Taj Bradley
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #150, Tampa Bay Rays | Redan HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 5 8 5.59 23 21 0 104.2 129 1.39
2024 6 4 2.43 14 14 0 81.1 97 1.01
2 Seasons 11 12 4.21 37 35 0 186 226 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 23 5-8 5.59 104.2 129 1.39
2024 14 6-4 2.43 81.1 97 1.01
2 Seasons 37 11-12 4.21 186 226 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 22 1821 291 31 10.7 6.7 91.2 113.4 17.1 37.5 .244 .440 .344 .324 .417 46.4 28.0 8.5 5.59 4.45
2024 23 1293 198 21 10.6 6.5 90.7 116.4 13.5 33.3 .210 .389 .259 .294 .384 38.4 30.0 8.4 2.43 3.44
Player 3114 489 52 10.6 6.6 91.0 116.4 15.7 35.8 .230 .419 .309 .312 .404 43.1 28.9 8.4
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bradley relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.8%) ,
Split Finger
(27.9%) ,
Cutter
(20.3%) ,
Curveball
(9.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 36.4 24.1 27.8 11.7 37.5 35.1 27.5 3.8 25.8 27.1 26.1 6.5 10.7 6.7
2024 43.9 29.3 21.2 5.6 35.4 39.9 24.7 4.5 32.8 25.8 19.2 6.6 10.6 6.5
Player 39.5 26.2 25.2 9.2 36.6 37.0 26.4 4.1 28.6 26.6 23.3 6.5 10.6 6.6
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball TB R 553 96.3 11.1 2.2 17 5.5 -1.7 -24
2024 Split-Finger TB R 361 90.6 28.5 -1.8 -6 10.2 -1.1 -10
2024 Curveball TB R 116 78.8 62.7 8.6 16 7.2 -1.4 -16
2024 Cutter TB R 263 90.7 26.6 -2.0 -8 5.4 2.7 102
2023 Split-Finger TB R 248 89.3 26.8 -4.2 -14 9.3 -2.4 -20
2023 Curveball TB R 304 79.0 60.9 6.4 12 6.6 -1.7 -21
2023 Sinker TB R 1 97.8 9.7 -9.0 -48 11.2 -3.7 -25
2023 Cutter TB R 451 88.9 29.4 -2.3 -8 4.4 1.6 56
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 817 96.1 10.9 2.7 20 4.9 -2.5 -34
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 553 42.8 144 .248 .440 .350 21.6 20.1 17.8 .283 .563 .399 44.3
2024 Split-Finger 2.2 8 361 27.9 110 .139 .188 .187 32.2 43.6 30.0 .131 .186 .175 27.3
2024 Cutter 1.9 5 263 20.3 55 .154 .288 .203 34.4 30.9 29.8 .170 .326 .245 41.7
2024 Curveball -0.8 -1 116 9.0 14 .154 .385 .257 33.3 21.4 13.6 .263 .531 .359 30.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 817 44.9 226 .277 .559 .398 19.1 23.5 19.7 .264 .492 .368 46.2
2023 Cutter -1.4 -6 451 24.8 102 .312 .581 .400 29.5 19.6 22.5 .284 .501 .359 51.4
2023 Curveball 0.7 2 304 16.7 69 .169 .338 .254 22.4 43.5 21.4 .199 .356 .259 45.7
2023 Split-Finger -0.5 -1 248 13.6 63 .190 .333 .237 41.0 41.3 34.7 .167 .276 .188 37.8
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 116 78.8 89 22.6 6:45 6:45 0
2024 Cutter 262 90.7 51 8.5 11:30 10:30 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 553 96.3 95 19.0 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Split-Finger 320 90.5 77 11.7 1:00 2:15 -75
2023 Curveball 301 78.9 87 20.9 6:45 6:45 0
2023 Cutter 446 88.9 42 7.1 11:00 10:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 803 96.1 95 19.1 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Split-Finger 233 89.3 76 12.0 12:45 2:00 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 460 1,821 -16 19 -7 -6 -10
2024 323 1,293 8 17 -6 -5 14
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 1,821 52.7 71.8 79.7 27.2 59.0 42.1 62.0 50.7 24.9 9.1 82.4
2024 1,293 49.0 73.0 81.2 30.0 51.5 40.0 62.2 51.0 27.4 7.4 87.5
Player 3,114 51.2 72.3 80.3 28.4 55.6 41.2 62.1 50.8 26.0 8.4 84.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2023 38 49 27 17 57 22 11 5 5 81 47 41 28 85 66 39 49
2024 68 86 56 24 85 24 6 6 52 91 45 67 67 86 61 48 54
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.5 94.5 1.0
Offspeed Velocity 89.3 90.6 1.3
Breaking Velocity 79.0 78.8 -0.2
Exit Velocity 91.2 90.7 -0.5
Launch Angle 17.1 13.5 -3.6
Barrel % 10.7 10.6 -0.1
Hard Hit % 46.4 38.4 -8.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 33.3 -4.2
xBA .244 .210 -0.034
BA .255 .189 -0.066
xwOBA .324 .294 -0.030
wOBA .344 .259 -0.085
xSLG .440 .389 -0.051
SLG .495 .323 -0.172
K% 28.0 30.0 2.0
BB% 8.5 8.4 -0.1
Swing % 50.7 51.0 0.3
Whiff% 24.9 27.4 2.5
In Zone % 52.7 49.0 -3.7
Out of Zone % 47.3 51.0 3.7
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 30.0 2.8
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 37.5 2.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 62.2 0.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 460 .344 230 33 14.3 230 98 42.6
2024 Shades 322 .259 152 55 36.2 170 97 57.1
! 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 %
2023 485 15.2 44.5% 0.8% 268 20.3 0.4% 0.4%
2024 330 14.7 56.1% 0.3% 138 19.9 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution