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 237 211 24 52 8 0 .246 .326 .469 .795
3 Seasons 778 671 80 136 23 9 .203 .305 .377 .682
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 5 4 .586
2023 .195 10 5 .665
2024 .246 8 0 .795
3 Seasons .203 23 9 .682
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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 .190 .315 .266 .280 .320 33.8 28.2 12.6
2023 25 1213 187 12 6.4 4.0 88.6 108.8 15.5 29.9 .204 .352 .297 .300 .323 35.3 23.8 13.9
2024 26 903 163 14 8.6 6.0 88.5 110.2 18.1 37.4 .256 .430 .348 .332 .371 33.7 19.0 10.8
Player 3145 489 38 7.8 4.9 87.9 110.2 19.1 34.6 .216 .365 .302 .303 .338 34.4 23.7 12.5
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 34.4 31.9 25.8 8.0 35.6 39.9 24.5 3.1 23.9 34.4 24.5 5.5 8.6 6.0
Player 35.4 32.9 22.5 9.2 43.6 34.6 21.9 3.7 24.7 36.6 22.1 4.9 7.8 4.9
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 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 2.7 7 274 30.3 83 .387 .680 .487 16.8 10.8 13.0 .323 .545 .401 39.4
2024 Slider -3.7 -7 189 20.9 41 .053 .184 .161 33.8 31.7 24.1 .161 .295 .230 32.0
2024 Changeup -0.7 -1 116 12.8 29 .160 .320 .271 45.1 24.1 28.0 .227 .352 .310 22.2
2024 Sinker 4.9 5 92 10.2 27 .318 .773 .488 18.9 7.4 11.8 .337 .566 .432 42.9
2024 Cutter -0.8 -1 83 9.2 20 .353 .529 .428 25.0 15.0 17.6 .299 .398 .361 35.7
2024 Curveball -2.7 -2 79 8.7 14 .000 .000 .064 34.5 35.7 20.0 .096 .158 .107 11.1
2024 Split-Finger -1.7 -1 37 4.1 8 .143 .143 .200 56.3 25.0 28.6 .142 .196 .216 20.0
2024 Sweeper -0.1 0 30 3.3 7 .286 .714 .414 46.2 42.9 25.0 .243 .657 .373 25.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 4 390 32.2 108 .229 .494 .392 25.1 18.5 17.5 .248 .523 .404 51.6
2023 Sinker -2.8 -5 182 15.0 50 .136 .318 .250 24.1 20.0 27.8 .197 .295 .268 32.4
2023 Changeup -1.8 -3 177 14.6 41 .158 .211 .222 37.2 31.7 26.5 .196 .319 .253 20.0
2023 Slider -3.2 -5 143 11.8 32 .167 .233 .206 41.1 34.4 25.0 .160 .219 .196 31.6
2023 Curveball 3.0 3 113 9.3 22 .350 .500 .439 12.8 18.2 10.5 .316 .436 .358 25.0
2023 Split-Finger -4.4 -3 76 6.3 16 .000 .000 .044 38.9 37.5 27.3 .048 .055 .086 11.1
2023 Cutter 4.9 3 61 5.0 21 .353 .588 .460 20.7 14.3 15.0 .162 .252 .277 28.6
2023 Sweeper -0.7 0 61 5.0 10 .000 .000 .140 11.8 30.0 15.0 .053 .069 .174 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 .188 .346 .281 42.1
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 166 16.1 33 .214 .357 .314 40.0 21.2 12.3 .267 .429 .362 23.8
2022 Cutter -0.5 -1 133 12.9 33 .172 .310 .264 23.3 27.3 25.7 .226 .340 .302 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 .160 .223 .281 33.3
2022 Curveball 0.5 0 91 8.8 14 .154 .385 .257 30.6 35.7 15.2 .244 .412 .313 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.7 -1 24 2.3 7 .143 .286 .179 46.7 57.1 40.0 .039 .068 .046 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 230 903 5 -13 6 3 0
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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 903 48.5 65.3 79.7 22.7 49.1 46.2 31.7 43.4 28.6 7.0 81.0
Player 3,145 48.3 68.5 78.9 22.2 50.1 43.5 32.3 44.6 28.1 7.4 79.3
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 61 55 59 61 63 74 61 39 68 23 64 75 29 80 67 43 81 54 50
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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 22.0 8 8.6 -1 3 8 2 25.0
Player 22.2 23 23.5 -1 13 21 6 26.1

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 8 9 5 10 9 10 10 10 6 7 5 8 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 6 11 10 8 9 9 7 11 9 5
Player 23 25 16 29 24 23 27 26 19 18 18 24 26 22 26 27 25 22 26 26 24 18 33 27 21 20 25 24 27 21 15
! 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 ↑ 88.5 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 25.0 15.5 -9.5 ↓ 18.1 2.6 ↑
Barrel % 8.6 6.4 -2.2 ↓ 8.6 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.8 35.3 1.5 ↑ 33.7 -1.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 ↓ 37.4 7.5 ↑
xBA .190 .204 0.014 ↑ .256 0.052 ↑
BA .167 .195 0.028 ↑ .248 0.053 ↑
xwOBA .280 .300 0.020 ↑ .332 0.032 ↑
wOBA .266 .297 0.031 ↑ .348 0.051 ↑
xSLG .315 .352 0.037 ↑ .430 0.078 ↑
SLG .309 .355 0.046 ↑ .476 0.121 ↑
K% 28.2 23.8 -4.4 ↓ 19.0 -4.8 ↓
BB% 12.6 13.9 1.3 ↑ 10.8 -3.1 ↓
Swing % 46.7 43.6 -3.1 ↓ 43.4 -0.2 ↓
Whiff% 27.9 28.0 0.1 ↑ 28.6 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 48.0 48.5 0.5 ↑ 48.5 0.0
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.5 -0.5 ↓ 51.5 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 24.3 20.0 -4.3 ↓ 22.7 2.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 32.0 -1.2 ↓ 31.7 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 56.4 -4.5 ↓ 55.7 -0.7 ↓
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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 230 132 57.4 .423 .292
! 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 240 15.2 45.8% 0.4% 183 18.4 4.9% 0.0%
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