2024 Stats
AVG
.285
HR
8
RBI
56
R
66
SB
25
Rest-of-Season Projections
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
Taking seat Friday
McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against San Diego.
ANALYSIS
McCarthy had started 19 of the Diamondbacks' previous 20 games, but he'll be on the bench for Friday's series opener. Lourdes Gurriel, Corbin Carroll and Pavin Smith fill the outfield from left to right.
McCarthy had started 19 of the Diamondbacks' previous 20 games, but he'll be on the bench for Friday's series opener. Lourdes Gurriel, Corbin Carroll and Pavin Smith fill the outfield from left to right.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2024
+11%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .708 | 333 | 4 | 31 | .265 | ||||
| Since 2022vs Right | .735 | 828 | 14 | 84 | .277 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .698 | 147 | 0 | 15 | .284 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .772 | 348 | 8 | 41 | .286 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .649 | 82 | 1 | 4 | .206 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .643 | 230 | 1 | 12 | .255 | ||||
| 2022vs Left | .764 | 104 | 3 | 12 | .281 | ||||
| 2022vs Right | .771 | 250 | 5 | 31 | .284 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
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Even Split
2024
+14%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2022Home | .728 | 560 | 9 | 58 | .269 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | .726 | 601 | 9 | 57 | .278 | ||||
| 2024Home | .798 | 246 | 3 | 32 | .305 | ||||
| 2024Away | .700 | 249 | 5 | 24 | .265 | ||||
| 2023Home | .671 | 168 | 2 | 6 | .252 | ||||
| 2023Away | .607 | 144 | 0 | 10 | .231 | ||||
| 2022Home | .675 | 146 | 4 | 20 | .227 | ||||
| 2022Away | .834 | 208 | 4 | 23 | .323 | ||||
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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.
* 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
0.40BB Rate
6.3%K Rate
15.8%BABIP
.329ISO
.115AVG
.285OBP
.349SLG
.400OPS
.749wOBA
.333Exit Velocity
84.5 mphHard Hit Rate
19.9%Barrels/PA
2.0%Expected BA
.265Expected SLG
.359Sprint Speed
26.3 ft/secGround Ball %
50.4%Line Drive %
20.5%Fly Ball %
29.1%Prospect Rankings History
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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).
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Heading to bench Friday
McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
ANALYSIS
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Logs another stolen base
McCarthy went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Thursday's 5-1 win over Milwaukee.
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Steals base in win
McCarthy went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 9-4 win over Colorado.
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Taking seat Tuesday
McCarthy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.
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Two RBI in loss
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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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Receives support from GM
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.
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.