Masataka Yoshida — 2026 Season

2026 Season Stats

Batting stats and MLB-wide rank · 2026 Season

Stat	2026	MLB Rank
AVG	.268	—
HR	4	—
OPS	.736	—
RBI	19	—
OBP	.342	—
SLG	.394	—
SB	2	—
H	53	—
Games	67	—

Masataka Yoshida — 2026 Season Highlights

As of July 15, Masataka Yoshida remains a fixture in the Red Sox lineup, holding down left field on a regular basis. He continues to rely on his trademark contact-hitting approach, and his on-base ability looks improved compared to last season. He has chipped in with occasional extra-base hits and timely production along the way. He has stayed healthy and available throughout the season so far.

1Yoshida has held a regular role in the Red Sox lineup this season, and his contact-oriented approach appears to be paying off with improved on-base performance.
2He built his reputation in NPB with multiple batting titles and Best Nine selections, and served as the cleanup hitter for Japan's championship-winning 2023 World Baseball Classic team.
3The key storyline to watch is whether he can build on his extra-base production and come through in high-leverage moments as the season progresses.

OBP .342SLG .394ISO .126

DETAIL · ANALYSIS

Detailed Analysis

In-depth metrics aggregated from every at-bat and pitch.

Data as of: 2026-07-19

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Recent Form (Last 20 Games)

Older games on the left, most recent on the right. Color shows how they played.

Best: HR or 3+H · Good: 2H · OK: 1H · BB only · no hit

Batted Ball Profile

Aggregated from 174 balls in play this season.

Avg Exit Velo

88.9 mph

Barrel%

2.9%

Hard-Hit%

39.1%

Avg xwOBA

.317

Exit Velocity Distribution (mph)

<70

70-75

75-80

80-85

85-90

90-95

95-100

100-105

105-110

110+

Red bars are Hard-Hit (≥95 mph).

Plate Discipline

Aggregated from all 799 pitches faced this season.

Chase%

30.2%

+1.7

MLB avg 28.5%

Z-Swing%

56.9%

-11.1

MLB avg 68%

Swing%

43.1%

-3.9

MLB avg 47%

Contact%

86.9%

+9.9

MLB avg 77%

Z-Contact%

91.3%

+6.3

MLB avg 85%

SwStr%

5.6%

-5.4

MLB avg 11%

Green = 3+ points better than MLB average, red = 3+ worse. MLB avg values are 2024-2025 league-wide.

Handedness & Home/Away Splits

Situational splits for the current season. See strengths and weaknesses by scenario.

vs Handedness

Split	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HR
vs RHP	186	.265	.339	.398	.737	4
vs LHP	24	.286	.375	.429	.804	0

Home / Away

Split	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HR
Home	100	.281	.360	.449	.809	3
Away	110	.255	.327	.357	.684	1

Stats by Venue

2026 Season · Most PA First (5+ PA)

Venue	PA	AB	H	HR	AVG	OBP	OPS
BOSFenway ParkBOS	112	100	28	3	.280	.357	.787
KCKauffman StadiumKC	12	12	3	0	.250	.250	.750
CLEProgressive FieldCLE	11	10	3	0	.300	.364	.664
NYMCiti FieldNYM	10	8	3	1	.375	.500	1.500
HOUDaikin ParkHOU	9	6	0	0	.000	.333	.333
MINTarget FieldMIN	9	9	3	0	.333	.333	.778
DETComerica ParkDET	8	8	4	0	.500	.500	1.125
TBTropicana FieldTB	7	7	1	0	.143	.143	.286

Year-over-Year Performance Trend

Career-long performance trends for every key stat. How does this year compare to history?

Season	G	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	140	15	72	.289	.338	.445	.783
2024	108	10	56	.280	.349	.415	.764
2025	55	4	26	.266	.307	.388	.695
2026Now	64	4	18	.267	.343	.401	.744

Full Game Log (Batting)

All 67 games of the 2026 season. Showing latest 10; click to expand.

