Masataka Yoshida

Masataka YoshidaLF Boston Red Sox

Age 33 L/R 5'8" / 192 lbs MLB Svc 3.000 · Ctrl thru 2028 peak 0.9 · 2026

wRC+†vL 53119vR 129

AVG/OBP/SLG.273 / .336 / .418

PA343

HR9

SB5

K%13

BB%7

MLB%100%

Scouting · now → future

HIT

55→55

PWR

45→45

SPD

45→45

EYE

45↗55

trajectory · 10 yrs

1.1peak

2026

Contract

ESTIMATED · service-time + WAR-based estimator (needs verification)

Status Arb-1

MLB Debut 2023

Service 3.000 yrs.days

Team Control Through 2028

First FA Year 2028

Year	Status	Salary	Proj WAR	Value	Surplus
2026	Arb-1	$18M	+0.9	$4M	+$0.0M (cut)
2027	Arb-2	$18M	+0.1	$0.4M	+$0.0M (cut)
2028	Arb-3	$1M	—	—	—
Totals		$3M		$3M	+$0.0M

Career Projections (MLE)

All seasons translated to park-neutral MLB-equivalent (MLE) and combined per year. 2026 = actual YTD + projected ROS + total. 2027+ via Advanced Marcel + aging curve.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2023	30	MLB	Boston Red Sox	580	537	153	30	3	17	34	81	7	8	0	.285	.336	.447	.783	.162	.308	14	6	.340	118	+12	+2	-10	-6	+16	1.4
2024	31	MLB	Boston Red Sox	421	378	103	18	0	11	27	52	14	2	0	.272	.344	.407	.751	.135	.290	12	6	.331	111	+5	+0	-0	-5	+12	1.3
2025	32	MLB	Boston Red Sox	205	188	49	11	0	4	10	24	3	3	0	.261	.308	.383	.691	.122	.274	12	5	.299	87	-3	+1	-0	-2	+6	0.1
▸ 2026 Season (actual · ROS · total)
2026	33	MLB	Boston Red Sox	52	42	11	3	0	0	9	6	1	1	0	.262	.404	.333	.737	.071	.306	12	17	.344	122	+1	+0	-1	-1	+1	0.2
ROS	33	MLB	BOS	291	260	72	15	1	7	23	38	6	4	1	.277	.349	.423	.773	.146	.296	13	8	.340	119	+6	+0	-4	-3	+8	0.8
TOT	33	MLB	BOS	343	302	83	18	1	7	32	44	7	5	1	.275	.358	.411	.768	.136	.302	13	9	.341	119	+7	+1	-5	-4	+10	0.9
▸ 2027+ Projections — Projections at projected PA · Park-neutral MLB equivalent · Marcel + aging curve
2027	34	MLB	BOS	299	267	73	15	1	7	24	37	6	3	1	.273	.347	.416	.763	.142	.289	12	8	.334	113	+5	+0	-9	-3	+8	0.1
2028	35	MLB	BOS	247	221	59	12	1	5	19	33	5	2	0	.267	.339	.398	.737	.131	.287	13	8	.325	107	+2	+0	-9	-3	+7	-0.2
2029	36	MLB	BOS	190	169	44	9	0	4	15	28	4	1	0	.260	.335	.385	.720	.124	.284	15	8	.316	100	+0	+0	-9	-2	+5	-0.5
▸ Career Totals (MLE all levels + projections)
Career	—			2233	2020	553	110	6	55	152	293	45	23	2	.274	.338	.416	.754	.142	.296	13	7	.330	111	+27	+4	-41	-24	+63	2.9
/ 162G	—			650	588	161	32	2	16	44	85	13	7	1	.274	.337	.417	.754	.143	.296	13	7	.330	111	+8	+1	-12	-7	+18	0.8

Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Actual MLB + MiLB stats as they happened, one row per stint at each level. Use this to see what really got recorded; the table above shows MLB-equivalent translations + projections.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2023	30	MLB	Boston Red Sox	580	537	155	33	3	15	34	81	7	8	0	.289	.339	.445	.784	.156	.316	14	6	.347	124	+16	+2	-10	-6	+16	1.8
2024	31	MLB	Boston Red Sox	421	378	106	21	0	10	27	52	14	2	0	.280	.351	.415	.766	.135	.302	12	6	.344	121	+10	+0	-0	-5	+12	1.8
2025	32	MLB	Boston Red Sox	205	188	50	11	0	4	10	24	3	3	0	.266	.313	.388	.702	.122	.280	12	5	.309	94	-1	+1	-0	-2	+6	0.3
▸ Career Totals (raw MLB only — historical actual)
MLB Career	—			1206	1103	311	65	3	29	71	157	24	13	0	.282	.339	.425	.764	.143	.305	13	6	.340	118	+25	+3	-10	-13	+34	3.9

Career Path Comps

What happened to players with a similar stat profile at this age · Y-axis: wRC+ (100 = league avg, 150 = elite, 80 = below) · Bands: P10–P90 outer, P25–P75 inner · Gold: OGILVIE projection

		Scouting				At Match Age									Next 3 Yrs									Peak 3 Yrs
Comp	Age	HIT	PWR	SPD	EYE	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR
Masataka Yoshida (OGILVIE)	33	55	45	45	55	.272/.344/.412	.140	.290	8	4	12%	8%	119	+1.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
✕Sean Casey 2007 · MLB	33	60→64	47→50	45→40	55	.297/.358/.440	.144	.304	14	3	8%	8%	131	+3.9	.287/.347/.392	.105	.313	7	4	10%	8%	113	+2.6	.303/.361/.392	.089	.333	3	3	9%	8%	106	+1.3
✕Melky Cabrera 2018 · MLB	33	57→67	47→50	45→50	50	.282/.327/.423	.140	.300	14	3	12%	6%	112	+2.6	.278/.321/.411	.133	.302	13	4	12%	6%	107	+2.2	.281/.321/.402	.121	.307	11	4	12%	5%	99	+1.1
✕Todd Hollandsworth 2006 · MLB	33	52→56	49→55	42→50	50	.257/.318/.414	.157	.301	14	7	20%	8%	107	+2.2	.246/.295/.408	.162	.292	17	6	21%	6%	96	+1.5	.243/.276/.425	.181	.287	18	0	22%	4%	89	+0.4
✕David Murphy 2015 · MLB	33	52→60	48→55	40→50	54	.258/.323/.409	.150	.278	15	6	14%	8%	108	+2.3	.256/.305/.392	.136	.281	14	4	14%	7%	95	+1.4	.272/.311/.402	.130	.293	15	0	13%	5%	97	+1.0
✕Eric Hosmer 2023 · MLB	33	53→63	46→55	44→50	52	.264/.329/.393	.129	.299	14	5	17%	8%	106	+2.2	.251/.313/.379	.128	.299	14	6	20%	8%	96	+1.5	.235/.281/.329	.095	.299	12	0	25%	6%	67	-0.1
●Denard Span 2018 · MLB	34	54→64	47→50	49→55	54	.267/.328/.406	.140	.284	14	14	12%	8%	108	+2.3	.260/.333/.412	.152	.291	14	12	15%	9%	112	+2.6	.261/.346/.415	.154	.299	12	11	16%	10%	115	+2.3
✕Danny Bautista 2004 · MLB	32	57→59	46→50	48→45	50	.279/.331/.417	.138	.310	13	9	15%	7%	113	+2.6	.274/.325/.399	.125	.301	12	8	13%	7%	105	+2.1	.284/.332/.398	.114	.307	11	6	11%	6%	105	+2.0
