JJ Bleday
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #4, Miami Marlins | Vanderbilt
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 238 204 21 34 5 4 .167 .277 .309 .586
2023 303 256 35 50 10 5 .195 .310 .355 .665
2024 176 157 14 38 5 0 .242 .320 .427 .747
3 Seasons 717 617 70 122 20 9 .198 .302 .358 .660
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 5 4 .586
2023 .195 10 5 .665
2024 .242 5 0 .747
3 Seasons .198 20 9 .660
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 24 1029 139 12 8.6 5.0 86.3 107.9 25.0 37.4 .188 .313 .266 .278 .317 33.8 28.2 12.6
2023 25 1213 187 12 6.4 4.0 88.6 108.8 15.5 29.9 .201 .348 .297 .298 .318 35.3 23.8 13.9
2024 26 690 123 9 7.3 5.1 87.8 110.2 19.2 33.3 .236 .400 .326 .310 .348 31.7 19.9 10.2
Player 2932 449 33 7.3 4.6 87.7 110.2 19.5 33.2 .205 .350 .294 .294 .326 33.9 24.3 12.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 25.2 38.1 25.2 11.5 49.6 32.4 18.0 6.5 14.4 44.6 20.9 5.0 8.6 5.0
2023 43.9 29.9 17.6 8.6 46.0 31.6 22.5 2.1 33.2 32.6 20.9 4.3 6.4 4.0
2024 34.1 35.0 22.0 8.9 33.3 40.7 26.0 4.1 23.6 37.4 21.1 6.5 7.3 5.1
Player 35.4 33.9 21.2 9.6 43.7 34.3 22.0 4.0 24.7 37.6 20.9 5.1 7.3 4.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 3 218 31.6 65 .367 .567 .438 17.8 10.8 12.5 .287 .473 .353 34.0
2024 Slider -3.8 -5 136 19.7 26 .000 .000 .027 36.5 42.3 26.8 .098 .191 .145 28.6
2024 Changeup -0.9 -1 87 12.6 24 .143 .286 .246 48.6 29.2 38.9 .212 .354 .299 21.4
2024 Sinker 7.0 5 69 10.0 19 .357 .929 .567 16.0 5.3 7.1 .363 .682 .498 50.0
2024 Cutter -1.1 -1 61 8.8 18 .375 .563 .436 24.2 16.7 21.4 .284 .342 .320 30.8
2024 Curveball -1.8 -1 60 8.7 10 .000 .000 .090 34.8 30.0 14.3 .097 .170 .112 14.3
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 0 31 4.5 6 .200 .200 .267 53.8 16.7 16.7 .184 .248 .273 25.0
2024 Sweeper -0.3 0 25 3.6 5 .200 .800 .400 50.0 40.0 20.0 .240 .809 .431 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 4 390 32.2 108 .229 .494 .392 25.1 18.5 17.5 .246 .520 .402 51.6
2023 Sinker -2.8 -5 182 15.0 50 .136 .318 .250 24.1 20.0 27.8 .191 .288 .263 32.4
2023 Changeup -1.8 -3 177 14.6 41 .158 .211 .222 37.2 31.7 26.5 .194 .316 .251 20.0
2023 Slider -3.2 -5 143 11.8 32 .167 .233 .206 41.1 34.4 25.0 .158 .217 .194 31.6
2023 Curveball 3.0 3 113 9.3 22 .350 .500 .439 12.8 18.2 10.5 .313 .433 .356 25.0
2023 Split-Finger -4.4 -3 76 6.3 16 .000 .000 .044 38.9 37.5 27.3 .044 .050 .083 11.1
2023 Cutter 4.9 3 61 5.0 21 .353 .588 .460 20.7 14.3 15.0 .156 .245 .272 28.6
2023 Sweeper -0.7 0 61 5.0 10 .000 .000 .140 11.8 30.0 15.0 .049 .064 .172 20.0
2023 Slurve -3.9 0 10 0.8 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 66.7 66.7 .227 .328 .240 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 373 36.2 89 .184 .368 .285 22.3 23.6 19.4 .187 .345 .280 42.1
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 166 16.1 33 .214 .357 .314 40.0 21.2 12.3 .264 .425 .360 23.8
2022 Cutter -0.5 -1 133 12.9 33 .172 .310 .264 23.3 27.3 25.7 .225 .339 .300 20.0