Date	Opp	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
07/23	vs BAL	4	1	0	1	0	0	.250
07/23	vs BAL	3	1	0	0	1	0	.333
07/21	vs BAL	4	1	0	0	0	1	.250
07/19	vs TB	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
07/18	vs TB	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
07/18	vs TB	5	3	1	1	0	1	.600
07/13	@ NYM	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
07/12	@ NYM	3	1	1	2	1	0	.333
07/11	@ NYM	4	2	0	2	1	0	.500
07/09	@ CWS	5	1	0	0	0	2	.200

SHOW REMAINING 57 GAMES ▾

Date	Opp	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
07/06	@ LAA	5	3	0	1	0	0	.600
06/30	vs WSH	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
06/29	vs NYY	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
06/28	vs NYY	3	2	1	1	0	0	.667
06/26	vs NYY	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
06/23	@ COL	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000
06/22	@ SEA	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
06/21	@ SEA	4	1	0	0	0	1	.250
06/18	vs TOR	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500
06/17	vs TOR	5	1	0	0	0	0	.200
06/15	vs TEX	4	2	0	0	0	2	.500
06/11	@ TB	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333
06/10	@ TB	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
06/08	@ NYY	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
06/04	vs BAL	3	1	0	0	1	1	.333
06/03	vs BAL	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000
06/01	@ CLE	5	2	0	2	0	1	.400
05/31	@ CLE	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000
05/30	@ CLE	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
05/28	vs ATL	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
05/27	vs ATL	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
05/25	vs MIN	4	2	1	1	0	0	.500
05/24	vs MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
05/23	vs MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
05/21	@ KC	5	1	0	0	0	0	.200
05/20	@ KC	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333
05/19	@ KC	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
05/17	@ ATL	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000
05/16	@ ATL	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
05/15	vs PHI	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
05/14	vs PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
05/13	vs PHI	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333
05/11	vs TB	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333
05/09	vs TB	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
05/08	vs TB	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000
05/07	@ DET	4	2	0	0	0	1	.500
05/05	@ DET	4	2	0	0	0	0	.500
05/04	vs HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
05/03	vs HOU	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
04/29	@ TOR	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333
04/25	@ BAL	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
04/24	vs NYY	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
04/22	vs NYY	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
04/21	vs DET	4	2	0	0	1	0	.500
04/20	vs DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
04/18	vs DET	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
04/16	@ MIN	5	1	0	1	0	2	.200
04/15	@ MIN	4	2	0	0	0	0	.500
04/11	@ STL	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333
04/07	vs MIL	3	1	0	0	2	0	.333
04/06	vs SD	4	3	0	3	0	0	.750
04/05	vs SD	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
04/02	@ HOU	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
04/01	@ HOU	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000
03/31	@ HOU	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
03/30	@ CIN	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000
03/29	@ CIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Year-over-Year (2026 vs 2025)

Green = improvement, red = decline. "—" means no data in the same month last year.

Batting

	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
AVG	—	—	—	—	+.103
HR	—	—	—	—	+1
OPS	—	—	—	—	+.344

AI · SEASON ANALYSIS

Masataka Yoshida 2026 Season AI Analysis

Comprehensive 2026 season analysis generated by Claude AI from stats data (as of Jul 20, 2026).

Overview

Through 64 games, Yoshida is hitting .267/.343/.401 with a .744 OPS, sitting modestly below the 2026 MLB average (.811) and well short of the P75 mark (.852). His batting average (.267) tracks close to the league P50 (.269), but on-base percentage (.343) trails the average (.351) and slugging (.401) lags furthest behind, roughly 64 points under the league mean (.465). Overall he profiles as a below-average offensive contributor by OPS, positioned closer to replacement-level power than to the P75 tier that would mark him as a clear standout in the current run environment.

