9	3.4	39.9	15.6	28.1	0.262	0.372	0.318	26.1
2025	205	90.2	5.7	6.6	44.0	15.4	27.3	0.270	0.384	0.314	26.4
2024	421	88.0	10.5	5.5	37.5	14.6	25.3	0.256	0.408	0.327	26.1
2023	580	89.0	3.9	6.6	40.6	18.3	27.4	0.268	0.428	0.325	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	BOS	OF	6	41	5	0	0	0	1.000
2024	BOS	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023	BOS	OF	87	713	125	5	3	1	0.977

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

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.375	0.335	0.349	0.330
2025	0.258	0.345	0.307	0.349
2024	0.258	0.375	0.352	0.338
2023	0.340	0.359	0.381	0.330

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.571	0.571	0.571	1.143
Career	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.571	0.571	0.571	1.143