Cole Young

Bats L Throws R5'11" 180 lbBorn 2003 Pittsburgh, USADebut 2025Team SEADraft 2022 R1 #21 Seattle Mariners, North Allegheny HSContract 1 y/$786,100 (26) 2026: $786,100

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 113.2FIELD+ 100.9 at 2BTotal 2.45 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	304	265	63	12	2	7	31	56	4	0.236	0.323	0.374	0.697	0.138	0.311	18.5	10.1	96.3	0.81
2027	516	459	118	21	3	15	44	86	4	0.257	0.329	0.412	0.741	0.155	0.325	16.7	8.4	110.2	2.25

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 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 86 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	CJ Abrams	2022	75.1	94.0	614
2	Luis Garcia	2021	80.8	98.5	377
3	Nellie Fox	1949	74.5	58.3	504
4	Sean Burroughs	2002	78.5	107.2	578
5	Dick McAuliffe	1961	86.0	100.3	539
6	Al Bridwell	1905	64.8	75.0	518
7	Dalton Jones	1965	78.3	78.1	277
8	Les Burke	1924	65.5	84.6	213
9	Rance Mulliniks	1977	94.2	38.3	130
10	George Brett	1974	77.3	123.4	697

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			516		118	21	3	15		4	44	86	0.257	0.329	0.412	0.741	110.2
2026*	SEA	127	510	59	119	15	3	15		3	32	86	0.256	0.314	0.398	0.712	110.5
2025	SEA	77	257	24	47	7	1	4	24	1	28	47	0.211	0.302	0.305	0.607	81.5
Career		77	257	24	47	7	1	4	24	1	28	47	0.211	0.302	0.305	0.607	81.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	510	88.7	13.9	4.7	38.6	19.0	31.2	0.270	0.403	0.321	28.0
2025	257	87.6	17.2	5.6	31.1	24.6	23.5	0.224	0.355	0.297	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SEA	2B	73	621	94	155	4	28	0.984	-1.7
2025	SEA	SS	1	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	+0.7

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	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	245	5 HR, 4 SB	0.277	0.853
2024	AA	Arkansas Travelers	Bat	552	9 HR, 23 SB	0.271	0.759
2023	A+	Everett AquaSox	Bat	230	6 HR, 5 SB	0.292	0.883
2023	A	Modesto Nuts	Bat	376	5 HR, 17 SB	0.267	0.825
2022	A	Modesto Nuts	Bat	45	2 HR, 1 SB	0.385	0.960
2022	Rk	ACL Mariners	Bat	26	0 HR, 3 SB	0.333	0.899

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.283	0.336	0.327	0.312
2025	0.303	0.276	0.289	0.278

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