Jake McCarthy

Jake McCarthy

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Arizona Diamondbacks
Out
Injury Oblique
Est. Return 10/16/2023
2023 Fantasy Outlook
McCarthy began the 2023 season on the big-league roster as a reserve and was up and down a couple times before ultimately settling into a regular role in the second half. A supplemental first-round pick by Arizona in 2018, McCarthy showed a great deal of improvement with his bat-to-ball skills during his time at Triple-A last season and those improvements carried over, fueling his .300/.360/..426 line after the break. Best of all for fantasy players, McCarthy racked up 23 steals in total across 99 games (354 plate appearances) while only getting caught stealing three times. His sprint speed ranked in the 98th percentile, though the Statcast numbers throw cold water on his plate production. Regardless the Diamondbacks will want to see what they have in McCarthy, who should continue to have the green light given his success rate. The 25-year-old showed that he can hold his own against lefty pitching (.764 OPS). Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#111
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Diamondbacks in March of 2023.
Removed from wild-card roster
OFArizona Diamondbacks
Oblique
October 3, 2023
McCarthy was removed from the Diamondbacks' roster ahead of their NL Wild Card Series matchup against Milwaukee on Tuesday due to an oblique injury, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.
ANALYSIS
McCarthy suffered the injury during batting practice ahead of Game 1 and won't be eligible to return in the NLDS should the D-backs advance. Jace Peterson will join the active roster as McCarthy's replacement.
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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
17
11
8
13
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
5
3
11
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2023
Even Split
2022
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2021
 
 
+8%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .707 209 26 5 18 13 .243 .324 .384
Since 2021vs Right .711 526 75 7 45 39 .268 .333 .378
2023vs Left .640 81 8 1 4 10 .206 .316 .324
2023vs Right .643 230 29 1 12 16 .255 .316 .327
2022vs Left .764 104 16 3 12 3 .281 .337 .427
2022vs Right .771 250 37 5 31 20 .284 .344 .427
2021vs Left .673 24 2 1 2 0 .190 .292 .381
2021vs Right .724 46 9 1 2 3 .237 .356 .368
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+13%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
2021
 
 
+43%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .665 351 50 7 28 23 .231 .298 .367
Since 2021Away .752 385 51 5 35 29 .288 .361 .391
2023Home .671 168 21 2 6 16 .252 .297 .374
2023Away .607 144 16 0 10 10 .231 .343 .264
2022Home .675 146 22 4 20 4 .227 .297 .379
2022Away .834 208 31 4 23 19 .323 .374 .460
2021Home .581 37 7 1 2 3 .138 .306 .276
2021Away .830 33 4 1 2 0 .300 .364 .467
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Stat Review
How does Jake McCarthy 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
0.42
 
BB Rate
8.3%
 
K Rate
19.9%
 
BABIP
.305
 
ISO
.083
 
AVG
.243
 
OBP
.318
 
SLG
.326
 
OPS
.644
 
wOBA
.292
 
Exit Velocity
85.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
23.3%
 
Barrels/PA
1.6%
 
Expected BA
.244
 
Expected SLG
.328
 
Sprint Speed
26.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.0%
 
Line Drive %
21.6%
 
Fly Ball %
27.4%
 
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2019 Fantasy Outlook
The younger brother of Joe McCarthy, an OF/1B prospect in the upper levels of the Rays' system, Jake entered the year with a chance to go in the middle of the first round, but a broken wrist cost him most of his junior year at Virginia. He didn't fall far in the draft, going in the competitive balance round (39th overall) and netting a $1.65 million bonus. McCarthy spent most of his debut season in the Northwest League, where his 0.55 BB/K ranked eighth and his 132 wRC+ ranked 12th. He put his plus speed to work, stealing 20 bases on 28 attempts. McCarthy will stick in center field and may have a good enough approach to eventually hit atop a lineup. The recent history of high-pedigree Virginia hitters in pro ball isn't great, but McCarthy has better raw tools than most of those examples. He is not expected to hit for a ton of power (53.0 GB%), but at 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, he could unlock 15-to-20 homer pop with more professional instruction.
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Late entrant into lineup
OFArizona Diamondbacks
September 27, 2023
McCarthy will start in right field and bat seventh in Wednesday's contest versus the White Sox.
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Delivers lone run in blowout
OFArizona Diamondbacks
September 15, 2023
McCarthy went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI in Thursday's 11-1 loss to the Mets.
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Recalled from Reno
OFArizona Diamondbacks
September 12, 2023
McCarthy was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Reno, John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM reports.
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Optioned to Reno
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 14, 2023
McCarthy was optioned Monday to Triple-A Reno, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.
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On bench Wednesday
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 9, 2023
McCarthy is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Dodgers.
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