Nick Yorke
- Winter Plan call-up depth · 10 PA · 0.0 WAR in the role
- PNC Park Pittsburgh’s home park: −1.9 runs per 600 PA against an average park (0.00 wins over 10 PA; his WAR leaves this out); home runs ×0.74 (×0.77 for right-handed hitters as a group). Park Fit →
Development · trends & plan
Tracked levels only. Monthly values; gaps mark the offseason. The number beside each line is its last month, with that month’s sample (faded under 50 PA or 150 pitches), not the season.
Trends · MLB
Hitting · 2026
117 PA: percentiles need 300+, so values only
Platoon splits · swing path
By pitcher handedness
| vs | PA | wOBA | xwOBA | K% | BB% | Chase | Decisions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHP | 61 | .273 | .270 | 26% | 8% | 33% | −0.60 | −0.96 |
| RHP | 56 | .263 | .312 | 18% | 7% | 30% | +0.23 | −0.95 |
- Attack angle
- 4.1° (36% in 5–20°)
- Attack direction
- +4.5°
- Swing length
- 7.4 ft
- Fast-swing rate
- 22%
- Pull-air %
- 10.0%
- Hard-hit %
- 43.8%
- Slash · wRC+
- .211/.284/.279 · 57
Zone map · 2026
Where he does damage, and where to pitch him
Does the most damage middle-away (+2.4 vs. league per 100; 1.1 standard errors on 22 pitches, inside the noise for the best of nine cells).
Weakest middle-middle (−3.5), but only 1.5 standard errors from average on 26 pitches: no in-zone spot to attack yet.
Runs per 100 pitches vs. an average RHB: better · worse. Catcher’s view · 425 pitches · faded cells are within one standard error of average. A spot is called only when it is farther from average than the best or worst of nine average cells gets 95% of the time (set from the league’s own pitches: about 3 standard errors above, 2 below).
Most similar hitters
Swings like Yorke: bat path, contact quality and approach
| Similarity | Player | xwOBA | ’26 WAR | ’27 proj | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Ezequiel Duran TEX · ’99 | .302 | 4.4 | 2.2 | Arb |
| 62 | Leody Taveras BAL · ’98 | .280 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Arb |
| 57 | Joey Ortiz MIL · ’98 | .299 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Arb |
| 57 | Moisés Ballesteros LAA · ’03 | .290 | −0.7 | 0.1 | Pre-arb |
| 56 | Patrick Bailey CLE · ’99 | .309 | 1.0 | 1.8 | Arb |
Nearest neighbours on bat speed, swing length, attack angle, squared-up and blast rates, EV90, barrels, pull-air, chase, zone contact, K% and BB%. 2026 regulars only.
Fielding
2027 rating at every position he can play · OAA by position · range by direction · tools. Same engine as the Fielding Lab and the Winter Plan.
| Season | Pos | OAA | Range | Arm, DP | Runs | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LF | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 72 |
| 2026 | 1B | −1 | −1 | −0.1 | −1.1 | 103 |
| 2026 | RF | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 105 |
| 2026 | 3B | +1 | +1 | −1.0 | 0.0 | 780 |
| 2025 | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 |
| 2025 | RF | −1 | −1 | 0.0 | −1.0 | 103 |
| 2025 | 1B | +1 | +1 | +0.1 | +1.1 | 127 |
| 2025 | 2B | 0 | 0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 460 |
| 2024 | LF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 |
| 2024 | 3B | −1 | −1 | 0.0 | −1.0 | 43 |
| 2024 | RF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 63 |
| 2024 | 2B | −1 | −1 | 0.0 | −1.0 | 254 |
Runs = range plus his arm and double-play runs spread over his positions by outs (Fielding Run Value, from 2023): what the rating counts.
| Play | Made | Chances | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| ★★★★ | 0 | 0 | — |
| ★★★ | 0 | 0 | — |
| ★★ | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| ★ | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Season | Zone | Balls | Outs vs. exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3B | 61 | −2.0 |
| 2025 | 2B | 44 | −1.6 |
The zone rating counts every ball hit to his part of the field while he played there, his club’s positioning included; Savant OAA uses his actual starting spot and is the better individual grade. They agree best in the outfield. See the model card.
Contract & projection
Club control (RosterResource) · Keystone projected WAR
* Estimated: RosterResource has no contract row for him, so control through 2030 estimated from his MLB debut (2024-09-16): six years of service at the earliest; he isn’t in the contract data, and time in the minors would add seasons; pre-arbitration years at the minimum, arbitration years from Keystone’s arbitration model. Contract Studio →
Minor leagues
MLB Stats API · public box-score data
| SeasonLevel | Level | Team | Age | G | PA / IP | PA / IP ·Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026A | A | Bradenton Marauders | 24 | 6 | 22 PA | 22 PA · .313/.455/.313 · 0 HR · 18.2% K · 22.7% BB |
| 2026AAA | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 24 | 35 | 139 PA | 139 PA · .203/.295/.341 · 4 HR · 22.3% K · 9.4% BB |
| 2025AAA | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 23 | 103 | 440 PA | 440 PA · .287/.348/.406 · 7 HR · 22.0% K · 8.2% BB |
Prospect Pipeline: Perf+ 91 over his 2026 season (161 PA, mostly AAA), 1.8 years younger than his level; trend −10.2 since 2025. Tag: Watch. Prospects →
FanGraphs: FV 35+ · ETA 2026. Public pitch tracking exists only at Triple-A and some Florida State League parks; where he has it, the development panel above shows it.
ABS challenges · 2026
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