2024 overview:
Rating: 7.77
2024 Stats: 142 G, 495 PA, .285/.349/.400 = .749 OPS, 109 OPS+, 1.7 bWAR
Date of Birth: July 30, 1997 (age 26 season)
2024 Earnings: $766,000 (league minimum)
2025 Status: Final year pre-arbitration, 40-man roster
2024 review
The best indication of Jake McCarthy improvement is simply the fact he spent the entire year on the 26-man roster. Jake fell short of a hundred games for the D-backs in both 2022 and 2023, due to spells in both seasons where he was optioned down to Reno Aces. That was not necessary this year, and as a result, he appeared in 142 games, starting over 15 times at each of the three outfield positions. He hit a career high .285, and also set a personal…