SS Shintaro 'Thunder' Yamada #51
Age: 23 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry    
12/31/2027
SS SHINTARO 'THUNDER' YAMADA #51 - AGE: 23 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
104 351 116 10 5 3 34 42 46 .330 .402 .413 26 1.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 41
Gap 31
Power 1
Eye 24
Avoid K's 85
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 27
Errors: - 67 48
Arm: 1 65 79
Turn DP: - 87 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 48
Catcher: - Left Field: 20
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 49 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 44
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 94
Stealing Ability: 100
Baserunning Inst.: 100
Sacrifice Bunt: 46
Bunt for Hit: 36
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/28/2027 ROC Win, 6-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/27/2027 ROC Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/25/2027 @ BOI Loss, 1-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
09/23/2027 @ BOI Win, 5-4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
09/23/2027 BOI Win, 5-2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/21/2027 CIN Win, 12-3 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
09/19/2027 @ SAS Loss, 5-12 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
09/17/2027 @ SAS Win, 8-5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 1
09/15/2027 CAR Win, 8-7 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2027 WIC Win, 3-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Normal
Loyalty:Normal
Desire f. Win:Low
Greed:Normal
Intelligence:Very High
Work Ethic:Very High
Birthday:04/17/2004
Born in:Kameyama, MIE
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet eligible
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
DOUBLE A 2027 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 104 351 116 10 5 3 34 56 42 46 .330 .402 .413 .815 .385 .083 116
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 82 401 2 1 0 8 3 3 145 18 26 15 63.4 59.0 6.04 1.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   78 22 1 1 0 7 11 12 15 1 2 0 .282 .374 .321 .694
Versus Right   273 94 9 4 3 27 43 30 31 2 1 2 .344 .410 .440 .850
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   71 21 1 1 0 4 5 7 8 1 1 0 .296 .354 .338 .692
May   66 20 2 2 2 9 10 6 10 0 0 0 .303 .361 .485 .846
June   42 13 0 0 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 1 .310 .396 .310 .705
July   70 27 3 0 0 10 17 13 10 1 0 0 .386 .476 .429 .905
August   37 10 2 0 1 3 6 3 7 1 2 0 .270 .317 .405 .722
September   65 25 2 2 0 6 12 8 10 0 0 1 .385 .459 .477 .936
Last Year   420 127 12 6 3 46 61 46 77 3 2 3 .302 .373 .381 .754
2 Years Ago   405 99 8 3 1 23 49 33 93 3 2 4 .244 .306 .286 .592
Career   1176 342 30 14 7 103 166 121 216 9 7 9 .291 .359 .358 .717
Home   167 68 2 2 1 16 37 20 15 2 0 1 .407 .468 .461 .929
Road   184 48 8 3 2 18 19 22 31 1 3 1 .261 .341 .370 .711
Grass   351 116 10 5 3 34 56 42 46 3 3 2 .330 .402 .413 .815
Day   113 29 2 1 1 6 13 16 20 0 1 1 .257 .354 .319 .672
Night   238 87 8 4 2 28 43 26 26 3 2 1 .366 .425 .458 .883
As Starter   338 110 9 4 3 29 53 39 46 2 3 2 .325 .396 .402 .799
As Reliever / Substitution   13 6 1 1 0 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 .462 .529 .692 1.222
Pinch Hitting   6 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .625 .833 1.458
Close/Late   57 22 1 2 0 11 3 7 9 1 1 0 .386 .446 .474 .920
Inning 1-3   155 48 3 2 1 7 27 16 19 0 0 0 .310 .374 .374 .748
Inning 4-6   95 28 5 0 0 8 16 14 12 1 0 2 .295 .393 .347 .740
Inning 7-9   97 39 2 3 2 19 10 11 14 2 3 0 .402 .455 .546 1.001
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
0 Outs   162 53 3 3 1 10 30 19 20 2 3 1 .327 .397 .401 .798
1 Outs   98 33 4 1 0 11 19 16 15 1 0 0 .337 .426 .398 .824
2 Outs   91 30 3 1 2 13 5 7 11 0 0 1 .330 .384 .451 .834
Scoring Position   84 22 1 1 0 30 9 11 13 3 0 1 .262 .343 .298 .641
Bases Empty   218 73 7 4 2 2 38 25 25 0 0 1 .335 .406 .431 .837
Runner on 1st   49 21 2 0 1 2 7 6 8 0 3 0 .429 .491 .531 1.022
Runner on 2nd   23 5 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 .217 .379 .217 .597
Runner on 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 .222 .200 .222 .422
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 5 1 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 1 .179 .258 .214 .472
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 4 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 1 0 0 .500 .545 .500 1.045
Bases Loaded   12 4 0 1 0 11 1 1 2 1 0 0 .333 .357 .500 .857
Two Strikes   123 27 2 2 0 11 13 19 46 0 0 1 .220 .329 .268 .597
First Pitch   72 27 1 0 0 7 9 0 0 1 2 1 .375 .378 .389 .767
Count 0-1   34 14 3 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .412 .647 1.059
