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 298 264 31 67 10 0 .254 .337 .462 .799
3 Seasons 839 724 87 151 25 9 .209 .310 .381 .691
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 5 4 .586
2023 .195 10 5 .665
2024 .254 10 0 .799
3 Seasons .209 25 9 .691
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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%
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 1155 209 16 7.7 5.4 89.2 113.3 18.9 37.8 .260 .425 .347 .334 .371 35.4 18.8 10.7
Player 3397 535 40 7.5 4.8 88.2 113.3 19.4 35.0 .220 .368 .306 .306 .341 35.0 23.2 12.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 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
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 33.0 31.1 27.3 8.6 36.8 38.3 24.9 2.9 22.5 34.9 26.3 5.7 7.7 5.4
Player 34.8 32.5 23.4 9.3 43.4 34.4 22.2 3.6 24.1 36.6 23.0 5.0 7.5 4.8
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 1.5 5 366 31.7 108 .327 .582 .423 14.0 13.0 14.7 .277 .462 .350 36.9
2024 Slider -2.5 -6 222 19.2 49 .111 .333 .241 30.0 26.5 20.3 .196 .359 .272 40.6
2024 Changeup 0.3 0 152 13.2 40 .235 .353 .321 42.6 22.5 25.7 .279 .446 .368 32.0
2024 Curveball -2.4 -3 110 9.5 23 .095 .095 .178 28.6 30.4 20.6 .217 .301 .263 28.6
2024 Sinker 3.5 4 108 9.4 31 .308 .692 .453 15.9 9.7 15.0 .323 .525 .406 37.5
2024 Cutter -0.5 0 92 8.0 23 .350 .500 .411 22.2 13.0 15.8 .303 .400 .356 29.4
2024 Split-Finger -0.8 0 58 5.0 13 .250 .250 .262 50.0 30.8 28.6 .199 .245 .233 37.5
2024 Sweeper 1.1 0 44 3.8 8 .286 .714 .450 42.9 37.5 18.8 .243 .657 .414 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 Changeup -2.2 -4 185 15.3 44 .146 .195 .207 38.1 31.8 26.9 .183 .297 .237 18.5
2023 Sinker -2.8 -5 182 15.0 50 .136 .318 .250 24.1 20.0 27.8 .197 .295 .268 32.4
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 -3.5 -2 68 5.6 13 .000 .000 .054 36.7 38.5 26.3 .056 .064 .102 14.3
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 296 1,155 2 -14 8 5 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 1,155 49.1 66.4 82.0 22.6 52.6 45.2 32.8 44.2 25.5 7.3 82.1
Player 3,397 48.6 68.6 79.7 22.2 51.3 43.3 32.6 44.7 27.1 7.4 79.8
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 65 60 56 55 72 68 51 52 89 25 65 77 43 82 64 39 82 52 63
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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 21.9 10 10.6 -1 2 9 3 30.0
Player 22.2 25 25.4 0 12 22 7 28.0

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 10 11 7 13 11 12 12 12 8 8 8 10 11 9 12 11 11 12 12 12 11 8 13 12 10 12 11 9 12 11 7
Player 25 27 18 32 26 25 29 28 21 19 21 26 28 22 28 29 27 24 28 28 26 20 35 29 23 23 27 26 28 23 17
! 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 89.2 0.6
Launch Angle 25.0 15.5 -9.5 18.9 3.4
Barrel % 8.6 6.4 -2.2 7.7 1.3
Hard Hit % 33.8 35.3 1.5 35.4 0.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 37.8 7.9
xBA .190 .204 0.014 .260 0.056
BA .167 .195 0.028 .254 0.059
xwOBA .280 .300 0.020 .334 0.034
wOBA .266 .297 0.031 .347 0.050
xSLG .315 .352 0.037 .425 0.073
SLG .309 .355 0.046 .462 0.107
K% 28.2 23.8 -4.4 18.8 -5.0
BB% 12.6 13.9 1.3 10.7 -3.2
Swing % 46.7 43.6 -3.1 44.2 0.6
Whiff% 27.9 28.0 0.1 25.5 -2.5
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 22.6 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 32.0 -1.2 32.8 0.8
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 56.4 -4.5 56.8 0.4
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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 296 170 57.4 .390 .315
! 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 311 15.6 41.8% 0.6% 207 18.4 4.3% 1.0%
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