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Jon Jay

Cardinals Career team 2010–2015
Number #9
Position Right Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 41
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Miami, FL
Born Mar 15, 1985

Key Insights

2021
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Clayton Kershaw has struck Jay out 6 times in 12 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Jay hits Wily Peralta harder than anyone: 96.4 mph off the bat, against a median of 84.6 across the pitchers he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Jay has hit .333/.333/.667 against Jeff Samardzija in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 12 with 1 home run and 3 strikeouts, against a .502 OPS median across his matchups.
He is a different player against this opponent

Jay carries a .705 career OPS; against Johnny Cueto it is .251, over 17 plate appearances.

1 for 15 with 0 home runs.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Jay cannot get the barrel to Alex Wood: 68.3 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 84.6 across the pitchers he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup has gone worse than he has deserved

The .100 Jay has hit against Max Scherzer understates the contact: the quality of it projects .305.

12 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 15, 1985
Birth Place Miami, FL
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Miami