JJ Bleday

Bats L Throws L6'3" 205 lbBorn 1997 Danville, USADebut 2022Team CINDraft 2016 R39 #1164 San Diego Padres, A. Crawford Mosley HSContract 1 y/$1.4M (26) 2026: $1,400,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 102.8FIELD+ 96.3 at CFTotal 1.52 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	242	212	47	11	1	8	27	57	2	0.221	0.311	0.398	0.709	0.177	0.312	23.4	11.2	98.2	0.70
2027	439	381	84	18	1	17	53	101	4	0.221	0.317	0.411	0.728	0.190	0.319	23.1	12.0	104.7	1.62

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 99 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Gary Thomasson	1979	99.5	70.3	129
2	Josh Reddick	2014	101.0	117.7	578
3	Trevor Larnach	2024	104.0	98.9	566
4	Ben Oglivie	1976	102.2	108.3	497
5	Tommy Griffith	1917	109.5	100.7	478
6	Terry Whitfield	1980	106.1	did not play
7	Rich Becker	1999	91.8	105.9	357
8	Dave Martinez	1992	95.8	84.5	268
9	Joe Orsulak	1989	99.3	108.3	465
10	Walt Bond	1965	107.2	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			439		84	18	1	17		4	53	101	0.221	0.317	0.411	0.728	104.7
2026*	CIN	100	412	46	76	13	1	20		6	58	89	0.218	0.331	0.433	0.764	107.7
2025	ATH	98	344	48	65	17	0	14	39	1	36	91	0.212	0.294	0.404	0.698	90.6
2024	OAK	159	642	74	139	43	4	20	60	2	67	125	0.243	0.324	0.437	0.762	120.9
2023	OAK	82	303	35	50	11	0	10	27	5	42	72	0.195	0.310	0.355	0.666	95.7
2022	MIA	65	238	21	34	10	2	5	16	4	30	67	0.167	0.277	0.309	0.586	69.5
Career		404	1527	178	288	81	6	49	142	12	175	355	0.215	0.307	0.394	0.702	101.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	410	88.7	23.1	9.7	40.8	26.5	22.4	0.238	0.430	0.345	27.5
2025	344	88.7	20.5	7.8	38.7	29.8	24.9	0.197	0.345	0.276	27.1
2024	642	88.5	18.6	8.3	36.2	26.1	24.7	0.238	0.413	0.322	27.6
2023	303	88.6	15.5	6.5	35.3	28.2	20.1	0.200	0.354	0.300	27.2
2022	238	86.3	25.0	8.6	33.8	27.9	24.3	0.185	0.328	0.280	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ATH	OF	90	715	206	3	4	1	0.981
2024	OAK	OF	157	1295	392	8	5	1	0.988
2023	OAK	OF	79	622	160	4	3	2	0.982
2022	MIA	OF	64	513	113	1	1	0	0.991

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	104	6 HR, 1 SB	0.341	1.121
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	132	6 HR, 3 SB	0.353	0.980
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	133	8 HR, 1 SB	0.333	1.111
2022	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	367	20 HR, 1 SB	0.228	0.835
2021	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	468	12 HR, 5 SB	0.212	0.696
2019	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Bat	151	3 HR, 0 SB	0.257	0.690

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.308	0.352	0.386	0.296
2025	0.379	0.286	0.279	0.331
2024	0.320	0.345	0.326	0.354
2023	0.223	0.332	0.330	0.288
2022	0.188	0.284	0.229	0.305

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.