Blake Perkins

Bats B Throws R5'11" 197 lbBorn 1996 Litchfield Park, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2015 R2 #69 Washington Nationals, Verrado (AZ) HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $120,657

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 87.1FIELD+ 100.9 at CFTotal 0.23 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	179	157	35	6	1	4	18	47	6	0.220	0.304	0.336	0.640	0.116	0.288	26.1	10.3	79.5	0.11
2027	144	126	28	5	1	3	15	36	5	0.219	0.304	0.335	0.639	0.116	0.288	24.8	10.3	80.6	0.11

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 77 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	Abraham Almonte	2017	82.5	50.8	151
2	Wilbur Howard	1977	73.8	62.6	158
3	Reggie Willits	2009	84.7	84.1	182
4	Quinton McCracken	1999	83.6	17.4	37
5	Bobby Brown	1982	77.9	105.1	250
6	Delwyn Young	2010	89.6	did not play
7	Adrian Brown	2002	74.8	14.6	16
8	Rusty Torres	1977	77.2	180.4	51
9	Felipe Crespo	2001	85.3	did not play
10	Bernie Neis	1924	91.8	101.0	400

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			144		28	5	1	3		5	15	36	0.219	0.304	0.335	0.639	80.6
2026*	MIL	55	101	14	14	6	0	1		3	10	22	0.157	0.250	0.258	0.508	44.5
2025	MIL	54	171	25	35	6	2	3	19	7	15	47	0.226	0.298	0.348	0.647	81.9
2024	MIL	121	434	54	92	13	2	6	43	23	42	108	0.240	0.316	0.332	0.647	84.4
2023	MIL	67	168	28	31	7	0	4	20	5	23	46	0.217	0.325	0.350	0.675	90.9
Career		242	773	107	158	26	4	13	82	35	80	201	0.232	0.314	0.339	0.653	85.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	101	86.4	13.4	4.4	33.8	20.9	28.9	0.196	0.295	0.264	28.7
2025	171	89.6	6.2	3.7	34.3	28.4	18.5	0.223	0.326	0.279	29.1
2024	434	88.8	12.0	3.9	37.7	27.1	24.7	0.218	0.319	0.280	29.6
2023	168	85.8	14.8	5.1	29.3	22.9	17.0	0.192	0.304	0.279	30.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	MIL	OF	52	375	113	1	1	0	0.991
2024	MIL	OF	119	956	300	7	1	2	0.997
2023	MIL	OF	66	401	107	5	1	1	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	Nashville Sounds	Bat	33	0 HR, 2 SB	0.222	0.586
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	43	1 HR, 2 SB	0.235	0.807
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	76	1 HR, 4 SB	0.230	0.710
2025	Rk	ACL Brewers	Bat	22	0 HR, 1 SB	0.389	0.889
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	34	1 HR, 2 SB	0.192	0.728
2023	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	182	4 HR, 5 SB	0.308	0.896
2022	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	114	3 HR, 4 SB	0.244	0.803
2022	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	283	12 HR, 17 SB	0.247	0.815
2021	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	280	7 HR, 9 SB	0.202	0.651
2019	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	122	2 HR, 4 SB	0.218	0.614
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	352	6 HR, 18 SB	0.226	0.699
2018	A+	Potomac Nationals	Bat	305	1 HR, 12 SB	0.234	0.634
2018	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	291	2 HR, 17 SB	0.240	0.703
2018	A+	nan	Bat	596	3 HR, 29 SB	0.237	0.667
2017	A	Hagerstown Suns	Bat	572	8 HR, 31 SB	0.255	0.732
2016	A	Hagerstown Suns	Bat	33	0 HR, 0 SB	0.200	0.533
2015	Rk	GCL Nationals	Bat	185	1 HR, 4 SB	0.211	0.548

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.324	0.195	0.248	0.291
2025	0.355	0.278	0.268	0.331
2024	0.327	0.284	0.246	0.345
2023	0.272	0.325	0.276	0.337

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	7	15	1	3	1	1	0	3	6	0.200	0.333	0.267	0.600
2024	2	6	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000
Career	9	21	1	6	1	2	1	4	7	0.286	0.385	0.333	0.718