3B Kikaku Yajima #24
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
04/28/2031
3B KIKAKU YAJIMA #24 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 45 45 45 50
Avoid K's 60 60 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 35
Errors: - 60 60
Arm: 20 55 45
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 30
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 60 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 55 Right Field: 20
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 65
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 70
Baserunning Inst.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Kikaku is not receptive to criticism.
Personality Class: Outspoken
High: Adaptability
Low: Loyalty, Intelligence
Birthday:10/09/2002
Born in:Kashihara, NAR
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:
Service This Yr:
40-Man Service:
Pro Service:
Arbitration Eligibility:
Option Years:
Contract Extension:
Drafted:2023, 5th Pick in Round 1
SOUTH AFRICA BASEBALL 2030 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 32 123 36 6 0 10 24 24 14 15 .293 .370 .585 .955 .412 .293 158
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 30 138 1 0 0 0 0 0 72 16 7 1 87.5 28.8 8.84 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Year   123 36 6 0 10 24 24 14 15 0 0 1 .293 .370 .585 .955
2 Years Ago   548 151 28 2 19 74 85 63 114 4 1 8 .276 .356 .438 .794
Career   2767 787 145 13 114 403 396 271 532 18 6 44 .284 .355 .470 .825
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
2024 Soweto - SAB 21 4 10 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .300 .300 .700 1.000 185 196 0.1
2025 Soweto - SAB 22 104 410 126 28 2 11 56 61 41 6 3 68 13 0 .307 .376 .466 .842 143 149 4.1
2026 Soweto - SAB 23 142 535 148 25 4 29 99 85 59 11 2 103 14 1 .277 .359 .501 .860 144 149 4.8
2027 Soweto - SAB 24 142 557 156 25 2 17 68 67 51 9 5 106 11 0 .280 .347 .424 .771 118 120 2.9
2028 Soweto - SAB 25 144 584 167 32 3 27 81 72 43 9 4 122 11 1 .286 .342 .490 .832 134 136 4.6
2029 Soweto - SAB 26 140 548 151 28 2 19 74 85 63 8 4 114 15 1 .276 .356 .438 .794 126 128 4.2
2030 Soweto - SAB 27 32 123 36 6 0 10 24 24 14 1 0 15 7 1 .293 .370 .585 .955 153 158 1.6
Total SAB 708 2767 787 145 13 114 403 396 271 44 18 532 71 4 .284 .355 .470 .825 133 137 22.3
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
2022 Total - 19 62 278 83 13 6 13 63 79 27 5 0 35 37 7 .299 .371 .529 .900 100 100 2.6
2023 Total - 20 61 274 84 13 6 13 66 63 27 5 2 30 34 8 .307 .377 .540 .917 100 100 2.7
2024 Knysna - AA 21 127 477 117 33 8 9 55 61 48 24 6 102 9 0 .245 .341 .405 .745 123 125 4.3
2025 Knysna - AA 22 31 117 33 5 1 4 20 18 16 3 2 16 2 1 .282 .377 .444 .821 144 143 1.3
Total SARB 158 594 150 38 9 13 75 79 64 27 8 118 11 1 .253 .348 .412 .760 127 129
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2024 Soweto - INT 2B 2 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 15.0 2.40 +0.0 1.013
2025 Soweto - INT 2B 57 44 76 117 41 195 2 .990 425.1 4.08 -2.7 .904
2025 Soweto - INT 3B 59 59 14 88 12 104 2 .981 476.2 1.93 -3.3 .980
2025 Soweto - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Soweto - INT 2B 141 141 222 322 92 546 2 .996 1261.0 3.88 -9.9 .923
2026 Soweto - INT 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2027 Soweto - INT 1B 10 7 49 5 7 54 0 1.000 64.2 7.52 -0.3 .937
2027 Soweto - INT 2B 123 121 181 261 92 443 1 .998 1053.0 3.78 -5.3 .960
2027 Soweto - INT 3B 22 12 8 29 4 37 0 1.000 123.1 2.70 -0.0 1.020
2027 Soweto - INT RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.0 .995
2028 Soweto - INT 1B 2 0 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 +0.0 .000
2028 Soweto - INT 2B 28 19 34 52 18 88 2 .977 175.0 4.42 -0.8 .938
2028 Soweto - INT 3B 122 122 68 201 28 280 11 .961 1075.0 2.25 -6.6 .946
2028 Soweto - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2028 Soweto - INT RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.1 .980
2029 Soweto - INT 1B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.6 .000
2029 Soweto - INT 2B 10 0 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 17.0 2.65 -0.4 1.007
2029 Soweto - INT 3B 140 140 54 228 21 285 3 .989 1218.1 2.08 -2.8 .980
2030 Soweto - INT 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2030 Soweto - INT 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
2030 Soweto - INT 3B 30 30 15 39 3 57 3 .947 261.1 1.86 +0.7 .971
TOTAL 1B 15 7 57 6 8 63 0 1.000 78.2 7.21 +0.3 .937
TOTAL 2B 362 326 515 759 244 1281 7 .995 2947.1 3.89 -19.3 .935
TOTAL 3B 374 363 159 585 68 763 19 .975 3155.2 2.12 -12.0 .969
TOTAL RF 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 10.0 3.60 +0.2 .988
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (55); Power: 30 (55); Eye: 30 (45).
