ProfileHt.: 5'10" / Wt.: 175 / Bats: L / Throws: R
School
Gonzaga
Drafted in the 10th round (309th overall) by the Minnesota Twins in 2021 (signed for $10,000).
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Yake has put up impressive numbers each year at Gonzaga, with a .320/.392/.419 slash line in four years with the program, albeit without much power. He’s consistently proven tough to strike out, with 71 walks compared to 53 strikeouts over 795 plate appearances. Yake has a patient approach from the left side with a solid-average hit tool, but he has well below-average power that’s translated more to doubles pop. Yake is solid defensively at shortstop, with a solid track record of hitting at Gonzaga.
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The most well-rounded player on Gonzaga’s 2020 team, Yake played shortstop and catcher in high school before handling third base duties early in his collegiate career. He moved back to shortstop in 2019, but most scouts see him as a second baseman at the next level. Yake is small and skinny, listed at 5-foot-11, 165 pounds with very little power in his game, but scouts have appreciated the way he plays above his physicality and raw tools. He’s a gamer who makes the most of his talents due to standout instincts on both sides of the ball. He has solid range and average arm strength, and offensively he is difficult to strike out with a 6.4 percent career strikeout rate. He has solid feel for the strike zone with more walks than whiffs in his career and is a .316/.381/.414 hitter. While it’s difficult to see an impact type player with Yake due to his lack of tools and size, some scouts are in on him as a reliable producer in some capacity.
Career Transactions
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from St. Paul Saints.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from St. Paul Saints.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to St. Paul Saints from Wichita Wind Surge.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to St. Paul Saints from Wichita Wind Surge.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from Cedar Rapids Kernels.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from Cedar Rapids Kernels.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels from St. Paul Saints.
Cedar Rapids Kernels activated SS Ernie Yake.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to St. Paul Saints from Cedar Rapids Kernels.
SS Ernie Yake assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels.
SS Ernie Yake and assigned to Minnesota Twins.
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