Blake Dunn

Bats R Throws R5'10" 210 lbBorn 1998 Holland, USADebut 2024Team CINDraft 2021 R15 #450 Cincinnati Reds, Western MichiganContract 1 y (26) 2026: $645,260

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 71.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.10 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	103	90	21	4	0	2	9	29	3	0.236	0.319	0.358	0.677	0.122	0.303	28.4	8.3	89.1	0.18
2027	276	242	58	10	1	5	22	66	9	0.240	0.320	0.350	0.670	0.110	0.301	24.0	8.0	85.7	0.38

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 71 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Doug Howard	1974	47.1	31.3	29
2	Jose Leon	2003	67.5	24.3	69
3	John Jaha	1992	67.4	103.7	582
4	Jesus Vega	1982	59.8	did not play
5	Brad Eldred	2007	68.3	did not play
6	Brandon Dixon	2018	44.0	85.3	420
7	Lou Guisto	1921	49.4	66.2	90
8	Harry Swacina	1908	45.3	did not play
9	Steve Balboni	1983	72.1	122.6	488
10	Hugh Bradley	1911	71.5	62.3	160

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			276		58	10	1	5		9	22	66	0.240	0.320	0.350	0.670	85.7
2026*	CIN	38	155	20	40	7	1	2		6	10	33	0.282	0.335	0.387	0.723	93.1
2025	CIN	30	75	10	9	2	0	1	7	1	8	25	0.150	0.320	0.233	0.553	65.4
2024	CIN	19	29	8	4	1	0	1	1	2	2	11	0.154	0.241	0.308	0.549	47.5
Career		49	104	18	13	3	0	2	8	3	10	36	0.151	0.298	0.256	0.554	60.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	155	89.2	14.6	2.9	30.3	23.3	28.7	0.241	0.317	0.278	29.6
2025	75	88.6	-0.3	8.6	37.1	33.1	24.7	0.188	0.287	0.304	29.7
2024	29	85.7	22.7	6.7	13.3	37.0	28.1	0.158	0.301	0.245	29.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	OF	32	178	60	0	0	0	1.000
2024	CIN	OF	17	75	18	0	0	0	1.000

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	138	1 HR, 7 SB	0.277	0.718
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	422	7 HR, 24 SB	0.291	0.798
2024	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	421	7 HR, 21 SB	0.240	0.691
2023	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	357	15 HR, 35 SB	0.332	0.989
2023	A+	Dayton Dragons	Bat	202	8 HR, 19 SB	0.276	0.871
2022	A	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	127	4 HR, 18 SB	0.290	0.963

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.326	0.342	0.242	0.428
2025	0.303	0.245	0.206	0.333
2024	0.269	0.209	0.308	0.145

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