Nick Yorke

Nick Yorke

22-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Pittsburgh Pirates
2024 Stats
AVG
.429
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
1
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
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Prospect
#361
ADP
League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'0"
Weight 200
DOB 4/2/2002
Born Newport Beach, CA
College None
Drafted 1st Rd 2020 BOS
$Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in September of 2024.
Three hits in loss
2BPittsburgh Pirates
September 17, 2024
Yorke went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Cardinals.
ANALYSIS
Yorke went 0-for-3 with a stolen base in his major-league debut Monday. It didn't take him long to check off another first, as he had three singles in his second career game. The contact-oriented infielder should continue to get steady playing time down the stretch as the Pirates evaluate his major-league readiness for 2025. Yorke has started both of his big-league contests at second base, which could lead to Nick Gonzales being forced to share shortstop with Isiah Kiner-Falefa to finish the year.
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2024
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#3
#4
#5
#6
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#8
#9
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1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2023
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2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Since 2022vs Right .857 7 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right .857 7 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2023
No Stats
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Since 2022Away .857 7 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away .857 7 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Nick Yorke 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
14.3%
 
BABIP
.500
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.429
 
OBP
.429
 
SLG
.429
 
OPS
.857
 
wOBA
.381
 
Exit Velocity
69.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
16.7%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.044
 
Expected SLG
.053
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.0%
 
Line Drive %
50.0%
 
Fly Ball %
0.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
Yorke's 2021 season was a statistical tour de force, especially when factoring his age relative to the levels he was playing at. However, his 2022 season was a massive departure, and while some of that can be attributed to injuries (turf toe, back stiffness, wrist soreness), this offseason is an opportunity for the skeptics and non-believers to move off the bat-first infielder. Yorke is a tinkerer at the plate, but he never really had a stretch in 2022 that compared to his 2021 exploits. The 20-year-old slashed .231/.303/.365 with 11 home runs and a 25.2 K% in 80 games at High-A. He was better in essentially every offensive metric during his 21-game run at that level in 2021, and the contrast of his quality of contact metrics was particularly stark (45.2% flyball rate in 2021, 35.4% flyball rate in 2022). Yorke needs to hit, as he is a below-average defender most places - he could be passable at second base. He has youth on his side, and just a year ago evaluators were talking about Yorke as one of the best pure hitters in the minors, so there is an opportunity for him to have a healthy bounce-back season in 2023. However, even his staunchest supporters will probably jump ship this summer if he picks up where he left off in 2022.
The Red Sox shocked draft prognosticators by taking Yorke with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 draft, but that already looks like a steal. A bat-first second baseman who won't turn 20 until April, Yorke dominated as one of the youngest players at Low-A, hitting .323/.413/.500 with 10 home runs, a 13.6 K% and a 146 wRC+ in 76 games. He received a promotion to High-A before any of his peers and proceeded to hit .333/.406/.571 with four home runs and a 158 wRC+ in 21 games as the youngest hitter at the level. He tallied 13 steals in 97 games but was caught nine times and is only a fringe-average runner. This is a four-category profile, but it could be one of the better four-category profiles in the majors if he reaches his ceiling -- think prime Anthony Rendon. His defense is shaky, even at second base, but he will hit enough to play left field if necessary.
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Call-up official, will start Monday
2BPittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 2024
The Pirates selected Yorke's contract from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. He'll start at second base and bat seventh in the series opener.
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Headed to big leagues
2BPittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 2024
The Pirates will select Yorke's contract from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Moved to Pittsburgh
2BPittsburgh Pirates
July 29, 2024
The Pirates acquired Yorke from the Red Sox on Monday in exchange for right-hander Quinn Priester, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
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Adjusting well to Triple-A
2BBoston Red Sox
June 12, 2024
Yorke is 9-for-22 with two home runs, one double, six RBI and six runs scored in his first six games at Triple-A Worcester.
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Bumped up to Triple-A
2BBoston Red Sox
June 6, 2024
The Red Sox promoted Yorke from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Possible solution at second base
2BBoston Red Sox
September 15, 2023
Sean McAdam of The Springfield Republican reports the Red Sox are expecting Yorke "to be a fixture" at second base but also said the prospect can't be counted on to be productive in 2024.
ANALYSIS
The 21-year-old is one of Boston's top prospects and has a .269/.351/.439 slash line in 108 games at Double-A Portland this season, but he's not guaranteed to make his big-league debut in 2024, especially early in the campaign. The Red Sox will head into the offseason with more questions than answers at the keystone, and Yorke should at least have the opportunity to showcase himself in spring training. The 2020 first-round pick is likely to open next season with Triple-A Worcester, unless he has a very impressive camp and ends up skipping the highest level of the minors altogether.
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