11/15/2023 Drafted in the 2023 first-year player draft out of college (Josai University; Sakado, SAI) by the Soweto Angels. (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick).
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 35 (45).
03/29/2024 Named the #9 prospect in the SAB
06/30/2024 Was selected to the 2024 South Africa Rookie Baseball All-Star Game.
08/01/2024 Wins the SARB WL Batter of the Month Award.
10/24/2024 Wins the 2024 SARB WL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
11/15/2024 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $150,000.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
03/28/2025 Named the #16 prospect in the SAB
05/28/2025 Injured (bruised finger),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/25/2025 Wins the SAB EL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/2025 Wins the SAB EL Batter of the Month Award.
09/01/2025 Wins the SAB EL Rookie of the Month Award.
11/01/2025 Wins the 2025 SAB EL Rookie of the Year Award.
11/12/2025 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $150,000.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
06/22/2026 Wins the SAB EL Player of the Week Award.
07/01/2026 Wins the SAB EL Batter of the Month Award.
07/26/2026 Was selected to the 2026 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
10/05/2026 Wins the 2026 SAB EL First Stage MVP Award.
11/01/2026 Wins the 2026 SAB EL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
11/13/2026 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $150,000.
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
07/25/2027 Was selected to the 2027 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
10/27/2027 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $364,000 with the Soweto Angels organization.
01/01/2028 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
07/30/2028 Was selected to the 2028 South Africa Baseball All-Star Game.
10/28/2028 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,020,000 with the Soweto Angels organization.
01/01/2029 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
11/02/2029 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,720,000 with the Soweto Angels organization.
01/01/2030 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
05/01/2030 Wins the SAB EL Batter of the Month Award.
05/17/2030 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $13,200 with the High Point Rockers organization.
01/01/2031 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2026 141 7
2027 141 8
2028 141 9
Year PA Rank
2026 607 9
2027 624 3
2028 643 5
2029 624 5
Year AB Rank
2026 535 8
2027 557 3
2028 584 3
2029 548 4
Year H Rank
2026 148 6
2027 156 2
2028 167 4
2029 151 8
Year TB Rank
2026 268 5
2027 236 7
2028 286 3
2029 240 9
Year HR Rank
2026 29 5
2028 27 5
Year SB Rank
2025 13 7
2026 14 3
2027 11 7
2028 11 7
2029 15 4
Year RBI Rank
2026 99 3
2027 68 8
2028 81 7
2029 74 9
Year R Rank
2026 85 6
2028 72 9
2029 85 6
Year IBB Rank
2029 2 6
Year HP Rank
2026 11 4
2027 9 6
2028 9 5
2029 8 7
Year SF Rank
2027 5 5
2028 4 10
2029 4 7
Year EBH Rank
2026 58 5
2028 62 4
2029 49 9
Year AVG Rank
2025 .307 2
2026 .277 8
2027 .280 7
2028 .286 7
2029 .276 10
Year OBP Rank
2025 .376 4
Year SLG Rank
2025 .466 5
2026 .501 7
2028 .490 6
Year RC Rank
2026 95.50 5
2027 77.29 9
2028 98.48 5
2029 85.15 10
Year RC/27 Rank
2025 6.69 5
2026 6.29 10
2028 6.07 7
Year ISO Rank
2026 .224 5
2028 .204 7
Year wOBA Rank
2025 .376 6
2026 .380 6
2028 .368 7
Year OPS Rank
2025 .842 5
2026 .860 7
2028 .832 7
Year WAR Rank
2025 3.9 8
2026 4.5 8
2028 4.6 6
2029 3.9 10
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