Count 0-2   22 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 1-0   41 14 1 1 2 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 .341 .341 .561 .902
Count 1-1   32 11 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 .344 .333 .375 .708
Count 1-2   44 12 2 0 0 8 2 0 15 0 0 1 .273 .289 .318 .607
Count 2-0   15 7 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .667 1.133
Count 2-1   19 10 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 .526 .500 .526 1.026
Count 2-2   27 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 0 1 3 14 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 3-1   14 5 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 .357 .609 .429 1.037
Full Count   30 8 0 2 0 3 7 19 8 0 0 0 .267 .551 .400 .951
Behind in Count   100 28 5 1 1 13 11 0 26 0 0 1 .280 .287 .380 .667
Ahead in Count   90 37 3 2 2 9 22 23 0 1 0 0 .411 .526 .556 1.082
Batting Leadoff   340 112 9 4 3 30 54 40 46 3 3 2 .329 .400 .406 .806
Batting 2nd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 4th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 7th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
Batting 9th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 St. Paul - A 19 42 150 41 5 2 1 18 22 11 1 1 54 8 10 .273 .325 .353 .678 80 80 0.0
2024 St. Paul - A 20 35 132 30 6 3 0 6 15 12 0 0 46 8 5 .227 .292 .318 .610 68 67 0.0
2025 St. Paul - A 21 22 54 15 2 2 0 4 5 7 0 0 14 4 1 .278 .361 .389 .750 110 113 0.0
2025 Spokane - AA 21 112 405 99 8 3 1 23 49 33 4 3 93 37 12 .244 .306 .286 .592 59 56 0.0
2026 Spokane - AA 22 105 420 127 12 6 3 46 61 46 3 3 77 37 16 .302 .373 .381 .754 101 100 0.0
2027 Spokane - AA 23 104 351 116 10 5 3 34 56 42 2 3 46 26 15 .330 .402 .413 .815 118 116 0.0
Total AA 321 1176 342 30 14 7 103 166 121 9 9 216 100 43 .291 .359 .358 .717 92 90
Total A 99 336 86 13 7 1 28 42 30 1 1 114 20 16 .256 .318 .345 .663 80 80
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2023 St. Paul - A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2023 St. Paul - A SS 42 42 61 92 21 156 3 .981 320.0 4.30 -0.8 .989
2023 St. Paul - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 St. Paul - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 St. Paul - A 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 St. Paul - A SS 35 33 40 87 25 128 1 .992 277.2 4.12 +0.3 1.005
2025 Spokane - AA 2B 14 12 17 30 7 48 1 .979 105.0 4.03 -1.5 .921
2025 St. Paul - A 2B 15 12 25 22 6 48 1 .979 108.0 3.92 -0.4 .972
2025 Spokane - AA 3B 12 8 5 11 1 19 3 .842 75.0 1.92 -0.2 .974
2025 St. Paul - A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2025 Spokane - AA SS 63 58 80 167 49 251 4 .984 513.1 4.33 +2.0 1.019
2025 St. Paul - A SS 4 1 0 4 0 5 1 .800 14.0 2.57 -0.5 .828
2025 Spokane - AA LF 27 25 27 3 0 32 2 .938 198.0 1.36 -1.7 .923
2026 Spokane - AA 2B 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 4.2 7.71 +0.1 1.039
2026 Spokane - AA 3B 8 8 5 7 0 15 3 .800 58.0 1.86 -3.1 .616
2026 Spokane - AA SS 80 74 116 179 55 300 5 .983 645.0 4.12 +1.1 1.008
2026 Spokane - AA LF 6 4 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 39.0 0.92 -0.7 .759
2027 Spokane - AA 2B 19 18 31 37 13 72 4 .944 154.0 3.97 -3.6 .860
2027 Spokane - AA 3B 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 5.0 3.60 +0.0 1.052
2027 Spokane - AA SS 74 60 87 169 58 259 3 .988 542.1 4.25 -1.6 .984
2027 Spokane - AA LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 51 42 73 93 26 172 6 .965 372.2 4.01 -5.4 .914
TOTAL 3B 24 16 10 20 1 36 6 .833 140.0 1.93 -3.2 .812
TOTAL SS 298 268 384 698 208 1099 17 .985 2312.1 4.21 +0.5 1.000
TOTAL LF 36 29 30 4 0 36 2 .944 240.0 1.27 -2.4 .903
PLAYER HISTORY
06/25/2021 Entered the ADULT BASEBALL LEAGUE as an international amateur free agent from Japan.
06/27/2021 Signed a minor league contract ($416,000 bonus) out of Japan with the Cabo San Lucas Toreros organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (11); Power: - (1); Eye: - (3).
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (46); Power: - (1); Eye: - (9).
07/03/2023 Injured (bruised shin), day-to-day for 5 days.
07/07/2023 Injured (post-concussion syndrome), out for 4 months.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (42); Power: - (1); Eye: - (21).
05/25/2024 Injured (broken kneecap), out for 8-9 months.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (36); Power: - (1); Eye: - (20).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (38); Power: - (1); Eye: - (23).
04/09/2026 Goes 5-6 against the New York Ninjas, with 1 3B, 6 RBI and 2 R.
05/18/2026 Injured (strained abdominal muscle), out for 5-6 weeks.
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (40); Power: - (1); Eye: - (23).
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