JJ Bleday
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 27
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 .242 .400 .330 .319 .352 36.2 19.5 10.4
Player 4725 774 61 7.9 5.2 88.1 113.3 19.1 35.4 .222 .371 .309 .306 .339 35.5 22.3 11.7
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 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 2 740 29.8 209 .282 .486 .381 14.4 12.0 12.3 .262 .447 .356 38.5
2024 Slider -0.7 -3 400 16.1 92 .179 .393 .297 36.8 27.2 21.7 .201 .338 .271 32.2
2024 Changeup -1.1 -4 376 15.1 100 .194 .258 .233 40.2 29.0 26.6 .207 .329 .264 31.3
2024 Sinker 1.9 6 302 12.2 86 .299 .610 .422 13.7 9.3 13.8 .324 .541 .401 44.3
2024 Curveball 0.0 0 251 10.1 51 .178 .244 .279 29.0 25.5 15.5 .214 .315 .284 31.3
2024 Cutter 1.3 2 178 7.2 49 .310 .643 .442 22.8 14.3 17.1 .268 .435 .359 37.1
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -2 111 4.5 23 .136 .318 .211 38.9 43.5 28.6 .128 .276 .192 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 -1 111 4.5 26 .208 .208 .227 50.0 30.8 24.2 .187 .218 .219 25.0
2024 Slurve 67.1 3 5 0.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .609 1.420 .855 100.0
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 25.3 20.0 27.8 .197 .295 .268 32.4
2023 Slider -3.2 -4 135 11.1 30 .179 .250 .220 43.4 36.7 26.2 .170 .233 .208 35.3
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 -1.3 -1 72 5.9 13 .000 .000 .108 8.7 23.1 12.5 .052 .077 .147 12.5
2023 Split-Finger -3.5 -2 69 5.7 13 .000 .000 .054 38.7 38.5 26.3 .055 .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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

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 28.2 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 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 38 58 78
2023 43 44 19 78
2024 52 36 51 51 60 71 54 38 88 26 65 77 41 75 56 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 21.7 -2 8 19 7 35.0
Player 22.1 35 36.5 -2 18 32 11 31.4
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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 9 9 10 10 10 9 7
2024 20 25 13 26 20 22 25 25 20 15 15 23 25 18 25 21 21 21 23 29 22 18 31 26 18 22 22 20 23 20 16
Player 35 41 24 45 35 35 42 41 33 26 28 39 42 31 41 39 37 33 39 45 37 30 53 43 30 33 38 37 39 32 26
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 .242 0.038
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 .400 0.048
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 28.2 0.3 26.1 -2.1
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 639 345 54.0 .348 .316
! 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 279 17.4 20.8% 1.8% 186 23.3 0.5% 7.5%
2023 345 15.2 45.5% 1.2% 213 19.1 3.8% 0.0%
2024 638 15.4 44.5% 0.3% 458 18.5 5.0% 1.1%
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