Jason Delay
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 4, #118, Pittsburgh Pirates | Vanderbilt
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 167 155 17 33 1 0 .213 .265 .271 .536
2023 187 167 20 42 1 0 .251 .319 .347 .666
2024 5 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
3 Seasons 359 325 37 75 2 0 .231 .293 .308 .601
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .213 1 0 .536
2023 .251 1 0 .666
2024 .000 0 0 .250
3 Seasons .231 2 0 .601
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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%
2022 27 653 106 2 1.9 1.2 84.9 107.3 15.7 31.1 .200 .251 .243 .230 .290 28.3 29.9 5.4
2023 28 682 126 4 3.2 2.1 83.8 105.4 12.3 34.9 .213 .298 .296 .263 .297 23.0 23.5 7.5
2024 29 13 4 0 0.0 0.0 82.4 104.5 42.7 25.0 .203 .368 .176 .357 .242 25.0 0.0 20.0
Player 1348 236 6 2.5 1.7 84.3 107.3 14.3 33.1 .207 .277 .270 .249 .293 25.4 26.2 6.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2022 41.5 22.6 26.4 9.4 39.6 39.6 20.8 3.8 33.0 32.1 27.4 1.9 1.9 1.2
2023 46.8 22.2 23.0 7.9 38.9 29.4 31.7 10.3 31.7 23.8 26.2 4.0 3.2 2.1
2024 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0
Player 44.1 22.5 24.6 8.9 39.0 33.9 27.1 7.6 31.8 28.0 26.3 3.4 2.5 1.7
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.

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 0.8 0 6 46.2 3 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .351 0.0
2024 Changeup -10.4 0 3 23.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .574 1.034 .679 100.0
2024 Slider -10.5 0 2 15.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .031 .066 .045 0.0
2024 Sinker 1.4 0 2 15.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 2 211 30.9 54 .364 .545 .444 17.3 16.7 13.8 .272 .430 .366 27.8
2023 Slider -3.2 -4 137 20.1 37 .135 .189 .141 38.7 43.2 28.6 .182 .228 .178 14.3
2023 Sinker 1.9 2 132 19.4 43 .361 .444 .415 22.1 14.0 17.6 .298 .398 .351 29.0
2023 Changeup -3.0 -2 61 8.9 17 .188 .250 .143 38.5 29.4 25.0 .093 .125 .093 8.3
2023 Cutter -3.5 -2 60 8.8 17 .118 .176 .126 16.7 17.6 30.0 .183 .228 .179 35.7
2023 Curveball 1.3 1 39 5.7 7 .286 .429 .307 13.3 28.6 14.3 .142 .170 .131 20.0
2023 Sweeper -3.3 -1 21 3.1 6 .000 .000 .233 37.5 16.7 10.0 .067 .180 .299 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.6 0 11 1.6 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 66.7 22.2 .022 .027 .020 0.0
2023 Slurve -3.9 0 6 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006 .012 .005 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -3 244 37.4 54 .196 .235 .226 31.6 35.2 26.4 .163 .199 .178 33.3
2022 Slider 0.8 1 114 17.5 28 .231 .423 .307 31.7 35.7 20.0 .213 .285 .248 25.0
2022 Sinker 2.2 2 94 14.4 29 .360 .440 .400 16.3 17.2 26.3 .288 .386 .349 40.0
2022 Changeup -1.1 -1 63 9.6 22 .190 .190 .195 38.5 27.3 24.0 .255 .299 .267 20.0
2022 Curveball -3.2 -2 62 9.5 15 .067 .067 .060 33.3 40.0 24.0 .118 .138 .111 11.1
2022 Cutter -1.4 -1 51 7.8 13 .167 .167 .192 30.0 15.4 25.0 .174 .205 .207 20.0
2022 Sweeper -0.6 0 25 3.8 6 .200 .200 .267 53.3 33.3 20.0 .149 .184 .237 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 167 653 -3 -4 2 2 -4
2023 187 682 -6 -3 3 3 -4
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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 653 53.6 74.6 75.9 31.4 47.4 45.5 38.3 54.5 31.2 8.0 84.6
2023 682 52.8 69.4 82.8 31.4 52.5 41.8 37.4 51.5 25.6 7.6 82.7
2024 13 53.8 85.7 50.0 16.7 100.0 38.5 40.0 53.8 42.9 23.1 100.0
Player 1,348 53.2 72.1 78.9 31.2 50.3 43.5 37.9 53.0 28.6 7.9 84.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2022 31 23
2023 17 28
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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 20.7 1 0.3 1 3 0 0 0.0
2023 22.9 1 1.5 -1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 21.8 2 1.8 0 4 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
2023 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
Player 2 0 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 83.8 -1.1 ↓ 82.4 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 15.7 12.3 -3.4 ↓ 42.7 30.4 ↑
Barrel % 1.9 3.2 1.3 ↑ 0.0 -3.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.3 23.0 -5.3 ↓ 25.0 2.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.1 34.9 3.8 ↑ 25.0 -9.9 ↓
xBA .200 .213 0.013 ↑ .203 -0.010 ↓
BA .213 .251 0.038 ↑ .000 -0.251 ↓
xwOBA .230 .263 0.033 ↑ .357 0.094 ↑
wOBA .243 .296 0.053 ↑ .176 -0.120 ↓
xSLG .251 .298 0.047 ↑ .368 0.070 ↑
SLG .271 .347 0.076 ↑ .000 -0.347 ↓
K% 29.9 23.5 -6.4 ↓ 0.0 -23.5 ↓
BB% 5.4 7.5 2.1 ↑ 20.0 12.5 ↑
Swing % 54.5 51.5 -3.0 ↓ 53.8 2.3 ↑
Whiff% 31.2 25.6 -5.6 ↓ 42.9 17.3 ↑
In Zone % 53.6 52.8 -0.8 ↓ 53.8 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.4 47.2 0.8 ↑ 46.2 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 31.4 0.0 16.7 -14.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 38.3 37.4 -0.9 ↓ 40.0 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.1 66.8 2.7 ↑ 40.0 -26.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 167 15 9.0 .216 .514
2023 Shades R 187 14 7.5 .280 .493
2024 Shades R 5 3 60.0 .000 .234
! 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 182 16.2 37.9% 1.6% 70 21.1 1.4% 4.3%
2023 180 15.0 50.0% 0.0% 104 17.9 7.7% 1.0%
2024 2 11.8 100.0% 0.0% 3 16.7 33.3% 0.0%
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