Jake McCarthy

Jake McCarthy

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Arizona Diamondbacks
2024 Fantasy Outlook
McCarthy entered the 2023 season with plenty of fantasy buzz after finishing the previous year with a flourish. Unfortunately, he found himself back in the minors before the end of April following a slow start. He returned after a month on the farm and hit .311 with 15 stolen bases during a 31-game stretch, but that surge in production wound up being short-lived. McCarthy hardly played in the final two months of the season and was removed from the Diamondbacks' Wild Card Series roster due to an oblique injury. The 26-year-old has been an elite base stealer with 49 swipes since 2022 as a semi-regular. His quality of contact (23.7 percent hard-hit rate in 2023) has been woeful, though, and he hasn't graded out well defensively, so getting enough consistent playing time to take advantage of those wheels is a legitimate question. Arizona re-signed Lourdes Gurriel, which could push McCarthy to a reserve role. Read Past Outlooks
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#400
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Diamondbacks in March of 2024.
Taking seat Tuesday
OFArizona Diamondbacks
September 3, 2024
McCarthy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.
ANALYSIS
Southpaw Kyle Harrison is pitching Tuesday for San Francisco, and McCarthy will receive a well-deserved day off after a run of 24 consecutive starts, during which he posted an .862 OPS with five homers, four steals, 26 RBI and 16 runs. Jorge Barrosa is manning center field and batting ninth in the series opener.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
12
14
23
6
8
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
3
15
4
4
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .716 324 38 4 30 20 .266 .339 .377
Since 2022vs Right .742 791 115 14 81 50 .277 .341 .400
2024vs Left .716 138 14 0 14 7 .288 .348 .368
2024vs Right .793 311 49 8 38 14 .288 .358 .434
2023vs Left .649 82 8 1 4 10 .206 .325 .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
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
 
 
+14%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .734 541 76 9 56 30 .269 .328 .405
Since 2022Away .734 574 77 9 55 40 .279 .352 .382
2024Home .818 227 33 3 30 10 .309 .372 .446
2024Away .717 222 30 5 22 11 .267 .338 .379
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
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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
0.41
 
BB Rate
6.7%
 
K Rate
16.3%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.125
 
AVG
.288
 
OBP
.355
 
SLG
.414
 
OPS
.769
 
wOBA
.340
 
Exit Velocity
85.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.4%
 
Barrels/PA
2.0%
 
Expected BA
.273
 
Expected SLG
.375
 
Sprint Speed
26.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.2%
 
Line Drive %
21.3%
 
Fly Ball %
28.6%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2019
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).
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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Two RBI in loss
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 31, 2024
McCarthy went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in Friday's 10-9 loss to the Dodgers. He was also hit by two pitches.
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Three consecutive 20-steal seasons
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 29, 2024
McCarthy went 1-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-5 win over the Mets.
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Piling up RBI in August
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 26, 2024
McCarthy went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 7-5 win over Boston.
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Bats second again
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 25, 2024
McCarthy batted second and went 0-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Red Sox.
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Ties career HR mark
OFArizona Diamondbacks
August 22, 2024
McCarthy went 1-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 10-8 win over the Marlins.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Receives support from GM
OFArizona Diamondbacks
June 13, 2024
Regarding a potential trade of McCarthy this summer, Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen said Wednesday, "he's one of our best players. Like, why would I do that," reports Kevin Zimmerman of ArizonaSports.com.
ANALYSIS
The 26-year-old seemed unlikely to make Arizona's season-opening roster given the offseason acquisitions of Randal Grichuk and Joc Pederson, but Grichuk started the campaign on the IL and Alek Thomas went down with a hamstring injury Opening Day. McCarthy has taken advantage of his opportunities through 59 games in 2024 with three homers, nine steals and a .276/.361/.393 slash line.
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