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 19 15 1 3 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733
3 Seasons 373 337 38 78 2 0 .231 .295 .315 .610
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .213 1 0 .536
2023 .251 1 0 .666
2024 .200 0 0 .733
3 Seasons .231 2 0 .610
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
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 50 16 0 0.0 0.0 83.2 104.5 22.4 18.8 .195 .239 .324 .275 .192 18.8 0.0 15.8
Player 1385 248 6 2.4 1.6 84.2 107.3 14.4 32.3 .206 .274 .273 .249 .288 25.0 25.2 7.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
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 50.0 18.8 12.5 18.8 37.5 31.3 31.3 12.5 31.3 37.5 12.5 6.3 0.0 0.0
Player 44.8 22.2 23.8 9.3 39.1 33.9 27.0 7.7 32.3 28.2 25.8 3.2 2.4 1.6
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 12.9 2 18 36.0 8 .250 .500 .479 11.1 0.0 0.0 .172 .231 .400 40.0
2024 Slider -3.1 0 8 16.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .081 .081 .086 0.0
2024 Sinker -4.7 0 8 16.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .041 .045 .042 0.0
2024 Cutter 27.7 2 6 12.0 3 .667 1.333 .833 25.0 0.0 -- .349 .390 .323 0.0
2024 Changeup -5.3 0 5 10.0 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .540 .836 .582 100.0
2024 Curveball -4.2 0 4 8.0 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .200 .200 .188 0.0
2024 Sweeper -11.7 0 1 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .006 .006 .005 0.0
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 -3.4 -5 135 19.8 37 .135 .189 .141 38.7 43.2 29.1 .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 -2.7 -1 23 3.4 6 .000 .000 .233 37.5 16.7 9.1 .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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 50 52.0 76.9 85.0 25.0 50.0 42.0 42.1 52.0 23.1 22.0 90.9
Player 1,385 53.1 72.1 79.5 31.1 50.0 43.5 38.1 52.9 28.2 8.3 84.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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
2022 31 23
2023 17 28
2024 13 14
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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 %
2022 20.7 1 0.2 1 3 0 0 0.0
2023 22.9 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 21.8 2 1.6 0 3 2 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
Player 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 83.8 -1.1 83.2 -0.6
Launch Angle 15.7 12.3 -3.4 22.4 10.1
Barrel % 1.9 3.2 1.3 0.0 -3.2
Hard Hit % 28.3 23.0 -5.3 18.8 -4.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.1 34.9 3.8 18.8 -16.1
xBA .200 .213 0.013 .195 -0.018
BA .213 .251 0.038 .200 -0.051
xwOBA .230 .263 0.033 .275 0.012
wOBA .243 .296 0.053 .324 0.028
xSLG .251 .298 0.047 .239 -0.059
SLG .271 .347 0.076 .400 0.053
K% 29.9 23.5 -6.4 0.0 -23.5
BB% 5.4 7.5 2.1 15.8 8.3
Swing % 54.5 51.5 -3.0 52.0 0.5
Whiff% 31.2 25.6 -5.6 23.1 -2.5
In Zone % 53.6 52.8 -0.8 52.0 -0.8
Out of Zone % 46.4 47.2 0.8 48.0 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 31.4 0.0 25.0 -6.4
First Pitch Swing % 38.3 37.4 -0.9 42.1 4.7
First Pitch Strike % 64.1 66.8 2.7 63.2 -3.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 167 11 6.6 .214 .638
2023 Shades R 187 14 7.5 .280 .493
2024 Shades R 19 6 31.6 .428 .115
! 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 16 15.0 50.0% 0.0% 5 16.7 20.0% 0.0%
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