Taj Bradley
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #150, Tampa Bay Rays | Redan HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 5 8 5.59 23 21 0 104.2 129 1.39
2024 1 1 2.45 2 2 0 11 13 1.00
2 Seasons 6 9 5.29 25 23 0 115.2 142 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 23 5-8 5.59 104.2 129 1.39
2024 2 1-1 2.45 11 13 1.00
2 Seasons 25 6-9 5.29 115.2 142 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 22 1821 291 31 10.7 6.7 91.2 113.4 17.1 37.5 .244 .440 .344 .324 .417 46.4 28.0 8.5 5.59 4.45
2024 23 176 27 6 22.2 13.6 94.2 116.4 12.4 40.7 .289 .562 .262 .411 .566 51.9 29.5 6.8 2.46 7.24
Player 1997 318 37 11.6 7.3 91.4 116.4 16.7 37.7 .248 .451 .337 .332 .430 46.9 28.2 8.3
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bradley relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.5%) ,
Cutter
(23.3%) ,
Split Finger
(21.0%) ,
Curveball
(14.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 36.4 24.1 27.8 11.7 37.5 35.1 27.5 3.8 25.8 27.1 26.1 6.5 10.7 6.7
2024 29.6 37.0 33.3 0.0 37.0 40.7 22.2 0.0 22.2 14.8 37.0 3.7 22.2 13.6
Player 35.8 25.2 28.3 10.7 37.4 35.5 27.0 3.5 25.5 26.1 27.0 6.3 11.6 7.3
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Cutter TB R 41 90.7 26.5 -2.4 -10 6.8 4.0 143
2024 4-Seam Fastball TB R 73 96.2 11.0 2.1 16 5.3 -1.9 -27
2024 Split-Finger TB R 37 90.7 29.5 -1.1 -4 9.3 -2.8 -23
2024 Curveball TB R 25 79.2 62.0 8.3 15 7.5 -1.1 -13
2023 Split-Finger TB R 248 89.3 26.8 -4.1 -13 9.3 -2.4 -21
2023 Sinker TB R 1 97.8 9.7 -9.0 -48 11.2 -3.7 -25
2023 Cutter TB R 451 88.9 29.4 -2.3 -8 4.4 1.6 56
2023 Curveball TB R 304 79.0 60.9 6.4 12 6.6 -1.7 -21
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 817 96.1 10.9 2.7 20 4.9 -2.5 -34
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 -1.4 -1 73 41.5 19 .278 .500 .350 25.7 26.3 25.0 .390 .804 .514 46.2
2024 Cutter 3.5 1 41 23.3 10 .125 .125 .160 22.2 30.0 27.3 .216 .381 .394 66.7
2024 Split-Finger 3.7 1 37 21.0 10 .222 .222 .250 28.6 30.0 18.8 .209 .413 .310 50.0
2024 Curveball 2.7 1 25 14.2 5 .000 .000 .140 44.4 40.0 33.3 .155 .173 .256 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 817 44.9 226 .277 .559 .398 19.1 23.5 19.7 .264 .492 .368 46.2
2023 Cutter -1.4 -6 451 24.8 102 .312 .581 .400 29.5 19.6 22.5 .283 .501 .359 51.4
2023 Curveball 0.7 2 304 16.7 69 .169 .338 .254 22.4 43.5 21.4 .199 .356 .259 45.7
2023 Split-Finger -0.5 -1 248 13.6 63 .190 .333 .237 41.0 41.3 34.7 .168 .276 .188 37.8
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 25 79.2 89 22.4 6:45 6:45 0
2024 Cutter 41 90.7 46 9.5 11:15 10:15 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 73 96.2 94 19.0 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Split-Finger 31 90.7 69 10.1 12:45 2:30 -105
2023 Curveball 301 78.9 87 20.9 6:45 6:45 0
2023 Cutter 446 88.9 42 7.1 11:00 10:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 803 96.1 95 19.1 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Split-Finger 233 89.3 76 12.0 12:45 2:00 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 460 1,821 -16 19 -7 -6 -10
2024 44 176 2 1 0 -1 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 1,821 52.7 71.8 79.7 27.2 59.0 42.1 62.0 50.7 24.9 9.1 82.4
2024 176 48.9 68.6 81.4 26.7 50.0 35.2 63.6 47.2 27.7 5.1 88.9
Player 1,997 52.4 71.5 79.8 27.1 58.1 41.5 62.1 50.4 25.1 8.7 82.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2023 38 49 27 17 57 22 11 5 5 81 47 41 28 85 66 39 49
2024 84 58 47
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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 23.5 23 20.1 3 3 17 7 30.4
2024 27.4 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
Player 23.6 24 21.8 2 4 18 8 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 23 16 20 17 21 20 22 14 16 20 20 17 21 20 20 22 23 20 22 22 21 23 24 24 18 20 19 20 23 20 19
2024 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1
Player 24 19 21 18 22 22 24 16 17 21 21 18 23 22 22 23 25 22 23 23 23 25 26 27 20 22 20 21 26 21 20
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.5 94.2 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 89.3 90.7 1.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.0 79.2 0.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 91.2 94.2 3.0 ↑
Launch Angle 17.1 12.4 -4.7 ↓
Barrel % 10.7 22.2 11.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 46.4 51.9 5.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 40.7 3.2 ↑
xBA .244 .289 0.045 ↑
BA .255 .205 -0.050 ↓
xwOBA .324 .411 0.087 ↑
wOBA .344 .262 -0.082 ↓
xSLG .440 .562 0.122 ↑
SLG .495 .308 -0.187 ↓
K% 28.0 29.5 1.5 ↑
BB% 8.5 6.8 -1.7 ↓
Swing % 50.7 47.2 -3.5 ↓
Whiff% 24.9 27.7 2.8 ↑
In Zone % 52.7 48.9 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.3 51.1 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 26.7 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 40.9 6.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 63.6 1.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 460 .344 230 33 14.3 230 98 42.6
2024 Shades 44 .262 23 12 52.2 21 18 85.7
! 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 485 15.2 44.5% 0.8% 268 20.3 0.4% 0.4%
2024 58 15.8 31.0% 0.0% 21 20.0 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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