Strengths

The clearest positive is the OPS recovery from 2025's .695 low to .744, a meaningful year-over-year gain. Batting average has stabilized around .267, nearly identical to last year's .266, suggesting contact ability has not eroded further. On-base percentage of .343 also indicates retained plate discipline relative to his own recent history, even if below league average. Compared to the steep 2024-to-2025 decline, 2026 represents a partial stabilization rather than continued freefall, with the underlying rate stats holding steady rather than deteriorating further across the season.

Areas to Improve

Power remains the primary gap. Slugging at .401 sits nearly 90 points below the P75 threshold (.490) and even trails the P50 mark (.458) by a wide margin. Four home runs in 64 games projects to roughly 9-10 over a full season, far under the league average of 16.98 and the P50 of 16. OBP at .343 also falls short of both the league average (.351) and P50 (.347). Combined, these figures place him in the bottom half of the league for extra-base production, with SLG being the most significant drag on overall value.

Looking Ahead

Barring a mechanical or approach change, the current trajectory points to a season closer to 2025's diminished output than to the 2023 peak (.783 OPS, 15 HR). The OPS uptick from last year is encouraging but modest, and without a corresponding power surge, sustained improvement above league average looks unlikely in the near term. A realistic expectation for the remainder of the season is continued average-driven, low-power production, with any meaningful gain in overall value depending on whether slugging output improves from its current below-P50 level.

AI-generated content (Claude) · Based on stats as of Jul 20, 2026

Detailed Analysis

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Season Analysis

Season Progress

AVG

Home Runs

OPS

Stolen Bases

Monthly Stats

AVG

vs MLB Monthly Avg

Home Runs

OPS

vs MLB Monthly Avg

Stolen Bases

Season Analysis

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Splits vs LHP / RHP

Season stats vs right-handed and left-handed pitchers

vs RHP/RHB

.266OPS .728 / HR 4

vs LHP/LHB

.286OPS .804 / HR 0

Metrics Deep Dive

MLB-wide percentile rank, defensive and pitching metric summaries, pitch-type stats, and batted-ball distribution.

Batting — MLB-wide Standing

batting average ranks in the top 37% of MLB. The rest sit closer to league average.

home runs4

batting average.267

OPS.739

OBP.341

SLG.398

RBI18

stolen bases2

Bars show percentile rank among MLB-wide qualified players.

2026 Defensive Summary (OAA / DRS / Fielding %)

OAA

—

MLB average is 0 · +5 is above average · +10+ is Gold Glove caliber

DRS (FRP-equivalent)

—

Runs-saved scale · directly comparable to DRS

Fielding %

1.000

MLB LF average ≈ .987

Not yet at the qualifying pace — reference value

Games

Putouts (PO)

Assists (A)

Errors (E)

Top row is Statcast's advanced read (OAA / DRS-equivalent). Even when OAA sits near 0, the fielder handles plenty of chances — the putouts, assists and fielding % below show the actual workload.

Masataka Yoshida's 2026 OAA is —. OAA is Statcast's flagship defensive metric: it measures how many outs a fielder records above what an average fielder would on the same batted balls. +5 is above average, +10+ is Gold Glove caliber. Data is sourced from Baseball Savant's public leaderboard and refreshed every Monday.

Masataka Yoshida's 2026 DRS-equivalent value is — (shown as Fielding Runs Prevented on the runs-saved scale). DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) is the FanGraphs-side counterpart metric — both convert defensive value into runs, so the two are directly comparable. This site standardizes on Savant's OAA / FRP rather than running its own DRS calculation.

UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) is a FanGraphs-only defensive metric. This site does not compute UZR — for UZR specifically, refer to Masataka Yoshida's FanGraphs page. We standardize on Statcast OAA / FRP as the primary defensive read.

Verify at the source:Baseball Savant FanGraphs

Source: Baseball Savant OAA leaderboard + MLB Stats API fielding splits (2026 season)

wRC+ Quick Cards (Park-Adjusted Proxies)

wRC+ is not exposed by the MLB Stats API, so we surface the two closest proxies for an instant read on hitting quality.

