Alex Blandino
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #29, Cincinnati Reds | Stanford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 147 128 14 30 1 0 .234 .324 .289 .613
2019 50 36 6 9 1 0 .250 .420 .361 .781
2021 82 70 9 14 0 1 .200 .317 .257 .574
3 Seasons 279 234 29 53 2 1 .226 .339 .291 .630
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .234 1 0 .613
2019 .250 1 0 .781
2021 .200 0 1 .574
3 Seasons .226 2 1 .630
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 25 594 89 1 1.1 0.7 87.2 106.8 9.6 28.1 .207 .279 .279 .264 .309 31.5 27.9 8.8
2019 26 223 24 1 4.2 2.0 90.1 107.3 12.4 41.7 .221 .332 .352 .338 .357 33.3 28.0 20.0
2021 28 357 42 0 0.0 0.0 85.4 107.2 13.6 33.3 .174 .244 .270 .256 .300 31.0 34.1 9.8
Player 1174 155 2 1.3 0.7 87.2 107.3 11.1 31.6 .199 .276 .290 .275 .314 31.6 29.7 11.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2018 47.2 24.7 25.8 2.2 28.1 40.4 31.5 3.4 37.1 21.3 28.1 7.9 1.1 0.7
2019 41.7 20.8 33.3 4.2 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 37.5 25.0 25.0 8.3 4.2 2.0
2021 35.7 21.4 28.6 14.3 33.3 38.1 28.6 9.5 33.3 19.0 23.8 14.3 0.0 0.0
Player 43.2 23.2 27.7 5.8 29.0 41.3 29.7 4.5 36.1 21.3 26.5 9.7 1.3 0.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -3 128 35.9 27 .143 .190 .269 26.0 18.5 15.2 .146 .217 .277 25.0
2021 Slider 0.5 0 85 23.8 24 .250 .333 .292 48.3 58.3 41.2 .155 .193 .149 10.0
2021 Sinker -2.9 -2 74 20.7 21 .176 .176 .262 20.7 19.0 23.5 .216 .278 .310 38.5
2021 Curveball 7.7 2 30 8.4 4 .500 1.000 .663 14.3 0.0 0.0 .427 1.030 .650 100.0
2021 Changeup 1.0 0 21 5.9 3 .333 .333 .300 28.6 66.7 33.3 .294 .353 .281 100.0
2021 Cutter -8.1 -1 12 3.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2021 Split-Finger -4.7 0 3 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve 2.6 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper 2.7 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 2 78 35.0 27 .350 .550 .443 3.6 22.2 26.1 .288 .419 .383 33.3
2019 Sinker -0.4 0 47 21.1 11 .286 .286 .355 5.9 0.0 0.0 .280 .405 .376 37.5
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 29 13.0 6 .000 .000 .233 66.7 50.0 33.3 .062 .185 .300 0.0
2019 Slider -1.0 0 28 12.6 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 100.0 8.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 Curveball 2.7 1 19 8.5 1 -- -- .700 25.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2019 Cutter -0.4 0 12 5.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 Split-Finger -10.4 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -5 236 39.7 65 .196 .250 .252 13.1 24.6 24.2 .219 .311 .279 38.1
2018 Sinker 0.7 1 120 20.2 32 .370 .444 .441 11.1 12.5 12.1 .276 .312 .330 26.1
2018 Slider -3.9 -3 89 15.0 15 .071 .071 .107 31.6 53.3 29.6 .116 .179 .166 16.7
2018 Curveball 1.8 1 62 10.4 14 .286 .357 .346 23.8 28.6 14.8 .199 .307 .215 30.0
2018 Cutter 0.3 0 44 7.4 10 .333 .444 .375 33.3 40.0 26.7 .229 .292 .273 40.0
2018 Changeup -2.5 -1 26 4.4 4 .000 .000 .000 28.6 50.0 50.0 .050 .059 .047 0.0
2018 Sweeper 8.6 1 7 1.2 3 .000 .000 .467 66.7 33.3 20.0 -- -- .467 --
2018 Split-Finger 2.6 0 5 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 50.0 50.0 .059 .073 .060 0.0
2018 Slurve 4.7 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 145 592 -10 -4 6 2 -6
2019 49 215 -2 -2 4 1 1
2021 82 357 -3 -5 4 1 -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 %
2018 594 55.7 54.8 85.1 11.1 51.7 41.0 16.3 35.4 18.1 11.8 77.1
2019 223 46.3 49.5 87.8 13.0 73.3 39.7 10.0 30.0 17.9 5.6 66.7
2021 357 50.4 52.2 79.8 18.1 37.5 48.5 15.9 35.3 31.0 4.8 70.6
Player 1,174 52.4 53.2 84.0 13.7 50.0 43.1 15.1 34.3 22.1 8.5 74.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2018 51 43
2019 52 32
2021 47 16
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.0 1 0.7 0 1 1 0 0.0
2019 22.7 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2021 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
Player 22.3 2 1.5 1 1 3 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
2019 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
2021 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Player 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.2 90.1 2.9
Launch Angle 9.6 12.4 2.8
Barrel % 1.1 4.2 3.1
Hard Hit % 31.5 33.3 1.8
Sweet Spot % 28.1 41.7 13.6
xBA .207 .221 0.014
BA .234 .250 0.016
xwOBA .264 .338 0.074
wOBA .279 .352 0.073
xSLG .279 .332 0.053
SLG .289 .361 0.072
K% 27.9 28.0 0.1
BB% 8.8 20.0 11.2
Swing % 35.4 30.0 -5.4
Whiff% 18.1 17.9 -0.2
In Zone % 55.7 46.3 -9.4
Out of Zone % 44.3 53.7 9.4
Out of Zone Swing % 11.1 13.0 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 16.3 10.0 -6.3
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 62.0 1.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts R 146 1 0.7 .275 .880
2019 Shifts R 51 1 2.0 .338 .690
2021 Shifts R 82 2 2.4 .269 .346
! 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 %
2018 210 18.0 23.8% 2.9% 113 23.7 1.8% 8.0%
2019 94 16.2 28.7% 0.0% 33 23.7 0.0% 15.2%
2021 129 17.8 27.1% 0.8% 69 22.2 2.9% 4.3%
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