Blake Perkins
CF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 208LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 2, #69, Washington Nationals | Verrado (AZ) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 168 143 28 31 4 5 .217 .325 .350 .675
2024 230 206 35 51 5 10 .248 .322 .369 .691
2 Seasons 398 349 63 82 9 15 .235 .323 .361 .684
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .217 4 5 .675
2024 .248 5 10 .691
2 Seasons .235 9 15 .684
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2023 26 725 99 5 5.1 3.0 85.8 109.3 14.8 31.3 .194 .302 .303 .279 .312 29.3 27.4 13.7
2024 27 894 145 8 5.5 3.5 89.1 106.2 6.8 33.8 .230 .340 .309 .288 .347 38.6 27.0 8.7
Player 1619 244 13 5.3 3.3 87.7 109.3 10.0 32.8 .215 .324 .307 .284 .333 34.8 27.1 10.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.4 22.1 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
2023 43.4 29.3 16.2 11.1 38.4 29.3 32.3 8.1 30.3 32.3 19.2 5.1 5.1 3.0
2024 55.2 21.4 20.0 3.4 27.6 45.5 26.9 7.6 40.0 16.6 24.1 6.2 5.5 3.5
Player 50.4 24.6 18.4 6.6 32.0 38.9 29.1 7.8 36.1 23.0 22.1 5.7 5.3 3.3
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 -0.9 -3 340 38.0 80 .278 .417 .332 27.3 22.5 21.2 .263 .399 .317 40.0
2024 Curveball -3.1 -4 119 13.3 30 .167 .167 .150 37.8 40.0 42.9 .212 .283 .214 38.9
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 117 13.1 29 .261 .391 .398 21.1 17.2 25.0 .274 .460 .391 38.9
2024 Slider 2.5 2 97 10.9 33 .222 .444 .383 46.7 39.4 43.3 .163 .249 .270 50.0
2024 Cutter 0.5 0 91 10.2 24 .364 .409 .410 21.4 20.8 27.8 .256 .330 .290 17.6
2024 Changeup 1.5 1 81 9.1 23 .217 .304 .226 22.2 21.7 19.2 .196 .250 .193 44.4
2024 Split-Finger 5.2 1 25 2.8 3 .333 1.333 .667 33.3 33.3 10.0 .228 .675 .373 50.0
2024 Sweeper -4.3 -1 20 2.2 7 .000 .000 .200 37.5 42.9 30.0 .026 .029 .217 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -8 302 41.7 60 .163 .286 .277 27.0 33.3 23.5 .184 .304 .290 26.7
2023 Changeup 4.5 4 99 13.7 30 .385 .654 .478 19.4 20.0 20.7 .275 .460 .363 30.0
2023 Sinker -5.2 -4 81 11.2 25 .100 .100 .192 10.0 8.0 10.5 .211 .332 .310 42.1
2023 Slider 6.2 5 78 10.8 22 .333 .571 .400 13.8 27.3 20.7 .207 .280 .233 33.3
2023 Cutter -0.9 -1 64 8.8 10 .000 .000 .210 29.4 30.0 23.1 .085 .107 .269 25.0
2023 Curveball 2.4 2 63 8.7 14 .286 .357 .282 31.8 28.6 20.0 .170 .206 .165 10.0
2023 Sweeper -3.8 -1 22 3.0 6 .000 .000 .117 42.9 66.7 44.4 .017 .033 .133 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 2.9 0 13 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 12.5 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 168 725 -2 -9 6 3 -2
2024 230 894 -7 -6 5 5 -3
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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 %
2023 725 51.6 55.3 79.7 16.8 55.9 42.5 8.3 36.7 22.9 8.6 61.3
2024 894 49.7 59.9 73.3 24.2 48.6 42.1 19.1 41.9 29.3 8.4 76.0
Player 1,619 50.5 57.8 76.1 21.0 51.2 42.2 14.6 39.6 26.7 8.5 69.3
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
2023 49 99 92
2024 18 22 12 17 32 22 28 49 23 42 17 57 22 72 95 97 80 20 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 %
2023 23.1 4 3.3 1 1 1 3 75.0
2024 21.4 5 3.6 1 1 4 1 20.0
Player 22.2 9 7.0 2 2 5 4 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 5 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 2 3 4 6 3 4
Player 9 7 5 8 6 7 7 8 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 9 8 8 8 8 9 6 5 6 7 9 6 7
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.8 89.1 3.3
Launch Angle 14.8 6.8 -8.0
Barrel % 5.1 5.5 0.4
Hard Hit % 29.3 38.6 9.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 33.8 2.5
xBA .194 .230 0.036
BA .217 .248 0.031
xwOBA .279 .288 0.009
wOBA .303 .309 0.006
xSLG .302 .340 0.038
SLG .350 .369 0.019
K% 27.4 27.0 -0.4
BB% 13.7 8.7 -5.0
Swing % 36.7 41.9 5.2
Whiff% 22.9 29.3 6.4
In Zone % 51.6 49.7 -1.9
Out of Zone % 48.4 50.3 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 16.8 24.2 7.4
First Pitch Swing % 8.3 19.1 10.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 63.9 7.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 109 35 32.1 .311 .319
2023 Shades R 59 11 18.6 .300 .224
2024 Shades L 171 40 23.4 .341 .261
2024 Shades R 59 4 6.8 .260 .395
! 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 %
2023 221 14.4 58.8% 0.0% 171 19.7 2.9% 0.6%
2024 254 15.6 40.2% 0.4% 157 18.9 2.5% 0.0%
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