OPS+

102

OPS .736 / MLB avg .720 × 100 · League average

xwOBA

.317

Expected wOBA across 174 balls in play (luck-neutral)

About wRC+ — How OPS+ / xwOBA compare▾

wRC+ scales overall offense to 100 = league average, adjusting for park factors and league context. Because the MLB Stats API does not expose wRC+ directly, we display the two closest proxies: OPS+ (OPS divided by the MLB average .720) and xwOBA (expected wOBA derived from exit velocity and launch angle). OPS+ 100 is league average; 130+ is roughly equivalent to an All-Star caliber wRC+ 130, and 150+ approaches MVP territory. xwOBA averages around .320; anything north of .400 marks elite contact quality.

See the full wRC+ explainer in the MLB Glossary →

Stats by Pitch Type

AVG / SLG / Whiff% by pitch type this season. PA = at-bats that ended on each pitch type.

Pitch	Seen%	PA	AVG	SLG	Whiff%
Four-Seam Fastball	34.5%	83	.364	.485	4.2%
Sinker	14.5%	32	.192	.423	16.3%
Changeup	13.1%	32	.360	.600	18.4%
Curveball	9.4%	16	.333	.333	29.0%
Cutter	8.8%	21	.167	.333	12.5%
Slider	8.0%	10	.429	.571	17.4%
Splitter	4.6%	9	.333	.444	11.1%
Sweeper	3.5%	11	.429	.571	18.2%
Knuckle Curve	3.1%	7	.200	.200	23.1%

PA: at-bats ending on each pitch type. Seen%: share of all pitches thrown. Whiff%: whiffs per swing. Types with fewer than 10 pitches excluded.

Exit Velocity × Launch Angle (Statcast)

174 batted balls this season. Gold = Barrel, white border = HR. Shaded band is sweet spot (8–32°).

BarrelHome Run (white border)Other batted ballBarrel EV threshold (98 mph)

Game Log

Last 10 Games

Thu, Jul 23H BAL

AB4

HR0

RBI1

BB0

Thu, Jul 23H BAL

AB3

HR0

RBI0

BB1

Tue, Jul 21H BAL

AB4

HR0

RBI0

BB0

Sun, Jul 19H TB

AB1

HR0

RBI1

BB0

Sat, Jul 18H TB

AB3

HR0

RBI0

BB0

Sat, Jul 18H TBHR

AB5

HR1

RBI1

BB0

Mon, Jul 13@ NYM

AB1

HR0

RBI0

BB0

Sun, Jul 12@ NYMHR

AB3

HR1

RBI2

BB1

Sat, Jul 11@ NYM

AB4

HR0

RBI2

BB1

Thu, Jul 9@ CWS

AB5

HR0

RBI0

BB0

Last 10 Games（テーブル表示）

Date	Opp	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB
07/23	H BAL	4	1	0	1	0
07/23	H BAL	3	1	0	0	1
07/21	H BAL	4	1	0	0	0
07/19	H TB	1	0	0	1	0
07/18	H TB	3	0	0	0	0
07/18	H TB	5	3	1	1	0
07/13	@ NYM	1	0	0	0	0
07/12	@ NYM	3	1	1	2	1
07/11	@ NYM	4	2	0	2	1
07/09	@ CWS	5	1	0	0	0

Date	Opp	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB
07/23	H BAL	4	1	0	1	0
07/23	H BAL	3	1	0	0	1
07/21	H BAL	4	1	0	0	0
07/19	H TB	1	0	0	1	0
07/18	H TB	3	0	0	0	0
07/18	H TB	5	3	1	1	0
07/13	@ NYM	1	0	0	0	0
07/12	@ NYM	3	1	1	2	1
07/11	@ NYM	4	2	0	2	1
07/09	@ CWS	5	1	0	0	0