Blake Perkins
CF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 208LBS | Age: 28
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 434 383 54 92 6 23 .240 .316 .332 .648
2 Seasons 602 526 82 123 10 28 .234 .318 .337 .655
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .217 4 5 .675
2024 .240 6 23 .648
2 Seasons .234 10 28 .655
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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 1734 281 11 3.9 2.5 88.8 106.8 12.0 32.0 .224 .323 .288 .282 .326 37.7 24.9 9.7
Player 2459 380 16 4.2 2.7 88.0 109.3 12.8 31.8 .216 .317 .292 .281 .322 35.5 25.6 10.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 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 47.3 26.3 20.6 5.7 32.4 40.9 26.7 6.0 34.5 26.0 23.5 6.0 3.9 2.5
Player 46.3 27.1 19.5 7.1 33.9 37.9 28.2 6.6 33.4 27.6 22.4 5.8 4.2 2.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 -1.3 -8 645 37.2 157 .244 .326 .295 23.2 18.5 16.4 .250 .362 .313 34.5
2024 Sinker -1.0 -3 264 15.2 61 .191 .277 .331 18.3 19.7 17.9 .253 .404 .375 48.6
2024 Slider 1.9 4 194 11.2 62 .283 .434 .369 33.3 27.4 28.8 .202 .295 .278 45.9
2024 Curveball -2.5 -5 188 10.8 45 .178 .200 .168 40.3 40.0 31.6 .192 .257 .194 40.7
2024 Changeup 3.2 6 180 10.4 43 .302 .395 .326 21.0 18.6 15.1 .212 .274 .209 37.1
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 153 8.8 39 .324 .432 .373 21.4 23.1 28.1 .257 .361 .288 25.0
2024 Sweeper -6.4 -4 59 3.4 16 .000 .000 .088 57.1 68.8 39.3 .021 .023 .105 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 2.0 1 40 2.3 8 .250 .625 .363 45.0 50.0 21.1 .191 .368 .238 25.0
2024 Slurve -0.5 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- 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 .165 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 441 1,768 -14 -18 16 6 -10
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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 1,734 50.1 60.2 76.9 24.5 54.2 42.9 18.2 42.4 26.8 8.1 75.9
Player 2,459 50.5 58.7 77.7 22.3 54.6 42.8 15.5 40.7 25.8 8.3 71.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 49 99 92
2024 11 11 4 8 24 8 12 44 25 38 30 69 36 76 96 95 87 16 89 49
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 21.8 6 5.3 1 2 6 2 33.3
Player 22.3 10 8.6 1 3 7 5 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 6 4 3 5 4 4 7 4 3 2 7 5 9 5 3 5 5 3 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 3 6 7 8 4 6
Player 10 8 6 9 7 7 10 8 6 5 10 9 12 8 7 8 9 6 11 12 10 10 11 10 7 6 9 10 11 7 9
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.8 88.8 3.0 ↑
Launch Angle 14.8 12.0 -2.8 ↓
Barrel % 5.1 3.9 -1.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.3 37.7 8.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 32.0 0.7 ↑
xBA .194 .224 0.030 ↑
BA .217 .240 0.023 ↑
xwOBA .279 .282 0.003 ↑
wOBA .303 .288 -0.015 ↓
xSLG .302 .323 0.021 ↑
SLG .350 .332 -0.018 ↓
K% 27.4 24.9 -2.5 ↓
BB% 13.7 9.7 -4.0 ↓
Swing % 36.7 42.4 5.7 ↑
Whiff% 22.9 26.8 3.9 ↑
In Zone % 51.6 50.1 -1.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.4 49.9 1.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 16.8 24.5 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 8.3 18.2 9.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 64.9 8.4 ↑
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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 275 71 25.8 .302 .217
2024 Shades R 157 5 3.2 .298 .491
! 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 531 15.5 42.6% 0.4% 313 18.7 3.2% 0.6%
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