JJ Bleday Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Bleday does his damage against fastballs: a 1.125 OPS against them, against .736 on offspeed pitches.

33 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 21 on offspeed pitches.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Bleday should be hitting .330, 99th percentile in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 7th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Bleday is on base at a .457 clip, 100th percentile in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 2nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Bleday is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .736 OPS there against 1.233 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

5 of Bleday's 6 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 403 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Bleday hits the ball hard: 93.8 mph off the bat on average, 96th percentile in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 17th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Bleday's OPS+ of 241 puts him 100th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 1st in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Bleday walks in 17.1% of his plate appearances, 96th percentile.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 17th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.9% of Bleday's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 90th percentile.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 41st in MLB.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Bleday does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 90th percentile barrel rate, 87th percentile strikeout rate.

70 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

56.3% of Bleday's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 96th percentile in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 17th in MLB.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Bleday averages 20.8 degrees off the bat: 48.9% of his contact is in the air and 29.8% of it is on the ground.

47 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is real damage in his bat

Bleday is slugging .776, 100th percentile in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 1st in MLB.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Bleday finds the launch angles that produce hits on 51.1% of his contact, 100th percentile.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 2nd in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Bleday swings it at 70.5 mph, 85th percentile bat speed in the league.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 64th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Bleday strikes out in only 14.3% of his trips, 87th percentile.

70 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 54th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Bleday slugs .640 against fastballs and .450 against offspeed pitches.

33 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Bleday's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Bleday is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty: a 1.412 OPS there against 1.233 overall.

42 plate appearances in that situation.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Bleday pulls 50% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 10.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

24 pulled, 19 up the middle and 5 the other way over 48 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Bleday's batting average is .345 but the quality of his contact projects .330, a gap of .015 he is currently outrunning.

70 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Bleday hits it hardest to his pull side: 96.6 mph on average there, against 92.6 up the middle.

24 batted balls to his pull side, 19 up the middle.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Bleday averages 92.8 mph off the bat, against 94.2 with the bases empty.

12 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 36 without.

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