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 206 184 33 47 5 6 .255 .330 .391 .721
2 Seasons 374 327 61 78 9 11 .239 .328 .373 .701
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .217 4 5 .675
2024 .255 5 6 .721
2 Seasons .239 9 11 .701
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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 27 774 130 8 6.2 4.0 89.5 106.2 7.7 35.4 .241 .359 .324 .299 .357 41.5 25.7 8.4
Player 1499 229 13 5.7 3.5 87.9 109.3 10.8 33.6 .220 .334 .315 .290 .338 36.2 26.5 10.8
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
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 54.6 20.8 21.5 3.1 28.5 46.2 25.4 6.9 38.5 16.2 26.2 6.2 6.2 4.0
Player 49.8 24.5 19.2 6.6 32.8 38.9 28.4 7.4 34.9 23.1 23.1 5.7 5.7 3.5
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 -2 281 36.3 66 .271 .441 .337 30.0 22.7 23.1 .271 .428 .330 46.7
2024 Curveball -2.4 -3 106 13.7 27 .185 .185 .167 32.5 37.0 40.0 .230 .300 .230 41.2
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 104 13.4 26 .273 .409 .390 18.9 15.4 22.2 .287 .481 .383 38.9
2024 Slider 3.3 3 89 11.5 31 .240 .480 .408 47.6 38.7 44.4 .169 .260 .283 53.8
2024 Cutter 1.1 1 82 10.6 24 .364 .409 .410 21.1 20.8 29.4 .256 .330 .290 17.6
2024 Changeup 2.9 2 71 9.2 19 .263 .368 .274 16.7 15.8 13.6 .218 .261 .208 43.8
2024 Sweeper -4.3 -1 20 2.6 7 .000 .000 .200 37.5 42.9 30.0 .026 .029 .217 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 12.4 2 17 2.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .617 1.947 1.060 100.0
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 .166 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 202 774 -4 -3 5 4 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 %
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 774 49.2 59.1 74.2 24.7 47.4 42.4 19.3 41.6 28.9 8.0 75.8
Player 1,499 50.4 57.2 76.9 21.0 50.6 42.4 14.3 39.2 26.2 8.3 68.5
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 28 33 25 20 41 28 34 57 25 57 24 55 25 71 95 97 78 20 51
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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 2 3 1 20.0
Player 22.2 9 6.9 2 3 4 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 1 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 3 3 4 6 3 3
Player 9 7 5 8 6 7 7 8 5 4 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 9 8 8 8 8 9 6 6 6 7 9 6 6
! 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 89.5 3.7
Launch Angle 14.8 7.7 -7.1
Barrel % 5.1 6.2 1.1
Hard Hit % 29.3 41.5 12.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 35.4 4.1
xBA .194 .241 0.047
BA .217 .260 0.043
xwOBA .279 .299 0.020
wOBA .303 .324 0.021
xSLG .302 .359 0.057
SLG .350 .398 0.048
K% 27.4 25.7 -1.7
BB% 13.7 8.4 -5.3
Swing % 36.7 41.6 4.9
Whiff% 22.9 28.9 6.0
In Zone % 51.6 49.2 -2.4
Out of Zone % 48.4 50.8 2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 16.8 24.7 7.9
First Pitch Swing % 8.3 19.3 11.0
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 62.9 6.4
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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 152 37 24.3 .362 .282
2024 Shades R 50 4 8.0 .257 .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 230 15.5 41.3% 0.4% 139 18.8 2.2% 0.0%
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