Mike Yastrzemski

Mike Yastrzemski

34-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Francisco Giants
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The veteran outfielder has provided a reliable glove and above-average bat since making his debut in 2019, and that remained the case last season with a 106 wRC+ and plus-four Defensive Runs Saved. Yastrzemski clubbed 18 homers with 57 RBI and 60 runs to go along with a .231/.302/.437 slash line in 140 games, with an 8.2 percent walk rate being the lowest since his rookie year. Now entering his age-34 campaign, Yastrzemski is a good bet to hit around .230 with 15-20 home runs, but his counting stats could continue to have a limited ceiling given his struggles against left-handed pitching, though he could receive a boost given the lineup improvements around him. He likely won't be a major difference maker but can help round out a fantasy outfield, especially in deeper leagues. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $9.5 million contract with the Giants in November of 2024.
Taking seat versus southpaw
OFSan Francisco Giants
March 29, 2025
Yastrzemski is out of the lineup Saturday against the Reds, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
ANALYSIS
The Reds will send left-hander Nick Lodolo to the mound to start Saturday's contest, so the lefty-hitting Yastrzemski will begin the game on the bench. Luis Matos will fill the void in right field and bat sixth.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#9
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vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+27%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+14%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+40%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .626 181 23 3 18 2 .215 .289 .337
Since 2023vs Right .792 678 91 30 82 3 .239 .322 .469
2025vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right 1.333 3 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667
2024vs Left .664 95 14 0 7 2 .229 .326 .337
2024vs Right .757 379 46 18 50 1 .232 .296 .461
2023vs Left .592 85 9 3 11 0 .203 .250 .342
2023vs Right .831 296 45 12 32 2 .243 .353 .478
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .825 406 50 12 46 1 .272 .354 .471
Since 2023Away .696 453 64 21 54 4 .200 .281 .415
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
2024Home .805 238 30 8 30 1 .264 .338 .467
2024Away .674 236 30 10 27 2 .199 .267 .407
2023Home .853 168 20 4 16 0 .283 .377 .476
2023Away .714 213 34 11 27 2 .195 .292 .422
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Stat Review
How does Mike Yastrzemski 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
50.0%
 
BABIP
1.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.500
 
OBP
.500
 
SLG
.500
 
OPS
1.000
 
wOBA
.445
 
Exit Velocity
91.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
50.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.186
 
Expected SLG
.211
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
100.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
0.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2020
Yastrzemski posted a career-low .697 OPS in 2022, and he rebounded last season with a .233/.330/.445 slash line in 106 games as he had two stints on the injured list with hamstring issues. The veteran outfielder had a 12 percent walk rate and totaled 15 homers, 43 RBI and 54 runs in 2023, which are relative improvements on figures from the previous year (17, 57 and 73, respectively) given he played in 42 fewer games. The lefty-hitting Yastrzemski had severe splits with a 126 wRC+ versus right-handed pitching and a 62 wRC+ against lefties, so a strong-side platoon role likely awaits in 2024. His fantasy ceiling will be capped in that role given the more limited plate appearances, though he can still provide some value as long as you can stomach his .223 average over the past three years.
Yastrzemski came on to the league as an older prospect who joined in on the bouncy baseball fun of 2019, but then backed it up with an even better pandemic season in 2020 before coming back to earth each of the past two seasons. San Francisco believes there is at least another season there as they gave him a one-year deal to avoid arbitration rather than non-tender him so he will stay in the bay area to play the strong side of a platoon situation with whatever righty bat the club plugs into play to face lefties. Yaz is rather accepting of his walks and has excellent plate discipline built around some swing and miss as he has struggled with breaking balls each of the past two seasons. His numbers could improve if he could rediscover some of his earlier success against non-fastballs, but the past two seasons have left us wondering if that will ever happen again for him.
Yastrzemski sat against some southpaws, but 24% of his plate appearances came against lefthanders. In his first two seasons, Yastrzemski hit lefties slightly better, but last season he slashed .170/.254/.259 in that scenario. To be fair, he also slipped versus righthanders, but not to the extent against lefties. Southpaws fed Yastrzemski more breaking balls and off-speed stuff last season and responded with a .088 BABIP compared to over .400 his first two campaigns. Oddly, Yastrzemski's contact and exit velocity were in line with prior season; his BABIP simply cratered. While this bodes well for a rebound, reverting to 2019 and 2020 levels is optimistic. Overall, Yastrzemski's contact and power skills are stable, but he's been subject to batted ball whims. He's also older than many perceive as he'll turn 32-year-old in August. Draft for power, but don't expect a full batting average rebound.
Even as the grandson of a Hall of Famer, Yastrzemski has had his doubters, but he quieted those doubters with a brilliant 2020 season. Yastrzemski finished seventh among MLB hitters in fWAR (2.7) and finished as OF15 in rotisserie leagues. He was far more patient at the plate than he was during his rookie season, cutting his Swing% from 47.1% to 38.9% and upping his walk rate from 7.8% to 13.3%. It's great to see that even as he was taking more pitches, he was still all over the hittable pitches that were in the strike zone. His Statcast numbers are all over the map as Yastrzemski ranked in the bottom 40th percentile in hard-hit rate and the expected stats say he was out over his skis, but at the same time his xwOBA and xSLG were in the top 20% of the league. He is already 30 and not a great athlete, but Yastrzemski is now the face of the Giants and the recent changes at Oracle Park have helped offense.
Yastrzemski finally broke into the majors in 2019 after being traded from the Orioles to the Giants prior to the season. The outfielder got off to a slow start following his promotion in May, but he found his groove after the All-Star break and posted a 136 wRC+ over 70 second-half games. Yastrzemski's 21 homers -- which came in just 371 at-bats -- tied for most on the Giants, while his .852 OPS and 121 wRC+ led all players on the team with at least 200 plate appearances. Although Yastrzemski could stand to improve his approach (7.8 BB%, 26.0 K%), his strong batted-ball profile suggests his success is for the most part believable. Yastrzemski was shielded pretty heavily against lefties in his debut season, though he performed well enough in his limited opportunities (.943 OPS in 89 PA) to potentially earn more at-bats against southpaws in 2020. Either way, he should remain a fixture in the lineup.
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Sitting down Saturday
OFSan Francisco Giants
March 15, 2025
Yastrzemski isn't in the lineup for Saturday's Cactus League game versus the Mariners, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hits second spring homer
OFSan Francisco Giants
March 6, 2025
Yastrzemski went 2-for-2 with a home run Thursday for his second homer of the spring. He's likely to platoon with Luis Matos in right field to begin the season, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Sticking in San Francisco
OFSan Francisco Giants
November 22, 2024
Yastrzemski agreed to a one-year, $9.25 million contract with the Giants on Friday to avoid arbitration, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
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Getting breather
OFSan Francisco Giants
September 28, 2024
Yastrzemski isn't in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game against the Cardinals, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Sitting versus southpaw
OFSan Francisco Giants
September 23, 2024
Yastrzemski is not in the lineup for Monday's game in Arizona.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Likely to be tendered
OFSan Francisco Giants
November 10, 2024
Giants president Buster Posey indicated Thursday that Yastrzemski is likely to be tendered a contract for 2025, reports John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle.
ANALYSIS
The veteran outfielder is estimated to make $9.5 million in his final year of arbitration eligibility, per Spotrac.com, so he's certainly on the radar to be non-tendered. Yastrzemski played in 140 games in 2024 and had a .231/.302/.437 slash line with 18 homers in 2024. Even if tendered a contract, the Giants could also look to trade him over the winter.
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