Blaze Alexander
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 160LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 11, #339, Arizona Diamondbacks | IMG Academy
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 185 166 19 41 3 3 .247 .321 .343 .664
2025 23 21 3 5 0 2 .238 .304 .333 .637
2 Seasons 208 187 22 46 3 5 .246 .319 .342 .661
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .247 3 3 .664
2025 .238 0 2 .637
2 Seasons .246 3 5 .661
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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%
2024 25 714 118 4 3.4 2.2 88.5 110.6 8.5 22.9 .204 .281 .298 .258 .300 34.7 26.5 8.1
2025 26 75 16 3 18.8 13.0 95.0 110.7 1.1 25.0 .252 .436 .286 .328 .383 56.3 21.7 4.3
Player 789 134 7 5.2 3.4 89.3 110.7 7.6 23.1 .209 .299 .296 .266 .310 37.3 26.0 7.7
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 52.5 47.5 25.4 16.1 5.9 25.4 36.4 38.1 14.4 22.0 16.1 11.0 14.4 22.0
2025 68.8 31.3 12.5 18.8 0.0 37.5 43.8 18.8 31.3 31.3 6.3 6.3 12.5 12.5
Player 54.5 45.5 23.9 16.4 5.2 26.9 37.3 35.8 16.4 23.1 14.9 10.4 14.2 20.9
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 6.8 37.3 23.7 22.9 5.9 3.4 2.2
2025 0.0 50.0 6.3 18.8 6.3 18.8 13.0
Player 6.0 38.8 21.6 22.4 6.0 5.2 3.4
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
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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 %
2025 Slider -6.4 -1 20 26.7 10 .111 .111 .160 16.7 10.0 12.5 .259 .592 .388 62.5
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 14 18.7 -- -- -- 40.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Changeup -6.6 -1 14 18.7 5 .200 .200 .180 44.4 20.0 33.3 .229 .273 .219 50.0
2025 Sinker 4.8 0 9 12.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .477 .496 .429 100.0
2025 Curveball 10.1 1 9 12.0 4 .333 .667 .488 25.0 25.0 33.3 .203 .243 .323 0.0
2025 Sweeper -12.9 -1 4 5.3 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Cutter 17.4 1 3 4.0 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 50.0 0.0 -- .731 1.248 .836 100.0
2025 Split-Finger 0.0 0 1 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 6 249 34.9 53 .356 .578 .440 26.4 28.3 18.1 .255 .412 .341 61.3
2024 Slider -4.1 -5 133 18.6 42 .125 .225 .175 36.4 35.7 28.8 .120 .165 .151 24.0
2024 Sinker -0.9 -1 122 17.1 36 .258 .258 .322 24.6 16.7 31.6 .219 .261 .280 36.0
2024 Changeup -0.8 0 59 8.3 18 .222 .333 .239 29.4 22.2 13.3 .143 .204 .153 7.1
2024 Sweeper -5.0 -2 49 6.9 12 .083 .083 .075 45.8 41.7 38.5 .171 .204 .165 14.3
2024 Curveball -1.9 -1 48 6.7 10 .222 .222 .250 35.0 30.0 23.1 .269 .323 .306 33.3
2024 Cutter 4.1 1 33 4.6 9 .500 .500 .533 25.0 11.1 10.0 .313 .343 .426 40.0
2024 Slurve 5.7 0 6 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .447 .559 .433 50.0
2024 Knuckleball -0.8 0 6 0.8 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger 6.1 0 4 0.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .494 .610 .486 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 185 713 -4 -6 4 3 -3
2025 23 74 -1 0 -1 1 -1
Player 208 787 -4 -6 3 -4 -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 %
2024 714 48.5 75.1 81.2 29.2 43.9 44.7 38.4 51.5 29.6 7.4 86.8
2025 75 52.7 61.5 79.2 37.1 30.8 48.6 34.8 49.3 35.1 5.4 50.0
Player 789 48.9 73.8 81.0 29.9 42.5 45.1 38.0 51.3 30.1 7.2 84.2
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 25.0 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
2024 66 84 89
2025 66 83
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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 %
