Jacob Young

Bats R Throws R5'11" 180 lbBorn 1999 Ponte Vedra, USADebut 2023Team WSHDraft 2021 R7 #203 Washington Nationals, FloridaContract 1 y/$794,200 (26) 2026: $794,200

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 101.4FIELD+ 105.9 at CFTotal 1.17 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	289	257	65	11	2	3	21	52	14	0.253	0.317	0.339	0.656	0.085	0.294	17.9	7.2	84.7	0.36
2027	351	312	78	14	2	5	26	62	14	0.251	0.316	0.360	0.676	0.110	0.301	17.6	7.3	88.2	0.59

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 71 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	Willy Taveras	2007	78.3	51.6	538
2	Barry Bonnell	1979	77.0	96.7	509
3	Albert Almora	2019	82.5	35.3	34
4	Charlie James	1963	71.8	56.0	246
5	Luis Melendez	1975	74.7	39.1	147
6	Wattie Holm	1927	82.1	85.4	429
7	Harry Craft	1940	84.1	87.6	450
8	Terry Moore	1937	82.8	106.9	367
9	Denny Sothern	1929	80.7	64.6	435
10	Hector Cruz	1978	75.8	90.5	243

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			351		78	14	2	5		14	26	62	0.251	0.316	0.360	0.676	88.2
2026*	WAS	112	382	45	86	16	3	10		13	25	65	0.250	0.312	0.401	0.713	102.6
2025	WSH	120	364	34	75	10	1	2	31	15	27	65	0.231	0.296	0.287	0.583	70.0
2024	WSH	150	521	75	120	24	1	3	36	33	30	102	0.256	0.316	0.331	0.648	88.1
2023	WSH	33	121	9	27	7	1	0	12	13	10	22	0.252	0.322	0.336	0.658	86.3
Career		303	1006	118	222	41	3	5	79	61	67	189	0.247	0.310	0.316	0.626	81.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	382	88.2	11.2	6.0	32.6	21.2	27.7	0.264	0.393	0.318	29.3
2025	364	87.6	3.8	1.9	34.2	17.4	23.9	0.262	0.336	0.297	29.3
2024	521	85.8	4.0	1.6	28.9	19.3	27.8	0.254	0.323	0.291	29.7
2023	121	86.4	1.8	0.0	30.7	20.9	30.2	0.230	0.319	0.280	30.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	WSH	OF	112	901	278	4	0	0	1.000
2024	WSH	OF	149	1252	388	5	8	2	0.980
2023	WSH	OF	32	283	81	2	1	1	0.988

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	231	3 HR, 17 SB	0.304	0.805
2023	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	248	2 HR, 22 SB	0.307	0.784
2022	A	Fredericksburg Nationals	Bat	542	2 HR, 52 SB	0.262	0.691
2021	A	Fredericksburg Nationals	Bat	114	0 HR, 13 SB	0.208	0.550

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.391	0.297	0.332	0.329
2025	0.287	0.276	0.273	0.284
2024	0.319	0.297	0.299	0.308
2023	0.325	0.309	0.425	0.194

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