Jared Young

Jared Young

29-Year-Old First Baseman1B
New York Mets
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
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Mets in December of 2024.
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
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
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
2024
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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Receives call-up
1BNew York Mets
May 24, 2025
The Mets recalled Young from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday.
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Goes on minor-league IL
1BNew York Mets
Undisclosed
March 30, 2025
Triple-A Syracuse placed Young on its 7-day injured list Thursday due to an unspecified issue.
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Sent out of MLB camp
1BNew York Mets
March 9, 2025
The Mets optioned Young to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.
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Nets MLB deal from Mets
1BNew York Mets
December 16, 2024
The Mets signed Young to a one-year contract Monday.
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Headed to Korea
1BFree Agent
July 23, 2024
The Cardinals have transferred Young to the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization in exchange for cash considerations.
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