2024 22.27 3 2.6 0 0 5 0 0.0
2025 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 22.27 3 2.7 0 1 5 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2024 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 4 2 0 5 1 1 2 3 3 1 5 4
2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 1 1 4 2 0 5 1 1 2 3 3 1 5 4
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

2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .247 -.009 ↓ .238
xBA .204 +.048 ↑ .252
OBP .321 -.017 ↓ .304
xOBP .282 +.035 ↑ .317
SLG .343 -.010 ↓ .333
xSLG .281 +.155 ↑ .436
ISO .096 -.001 ↓ .095
xISO .077 +.107 ↑ .184
BABIP .333 -.020 ↓ .313
wOBA .298 -.012 ↓ .286
xwOBA .258 +.070 ↑ .328
wOBACON .361 -.038 ↓ .323
xwOBACON .300 +.083 ↑ .383
BACON .350 -.037 ↓ .313
xBACON .290 +.041 ↑ .331
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 34.7 +21.6 ↑ 56.3
Avg Exit Velocity 88.5 +6.5 ↑ 95.0
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 22.9 +2.1 ↑ 25.0
Barrel % 3.4 +15.4 ↑ 18.8
Avg Launch Angle 8.5 -7.4 ↓ 1.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 73.1 +2.4 ↑ 75.5
Attack Angle 7° +4° ↑ 11°
Ideal Attack Angle % 37.8 +6.0 ↑ 43.8
Attack Direction 5° -5° ↓ 0°
Swing Path - Tilt 34° +4° ↑ 38°
Swing Length 7.3 +0.5 ↑ 7.8
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.6 -0.4 ↓ 93.2
Breaking Velocity 83.5 +1.1 ↑ 84.6
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 -1.5 ↓ 84.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 -1 ↓ 3
Popup % 5.9 -5.9 ↓ 0.0
Flyball % 25.4 -12.9 ↓ 12.5
Line Drive % 16.1 +2.7 ↑ 18.8
Groundball % 52.5 +16.3 ↑ 68.8
Pull % 25.4 +12.1 ↑ 37.5
Straight Away % 36.4 +7.4 ↑ 43.8
Opposite Field % 38.1 -19.3 ↓ 18.8
Weak Contact % 6.8 -6.8 ↓ 0.0
Pull Airball % 11.0 -4.7 ↓ 6.3
Topped Contact % 37.3 +12.7 ↑ 50.0
Under Contact % 23.7 -17.4 ↓ 6.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.9 -4.1 ↓ 18.8
Solid Contact % 5.9 +0.4 ↑ 6.3
HR/FB % 10.0 -10.0 ↓ 0.0
Popups 7 -7 ↓ 0
Flyballs 30 -28 ↓ 2
Line Drives 19 -16 ↓ 3
Groundballs 62 -51 ↓ 11
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.5 +4.2 ↑ 52.7
Out of Zone % 51.5 -4.2 ↓ 47.3
Edge % 44.7 +3.9 ↑ 48.6
Zone Swing % 75.1 -13.6 ↓ 61.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 +7.9 ↑ 37.1
In Zone Contact % 81.2 -2.0 ↓ 79.2
Out of Zone Contact % 43.9 -13.1 ↓ 30.8
Whiff % 29.6 +5.5 ↑ 35.1
First Strike % 58.4 -1.9 ↓ 56.5
First Pitch Swing % 38.4 -3.6 ↓ 34.8
Swing % 51.5 -2.2 ↓ 49.3
Meatball Swing % 86.8 -36.8 ↓ 50.0
Meatball % 7.4 -2.0 ↓ 5.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.8 +2.0 ↑ 20.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 56.1 +5.4 ↑ 61.5
In Zone 346 -307 ↓ 39
Out of Zone 367 -332 ↓ 35
Edge 319 -283 ↓ 36
In Zone Swings 260 -236 ↓ 24
Out of Zone Swings 107 -94 ↓ 13
In Zone Swing & Misses 49 -44 ↓ 5
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 60 -52 ↓ 8
Basic
Pitches 714 -639 ↓ 75
PA 185 -162 ↓ 23
AB 166 -145 ↓ 21
Hits 41 -36 ↓ 5
Singles 31 -28 ↓ 3
Doubles 7 -5 ↓ 2
Triples 0 0 0
Home Runs 3 -3 ↓ 0
Walks 15 -14 ↓ 1
Strikeouts 49 -44 ↓ 5
K% 26.5 -4.8 ↓ 21.7
BB% 8.1 -3.8 ↓ 4.3
HBP 3 -2 ↓ 1
Batted Balls 118 -102 ↓ 16
Number of Fastballs 404 -378 ↓ 26
Number of Offspeed 63 -48 ↓ 15
Number of Breaking 181 -152 ↓ 29
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2024 Shades R 185 5 2.7 .297 .314
2025 Shades R 23 0 0.0 .286
! 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 %
2024 159 15.1 47.8% 0.6% 118 17.6 11.9% 0.0%
2025 14 15.7 35.7% 7.1% 14 18.3 0.0% 7.1%
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