2022 Slider -2.7 -3 120 11.7 26 .087 .130 .163 35.3 50.0 28.9 .095 .170 .182 20.0
2022 Sinker -1.3 -1 106 10.3 33 .154 .231 .279 24.5 24.2 32.0 .157 .220 .279 33.3
2022 Curveball 0.5 0 91 8.8 14 .154 .385 .257 30.6 35.7 15.2 .242 .410 .311 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.7 -1 24 2.3 7 .143 .286 .179 46.7 57.1 40.0 .038 .067 .045 66.7
2022 Sweeper -1.9 0 16 1.6 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .265 .300 .398 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 238 1,029 -15 -6 10 3 -9
2023 303 1,213 -12 -11 11 5 -7
2024 174 690 3 -11 4 2 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 1,029 48.0 71.1 77.8 24.3 54.6 42.0 33.2 46.7 27.9 6.4 81.8
2023 1,213 48.5 68.7 79.2 20.0 46.4 42.6 32.0 43.6 28.0 8.5 76.7
2024 690 49.1 65.5 77.5 22.4 51.9 45.2 31.0 43.6 29.2 6.9 77.1
Player 2,932 48.4 68.8 78.3 22.1 50.9 43.0 32.2 44.7 28.2 7.4 78.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Swing
Length
2022 38 58 78
2023 43 44 19 78
2024 45 33 50 56 43 62 48 31 70 18 58 67 25 83 66 35 86 58 49
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.9 5 4.4 1 6 5 0 0.0
2023 22.1 10 10.4 0 4 8 4 40.0
2024 22.2 5 5.4 0 2 4 2 40.0
Player 22.3 20 20.2 0 12 17 6 30.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 5 3 6 4 4 5 5 3 2 3 6 7 3 4 7 4 3 5 4 5 2 7 5 3 2 6 7 6 3 3
2023 10 11 8 13 11 9 12 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 12 11 12 9 11 12 10 10 15 12 10 9 10 10 10 9 7
2024 5 5 4 7 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 6 6 4 7 6 3
Player 20 21 15 26 21 19 23 22 17 16 17 21 22 18 22 24 22 18 22 22 20 16 28 23 18 17 22 21 23 18 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 88.6 2.3 ↑ 87.8 -0.8 ↓
Launch Angle 25.0 15.5 -9.5 ↓ 19.2 3.7 ↑
Barrel % 8.6 6.4 -2.2 ↓ 7.3 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.8 35.3 1.5 ↑ 31.7 -3.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 ↓ 33.3 3.4 ↑
xBA .188 .201 0.013 ↑ .236 0.035 ↑
BA .167 .195 0.028 ↑ .242 0.047 ↑
xwOBA .278 .298 0.020 ↑ .310 0.012 ↑
wOBA .266 .297 0.031 ↑ .326 0.029 ↑
xSLG .313 .348 0.035 ↑ .400 0.052 ↑
SLG .309 .355 0.046 ↑ .427 0.072 ↑
K% 28.2 23.8 -4.4 ↓ 19.9 -3.9 ↓
BB% 12.6 13.9 1.3 ↑ 10.2 -3.7 ↓
Swing % 46.7 43.6 -3.1 ↓ 43.6 0.0
Whiff% 27.9 28.0 0.1 ↑ 29.2 1.2 ↑
In Zone % 48.0 48.5 0.5 ↑ 49.1 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.5 -0.5 ↓ 50.9 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.3 20.0 -4.3 ↓ 22.4 2.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 32.0 -1.2 ↓ 31.0 -1.0 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 56.4 -4.5 ↓ 55.2 -1.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 238 201 84.5 .256 .268
2023 Shades L 303 136 44.9 .308 .283
2024 Shades L 174 100 57.5 .450 .236
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 279 17.4 20.8% 1.8% 186 23.3 0.5% 7.5%
2023 345 15.2 45.5% 1.2% 213 19.1 3.8% 0.0%
2024 159 15.6 41.5% 0.0% 125 18.4 5.6% 0.0%
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