Jeffrey

Bleday

LFAge : 28Bats : L

#22

JJ Bleday

#22LFCincinnati Reds

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 93 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2022-07-23

Born in : Danville, PA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Cincinnati Reds	133	466	101	24	58	.217	.740
2025	Athletics	98	307	65	14	39	.212	.698
2024	Athletics	159	572	139	20	60	.243	.761
2023	Athletics	82	256	50	10	27	.195	.665
2022	Miami Marlins	65	204	34	5	16	.167	.586
Career totals		537	1805	389	73	200	.216	.712

ContractCincinnati Reds payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.4 M$
AAV: 1.40 M$

2026
1.40 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

103

wOBA

.326

xwOBA

.340

OPS

.740

AVG

.217

OBP

.324

RBI

545

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.3

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+13)

20230.4 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20243.2 WAR · 3.0 per full season
2025-0.4 WAR · -0.7 per full season
20261.3 WAR · 1.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

+23 · 28 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 67
POW: Power; 76
EYE: Eye; 85
SPD: Speed; 72
FLD: Fielding; 67
DUR: Durability; 76
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.3

#160 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

57 / 100

#114 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

48 / 100

Surplus $10.9M · salary $1.9M

PAL: dimensions

Offense57

Power69

Discipline84

Speed47

Defense37

WAR, in runs

Batting+2.3

Baserunning-0.6

Fielding-0.2

Positional-6.2

Replacement+16.6

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

88.4 mi/h

37th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.6 mi/h

73th percentile

Barrels

9.5 %

64th percentile

Hard-hit

40.1 %

47th percentile

xBA

.240

36th percentile

Bat speed

73.6 mi/h

72th percentile

Sprint speed

27.5 pi/s

52th percentile

Outs above average

-2

35th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CIN	1.3	57	74	88.4	112.6	9.5	40.1	.240
2025	ATH	-0.4	7	59	88.7	109.9	7.8	38.7	.197
2024	ATH	3.2	63	73	88.5	113.3	8.3	36.2	.238
2023	ATH	0.4	27	57	88.6	108.8	6.4	35.3	.200
2022	MIA	-0.3	14	59	86.3	107.9	8.6	33.8	.185

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ TOR	4	2	0	0	0	1	.217
Sep 26	@ TOR	3	1	1	1	1	2	.214
Sep 25	@ TOR	4	0	0	0	0	2	.214
Sep 24	@ ATL	4	0	0	0	0	0	.215
Sep 23	@ ATL	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Sep 22	@ ATL	4	2	0	0	0	0	.218
Sep 20	vs CHC	3	1	1	1	1	0	.215
Sep 19	vs CHC	4	1	0	0	0	1	.214
Sep 18	vs CHC	3	1	0	0	1	1	.214
Sep 16	vs LAD	4	1	0	0	0	0	.213