JJ Bleday
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #4, Miami Marlins | Vanderbilt
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 238 204 21 34 5 4 .167 .277 .309 .586
2023 303 256 35 50 10 5 .195 .310 .355 .665
2024 642 572 74 139 20 2 .243 .324 .437 .761
3 Seasons 1,183 1,032 130 223 35 11 .216 .311 .391 .702
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 5 4 .586
2023 .195 10 5 .665
2024 .243 20 2 .761
3 Seasons .216 35 11 .702
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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%
2022 24 1029 139 12 8.6 5.0 86.3 107.9 25.0 37.4 .190 .315 .266 .280 .320 33.8 28.2 12.6
2023 25 1213 187 12 6.4 4.0 88.6 108.8 15.5 29.9 .204 .352 .297 .300 .323 35.3 23.8 13.9
2024 26 2483 448 37 8.3 5.8 88.5 113.3 18.6 37.1 .244 .404 .330 .319 .353 36.2 19.5 10.4
Player 4725 774 61 7.9 5.2 88.1 113.3 19.1 35.4 .223 .374 .309 .306 .339 35.5 22.3 11.7
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
2022 25.2 38.1 25.2 11.5 49.6 32.4 18.0 6.5 14.4 44.6 20.9 5.0 8.6 5.0
2023 43.9 29.9 17.6 8.6 46.0 31.6 22.5 2.1 33.2 32.6 20.9 4.3 6.4 4.0
2024 34.8 31.3 25.2 8.7 41.3 35.9 22.8 2.7 25.2 32.4 24.3 7.1 8.3 5.8
Player 35.3 32.2 23.4 9.2 43.9 34.2 21.8 3.2 25.2 34.6 22.9 6.1 7.9 5.2
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 0.3 2 741 29.8 210 .280 .484 .379 14.6 11.9 12.3 .264 .453 .357 38.9
2024 Slider -0.7 -3 401 16.1 90 .181 .398 .296 36.8 27.8 21.9 .204 .342 .268 32.8
2024 Changeup -1.1 -4 376 15.1 100 .194 .258 .233 40.2 29.0 26.6 .208 .338 .265 31.3
2024 Sinker 2.0 6 301 12.1 85 .303 .618 .427 13.0 9.4 13.8 .324 .535 .397 43.5
2024 Curveball -0.1 0 252 10.1 52 .174 .239 .274 28.7 25.0 15.5 .215 .312 .280 30.3
2024 Cutter 1.4 3 176 7.1 50 .310 .643 .447 23.1 14.0 16.7 .269 .453 .370 37.1
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -2 111 4.5 23 .136 .318 .211 38.9 43.5 28.6 .120 .274 .188 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 -1 111 4.5 26 .208 .208 .227 50.0 30.8 24.2 .192 .226 .223 25.0
2024 Slurve 67.1 3 5 0.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .551 1.218 .732 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 4 390 32.2 108 .229 .494 .392 25.1 18.5 17.5 .248 .523 .404 51.6
2023 Changeup -2.2 -4 184 15.2 44 .146 .195 .207 37.3 31.8 26.9 .183 .297 .237 18.5
2023 Sinker -2.8 -5 182 15.0 50 .136 .318 .250 24.1 20.0 27.8 .197 .295 .268 32.4
2023 Slider -3.2 -4 138 11.4 31 .172 .241 .213 42.6 35.5 25.0 .165 .226 .202 33.3
2023 Curveball 3.4 4 110 9.1 21 .368 .526 .460 13.9 19.0 11.1 .327 .446 .369 26.7
2023 Sweeper -1.2 -1 69 5.7 12 .000 .000 .117 9.1 25.0 13.6 .053 .082 .157 14.3
2023 Split-Finger -3.5 -2 69 5.7 13 .000 .000 .054 38.7 38.5 26.3 .056 .064 .102 14.3
2023 Cutter 4.9 3 61 5.0 21 .353 .588 .460 20.7 14.3 15.0 .162 .252 .277 28.6
2023 Slurve -3.9 0 10 0.8 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 66.7 66.7 .227 .328 .240 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 373 36.2 89 .184 .368 .285 22.3 23.6 19.4 .188 .346 .281 42.1
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 166 16.1 33 .214 .357 .314 40.0 21.2 12.3 .267 .429 .362 23.8
