Young targets, 2023 updated
Jul 31 2023
Young batters who own good plate discipline and/or batted ball skills can be building blocks for their fantasy managers going forward.
These batters age 26 or under have posted the highest average exit velocities (EV) so far in 2023 (min 50 PA):
| Name | Lg | Age | bb% | ct% | Eye | SwK% | EV | Brl% | LA |
| Ronald Acuña Jr. | NL | 25 | 12% | 86% | 0.95 | 7.9% | 95.0 | 14.6% | 7.7 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | AL | 24 | 9% | 82% | 0.53 | 10.8% | 93.9 | 13.5% | 9.4 |
| MJ Melendez | AL | 24 | 9% | 68% | 0.32 | 15.9% | 93.5 | 11.9% | 17.8 |
| Yordan Alvarez | AL | 26 | 14% | 73% | 0.58 | 9.7% | 93.4 | 19.0% | 16.2 |
| Juan Soto | NL | 24 | 21% | 75% | 1.07 | 6.3% | 93.3 | 13.1% | 5.6 |
| Logan O'Hoppe | AL | 23 | 7% | 72% | 0.27 | 16.8% | 93.1 | 12.8% | 19.9 |
| Julio Rodríguez | AL | 22 | 7% | 72% | 0.28 | 13.6% | 92.9 | 11.1% | 8.3 |
| Mark Vientos | NL | 23 | 6% | 68% | 0.20 | 16.5% | 92.9 | 11.6% | 5.0 |
| Rafael Devers | AL | 26 | 8% | 78% | 0.41 | 13.1% | 92.6 | 13.9% | 13.0 |
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