Jared Young

29-Year-Old First Baseman1B

New York Mets

2025 Stats

AVG

.176

RBI

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Young began the year with the Cardinals, playing for Triple-A Memphis. He was batting .284/.409/.505 when St. Louis transferred his contract to the Doosan Bears in the Korean Baseball Organization. Young posted a .326/.420/.660 line overseas. The Mets took notice, signing Young to a major league deal. He makes contact at an above average clip but doesn't hit the ball with much authority. The Mets would not have signed Young to an MLB deal if they didn't see something, but it's surely not to be their new regular at first base. Young is in play solely in NL-only formats, and even then, he's not likely to play enough to merit fantasy consideration. Read Past Outlooks

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#362

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 185

DOB 7/9/1995

Born Prince George, Canada

College Old Dominion

Drafted 15th Rd 2017 CHC

Slugs first homer of year

1BNew York Mets

May 28, 2025

Young went 2-for-3 with a double and a two-run home run in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the White Sox.

ANALYSIS
The 29-year-old launched the second of two first-inning homers by the Mets off Jonathan Cannon, after Pete Alonso had gotten the team on the board. Young collected his first hits and first long ball of the season in the process, as well as his first homer in the majors since September 2023. He's started four straight games at DH since being called up Saturday, although in every contest he was pinch hit for against a left-handed pitcher. With Jesse Winker (oblique) not expected back until mid-June at the earliest, Young should maintain his strong-side platoon role for at least the next few weeks.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

+159%

OPS vs LHP

2025

+263%

OPS vs LHP

2024

No Stats

2023

+133%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	1.600	5	2	0	1	1	.600	.600	1.000
Since 2023vs Right	.617	60	8	3	9	1	.145	.217	.400
2025vs Left	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
2025vs Right	.551	17	2	1	2	0	.125	.176	.375
2024vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023vs Left	1.500	4	2	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000
2023vs Right	.643	43	6	2	7	1	.154	.233	.410
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2023

+402%

OPS at Home

2025

-100%

OPS at Home

2024

No Stats

2023

+408%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	1.019	40	7	3	9	0	.250	.325	.694
Since 2023Away	.203	25	3	0	1	2	.083	.120	.083
2025Home	.767	15	2	1	2	0	.214	.267	.500
2025Away	.000	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2024Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023Home	1.178	25	5	2	7	0	.273	.360	.818
2023Away	.232	22	3	0	1	2	.095	.136	.095
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Stat Review

How does Jared Young 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

0.00

BB Rate

0.0%

K Rate

33.3%

BABIP

.200

ISO

.235

AVG

.176

OBP

.222

SLG

.412

OPS

.634

wOBA

.277

Exit Velocity

83.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

36.4%

Barrels/PA

5.6%

Expected BA

.182

Expected SLG

.385

Sprint Speed

25.5 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

45.5%

Line Drive %

9.1%

Fly Ball %

45.5%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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2023

The Cubs removed Young from their 40-man roster last offseason, but he found his way back to the majors amidst a big year at Triple-A Iowa which saw him slash .310/.417/.577 with 21 home runs over 376 plate appearances. He cracked a couple more homers with the big club but was jettisoned from the 40-man roster again this winter and was scooped up on waivers by the rival Cardinals. Young can play the corner infield and outfield spots and has decent speed, although he's never been much of a base stealer. The 28-year-old took big steps forward with his power and walk rate in 2023, but given his age and the fact that he was in his third stint at Triple-A, it's fair to be dubious.

Young made his MLB debut in 2022 as a 27-year-old. He played in just six games, registering a .732 OPS across 19 at-bats. More telling was Young's stat line at the Triple-A level. In 109 contests for the Iowa Cubs, he posted a .724 OPS and blasted 17 home runs, which represented a new career best at any level. Young also displayed good versatility in the minors, as he split his time between first base, third base and the outfield. The ability to play multiple positions gives Young an outside shot to earn a bench role with Chicago to begin the 2023 season, though he's more likely to start with Iowa once again. At this point in his career, Young looks like the classic organizational depth player. He can fill out a bench in the majors if a need arises, but he's probably best suited for Triple-A. That doesn't leave Young with a ton of fantasy value at this point.

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