2022 Cutter -0.5 -1 133 12.9 33 .172 .310 .264 23.3 27.3 25.7 .226 .340 .302 20.0
2022 Slider -2.7 -3 120 11.7 26 .087 .130 .163 35.3 50.0 28.9 .095 .170 .182 20.0
2022 Sinker -1.3 -1 106 10.3 33 .154 .231 .279 24.5 24.2 32.0 .160 .223 .281 33.3
2022 Curveball 0.5 0 91 8.8 14 .154 .385 .257 30.6 35.7 15.2 .244 .412 .313 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.7 -1 24 2.3 7 .143 .286 .179 46.7 57.1 40.0 .039 .068 .046 66.7
2022 Sweeper -1.9 0 16 1.6 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .265 .300 .398 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 238 1,029 -15 -6 10 3 -9
2023 303 1,213 -12 -11 11 5 -7
2024 640 2,483 1 -26 20 10 5
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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 1,029 48.0 71.1 77.8 24.3 54.6 42.0 33.2 46.7 27.9 6.4 81.8
2023 1,213 48.5 68.7 79.2 20.0 46.4 42.6 32.0 43.6 28.0 8.5 76.7
2024 2,483 47.8 67.8 82.5 24.7 50.3 44.5 34.1 45.3 26.1 7.1 84.7
Player 4,725 48.0 68.7 80.6 23.4 50.4 43.5 33.4 45.2 27.0 7.3 81.7
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
2022 38 58 78
2023 43 44 19 78
2024 49 36 48 48 57 71 54 38 88 26 65 77 41 75 57 19 81 45 64 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 %
2022 22.9 5 4.4 1 6 5 0 0.0
2023 22.1 10 10.4 0 4 8 4 40.0
2024 22.0 20 22.9 -3 8 19 8 40.0
Player 22.1 35 37.7 -3 18 32 12 34.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 5 5 3 6 4 4 5 5 3 2 3 6 7 3 4 7 4 3 5 4 5 2 7 5 3 2 6 7 6 3 3
2023 10 11 8 13 11 9 12 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 12 11 12 9 11 12 10 10 15 12 10 9 10 10 10 9 7
2024 20 26 14 27 22 24 26 26 21 16 17 24 28 18 26 22 22 22 25 30 23 20 32 27 19 23 23 21 25 21 17
Player 35 42 25 46 37 37 43 42 34 27 30 40 45 31 42 40 38 34 41 46 38 32 54 44 32 34 39 38 41 33 27
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 86.3 88.6 2.3 ↑ 88.5 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 25.0 15.5 -9.5 ↓ 18.6 3.1 ↑
Barrel % 8.6 6.4 -2.2 ↓ 8.3 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.8 35.3 1.5 ↑ 36.2 0.9 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 ↓ 37.1 7.2 ↑
xBA .190 .204 0.014 ↑ .244 0.040 ↑
BA .167 .195 0.028 ↑ .243 0.048 ↑
xwOBA .280 .300 0.020 ↑ .319 0.019 ↑
wOBA .266 .297 0.031 ↑ .330 0.033 ↑
xSLG .315 .352 0.037 ↑ .404 0.052 ↑
SLG .309 .355 0.046 ↑ .437 0.082 ↑
K% 28.2 23.8 -4.4 ↓ 19.5 -4.3 ↓
BB% 12.6 13.9 1.3 ↑ 10.4 -3.5 ↓
Swing % 46.7 43.6 -3.1 ↓ 45.3 1.7 ↑
Whiff% 27.9 28.0 0.1 ↑ 26.1 -1.9 ↓
In Zone % 48.0 48.5 0.5 ↑ 47.8 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.5 -0.5 ↓ 52.2 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.3 20.0 -4.3 ↓ 24.7 4.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 32.0 -1.2 ↓ 34.1 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 56.4 -4.5 ↓ 61.4 5.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 238 192 80.7 .329 .251
2023 Shades L 303 136 44.9 .308 .283
2024 Shades L 639 346 54.1 .349 .315
! 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

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