✕Gabe Kapler 2008 · MLB	33	52→60	45→55	47→55	51	.252/.316/.384	.131	.279	12	8	15%	7%	98	+1.6	.259/.322/.429	.170	.289	18	9	16%	8%	113	+2.6	.254/.322/.423	.170	.282	17	9	16%	9%	108	+0.8
✕James Loney 2016 · MLB	32	59→64	42→50	42→45	51	.287/.334/.393	.107	.311	10	4	12%	7%	108	+2.3	.266/.313/.372	.106	.287	10	3	11%	6%	93	+1.3	.277/.314/.385	.108	.293	11	0	10%	4%	92	+1.0
✕Michael Tucker 2005 · MLB	34	51→52	49→55	49→55	56	.252/.335/.412	.160	.295	15	12	20%	11%	113	+2.6	.236/.326/.372	.136	.280	12	9	19%	11%	100	+1.7	.216/.314/.335	.118	.261	10	9	20%	11%	82	+0.3
●Scott Hatteberg 2004 · MLB	34	54→63	46→50	41→30	62	.261/.348/.396	.136	.269	13	2	9%	11%	115	+2.8	.269/.354/.397	.128	.280	13	2	9%	11%	118	+3.0	.273/.362/.395	.122	.283	12	1	8%	12%	115	+2.6
✕Mike Kinkade 2006 · MLB	33	49→59	48→50	44→45	44	.244/.321/.395	.151	.279	15	8	19%	5%	105	+2.1	.266/.331/.395	.129	.311	11	8	18%	5%	108	+2.3	.292/.356/.412	.120	.340	9	7	16%	4%	120	+1.8
●Matt Lawton III 2005 · MLB	33	52→62	51→50	47→55	61	.261/.352/.418	.157	.266	19	16	11%	11%	123	+3.3	.259/.351/.403	.144	.280	15	17	13%	11%	118	+3.0	.252/.355/.393	.141	.275	13	18	13%	12%	116	+2.8
✕Daryle Ward 2008 · MLB	33	55→56	52→60	39→30	57	.275/.352/.449	.174	.303	18	3	16%	10%	130	+3.8	.244/.323/.406	.162	.284	18	5	20%	10%	108	+2.3	.227/.301/.363	.136	.259	17	2	19%	9%	86	+0.3
✕Josh Reddick 2020 · MLB	33	54→63	49→60	48→50	53	.270/.327/.417	.147	.290	16	8	14%	8%	111	+2.5	.250/.305/.382	.132	.290	14	6	18%	7%	93	+1.3	.241/.296/.362	.121	.296	11	1	21%	7%	81	+0.2
✕Corban Joseph 2021 · MLB	32	54→58	47→50	48→45	49	.265/.313/.410	.145	.289	14	5	14%	6%	104	+2.0	.243/.296/.368	.125	.280	12	7	17%	7%	85	+0.7	.255/.311/.359	.104	.286	9	0	14%	7%	86	+0.2
✕Chris Coghlan 2018 · MLB	33	47→57	48→50	48→55	56	.233/.322/.383	.150	.278	14	8	21%	11%	102	+1.8	.216/.293/.342	.126	.263	12	6	22%	9%	79	+0.3	.189/.263/.303	.113	.228	11	3	21%	8%	51	-0.7
✕Tommy La Stella 2021 · MLB	32	54→55	51→55	46→50	57	.274/.343/.435	.161	.274	19	4	9%	9%	123	+3.3	.248/.315/.394	.146	.264	15	3	12%	8%	101	+1.8	.236/.299/.365	.129	.257	13	0	14%	8%	82	+0.2
✕Timo Perez 2008 · MLB	33	54→60	46→50	46→50	48	.264/.304/.402	.138	.279	13	10	11%	5%	98	+1.6	.263/.310/.397	.134	.278	13	15	11%	6%	99	+1.7	.259/.310/.382	.123	.273	12	16	10%	6%	94	+0.8
✕Robert Fick 2006 · MLB	32	51→54	46→55	43→40	57	.250/.324/.383	.133	.266	14	3	12%	10%	102	+1.8	.246/.316/.349	.103	.285	10	6	17%	9%	89	+1.0	.244/.312/.314	.071	.292	7	4	18%	8%	74	-0.0

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Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Career Path Comps

Career Projections (MLE)