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 418 374 45 88 12 0 .235 .314 .433 .747
3 Seasons 959 834 101 172 27 9 .206 .304 .379 .683
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 5 4 .586
2023 .195 10 5 .665
2024 .235 12 0 .747
3 Seasons .206 27 9 .683
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 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 1634 295 24 8.1 5.7 88.8 113.3 18.5 39.3 .256 .426 .323 .329 .369 36.6 19.1 10.0
Player 3876 621 48 7.7 5.0 88.2 113.3 19.1 36.1 .224 .376 .301 .308 .344 35.6 22.8 11.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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 32.9 31.2 28.1 7.8 40.7 35.6 23.7 3.4 23.7 32.5 25.4 6.8 8.1 5.7
Player 34.5 32.4 24.3 8.9 44.3 33.7 22.1 3.7 24.5 35.3 23.0 5.6 7.7 5.0
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 0.6 3 507 31.0 138 .290 .524 .388 12.9 12.3 12.2 .283 .488 .365 37.4
2024 Slider -2.1 -6 266 16.3 60 .125 .357 .259 30.0 26.7 21.1 .202 .358 .267 37.5
2024 Changeup -2.1 -5 256 15.7 71 .169 .246 .224 38.3 26.8 26.8 .219 .364 .286 34.8
2024 Sinker 2.6 5 172 10.5 42 .333 .667 .454 14.9 7.1 10.7 .363 .583 .440 44.1
2024 Curveball -1.6 -3 170 10.4 34 .129 .194 .215 33.3 26.5 16.4 .220 .355 .284 36.4
2024 Cutter 1.8 2 125 7.6 37 .355 .613 .458 22.6 10.8 14.3 .300 .417 .372 29.6
2024 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 70 4.3 17 .200 .200 .241 50.0 35.3 31.6 .159 .196 .219 33.3
2024 Sweeper -1.2 -1 59 3.6 14 .154 .385 .257 42.1 42.9 27.3 .147 .379 .253 14.3
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 -4 185 15.3 44 .146 .195 .207 38.1 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 -5 143 11.8 32 .167 .233 .206 41.1 34.4 25.0 .160 .219 .196 31.6
2023 Curveball 3.4 4 110 9.1 21 .368 .526 .460 13.9 19.0 11.1 .327 .446 .369 26.7
2023 Split-Finger -3.5 -2 68 5.6 13 .000 .000 .054 36.7 38.5 26.3 .056 .064 .102 14.3
2023 Sweeper -1.0 -1 64 5.3 11 .000 .000 .127 10.0 27.3 13.6 .061 .093 .171 16.7
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 416 1,634 -2 -20 11 6 -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 1,634 48.4 67.3 82.1 24.1 53.7 45.8 32.7 45.0 25.3 7.0 80.7
Player 3,876 48.3 68.7 80.0 22.9 52.0 43.8 32.6 45.0 26.8 7.3 79.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2022 38 58 78
2023 43 44 19 78
2024 60 57 60 55 64 70 52 43 89 28 64 71 45 75 63 28 80 55 47
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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 21.9 12 15.6 -4 4 14 5 41.7
Player 22.1 27 30.4 -3 14 27 9 33.3
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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 12 17 9 19 14 18 20 19 13 10 12 16 15 11 18 14 16 17 17 22 15 13 21 19 15 16 15 16 15 14 12
Player 27 33 20 38 29 31 37 35 26 21 25 32 32 24 34 32 32 29 33 38 30 25 43 36 28 27 31 33 31 26 22
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 88.8 0.2
Launch Angle 25.0 15.5 -9.5 18.5 3.0
Barrel % 8.6 6.4 -2.2 8.1 1.7
Hard Hit % 33.8 35.3 1.5 36.6 1.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 39.3 9.4
xBA .190 .204 0.014 .256 0.052
BA .167 .195 0.028 .235 0.040
xwOBA .280 .300 0.020 .329 0.029
wOBA .266 .297 0.031 .323 0.026
xSLG .315 .352 0.037 .426 0.074
SLG .309 .355 0.046 .433 0.078
K% 28.2 23.8 -4.4 19.1 -4.7
BB% 12.6 13.9 1.3 10.0 -3.9
Swing % 46.7 43.6 -3.1 45.0 1.4
Whiff% 27.9 28.0 0.1 25.3 -2.7
In Zone % 48.0 48.5 0.5 48.4 -0.1
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.5 -0.5 51.6 0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 24.3 20.0 -4.3 24.1 4.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 32.0 -1.2 32.7 0.7
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 56.4 -4.5 59.1 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 238 201 84.5 .256 .268
2023 Shades L 303 136 44.9 .308 .283
2024 Shades L 416 233 56.0 .349 .304
! 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 416 15.4 46.2% 0.5% 271 18.4 4.1% 0.7%
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