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2025 Batting
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Batting Average
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| Regular Season | .233 | 0 | 1 | .633 | 2 |
Top Jacob Young News
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting Wednesday
Young is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates.
Young will head to the bench for the second time in three games while Dylan Crews receives the starting nod in center field. Though Young (.700 OPS) has handily outproduced Crews (.290 OPS) this season, the Nationals have more of an investment in Crews -- the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft -- and are likely to keep him involved in at least a part-time role while he's up with the big club. Young thus looks like he could be stuck in a timeshare with Crews unless the Nationals choose to option the latter player to Triple-A Rochester if he continues to flounder at the plate.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting in favor of Crews on Monday
Young is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates.
Alex Call has swung a hot bat so far this season and appears to have earned an everyday spot in the lineup in right field, leaving Young and Dylan Crews to jockey for playing time in center field. Neither player has been productive at the dish through the Nationals' first 15 games, though Young appears to be coming out of his drought by going 6-for-13 with three walks against no strikeouts over his last five contests. As a result, Young might have a leg up on playing time in center over Crews (.272 OPS, 37.8 percent strikeout rate in 45 plate appearances) for the time being, though the latter player will get the starting nod Monday.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Collects first RBI of season
Young went 2-for-3 with one walk and an RBI single in Sunday's 11-4 loss to Miami.
Young got the Nationals on the board with an RBI single in the second inning that brought Luis Garcia home. It was Young's first RBI of the season, and the 25-year-old outfielder has gone 6-for-13 with three runs scored, three walks and an RBI over his last four starts.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Regaining playing time
Young will start in center field and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Young will pick up his fourth start in five games and appears to have re-emerged as the Nationals' preferred option in center over the struggling Dylan Crews, who owns a .272 OPS on the season and will now sit for the second straight day. Though Young hasn't been particularly effective with the bat either -- he enters Sunday with a .595 OPS in 32 plate appearances -- his speed and defensive acumen could be enough to keep him ahead of Crews on the depth chart.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Playing time continues to dwindle
Young is out of the lineup for Monday's tilt versus the Dodgers.
Though manager Dave Martinez said that he expected Young to return to the starting nine Monday after the 25-year-old received the last two games off to address his hitting mechanics, the Nationals will keep Young on the bench for the series opener versus Los Angeles. Young will now sit for the fourth time in five games, and he could be moving into a fourth-outfielder role after slashing .067/.263/.133 through his first 20 plate appearances of the season. The Nationals will again go with Dylan Crews in center field and the hot-hitting Alex Call in right field.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting again Sunday
Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Young is on the bench for the second day in a row, but the Nationals aren't yet ready to pull the plug on him as an everyday player while he's struggled to a .067/.263/.133 batting line through his first 20 plate appearances of the season. According to Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post, manager Dave Martinez said that Young has been held out of the lineup the past two days in an effort to clean up his hitting mechanics. The Nationals wanted to have Young address the issue before it turned into a season-long concern, and Martinez noted that the 25-year-old is set to return to the lineup Monday versus the Dodgers.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Resting Saturday
Young isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Diamondbacks, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
Young has gotten off to a poor start this year, going 1-for-15 through his first six games. He'll get a chance to regroup Saturday while James Wood, Dylan Crews and Alex Call start across the outfield for Washington.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: First day off Wednesday
Young is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Toronto.
It's the first day off this season for Young, who started each of the first five contests for the Nationals. Dylan Crews will shift over to center field Wednesday while Alex Call gets the start in right field.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Nabs Opening Day steal
Young went 0-for-2 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in Thursday's extra-inning loss to the Phillies.
He was also hit by a pitch and caught stealing, as the 25-year-old center fielder had a busy day on the basepaths despite not getting a hit. Young's defense makes him a fixture in the Nationals' lineup, but he hit ninth Thursday and doesn't offer much fantasy appeal outside of his steals. He can be a useful one-category contributor, however, going 33-for-43 on the basepaths in 2024 as Washington led the majors in steals as a team with 223.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Hits not falling in this spring
Young went 0-for-3 in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals.
Hitting ninth in what will likely be the Nationals' Opening Day lineup, Young grounded out all three times he came to the plate. The center fielder is batting .189 (7-for-37) this spring with a 3:9 BB:K, but he's done his usual damage when he has managed to get on base, going 4-for-4 on steal attempts. Young is a one-category fantasy asset -- he's got 46 stolen bases in 56 attempts over his 183 career big-league games despite a mediocre .256/.317/.332 slash line -- but his elite defense will at least ensure he gets regular playing time.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Back in action Sunday
Young (shoulder) will start in center field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Shoulder soreness forced Young from Thursday's game and kept him out of the lineup Friday and Saturday, but he's penciled in to return against lefty Shota Imanaga. Young has struggled to a .523 OPS this month and has been caught stealing on three of his four attempts in September.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Absent from lineup again
Young (shoulder) is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cubs.
Young will miss a second straight game due to pain in his non-throwing shoulder. The center fielder didn't sustain any structural damage and can be considered day-to-day moving forward. Dylan Crews will take over in center field Saturday.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-0, 192 lbs |
| Birthplace: Ponte Vedra, FL |
| Age: 25 |
| Experience: 2 |
| Bats/Throws: R, R |