Bleday went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday launched a 408-foot shot to right center in the first inning off Colin Rea to give the Athletics a fast start they wouldn't be able to sustain. The slugging outfielder is on quite the power surge over the last two weeks, smacking five homers across 49 plate appearances, including three in his last five games alone.

Bleday is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Rays, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Southpaw Jeffrey Springs will take the hill for the Rays, so the left-handed-hitting Bleday will begin the contest on the bench. Daz Cameron will draw the start in center field for the Athletics.

Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a loss to the Rays on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

The slugging outfielder opened the scoring with a 373-foot solo shot to right field, his fourth homer in the last nine games. Bleday has had two hitless games during that span, but a pair of three-hit efforts in the same sample and the quartet of round trippers has helped him to a .303 average and 1.092 OPS across 40 plate appearances.

Bleday went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk Monday in a 3-0 win against Tampa Bay.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday provided all the offense starter Joe Boyle and three relievers would need with his two-run blast in the first inning. The center fielder had gone 0-for-8 over his previous two games but has been hot overall of late, batting .346 (9-for-26) with three home runs and nine RBI over his past six games. Bleday ranks third on the Athletics with 16 homers and 47 RBI across 123 contests on the campaign.

Bleday went 3-for-5 with a grand slam, a stolen base and an additional run scored in Thursday's 7-6 win over the Mets.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday filled up the box score Thursday, though his big hit came in the fourth inning when he launched a two-out grand slam of Jose Quintana to get Oakland on the board, cutting their deficit to 5-4 in the eventual comeback win. The 26-year-old Bleday's been hot at the plate for over two weeks now, going 19-for-53 (.358) with three homers, nine RBI and a 1.028 OPS in his last 15 games. Overall, he's slashing .249/.330/.449 with 15 homers, 45 RBI, 57 runs scored and one steal across 483 plate appearances this season.

Bleday went 1-for-3 with two walks and three runs in a win over the Mets on Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

One game after unloading for his 14th home run of the season and crossing the 40-RBI mark, Bleday got it done in small-ball style Tuesday. The hot-hitting outfielder lifted his OBP on the season to .326 with his three trips on the basepaths, and he now boasts a .333 average and .956 OPS with five extra-base hits, five RBI and nine runs across his last 13 games.

Bleday went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk and three RBI in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Blue Jays.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday hit a two-run homer in the first inning and was perfect at the plate until his final at-bat. It was the outfielder's first long ball in August, a month in which he has gone 10-for-33 while hitting safely in seven of nine contests. On the season, he is hitting .243 with 14 home runs, 41 RBI and 52 runs scored across 469 plate appearances.

Bleday went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk in a loss to the Blue Jays on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday provided one of three extra-base hits on the night for the Athletics, hitting safely for the ninth time in 10 games in the process. The slugging outfielder is currently in an eight-game home-run drought, but Bleday still carries a serviceable .756 OPS on the campaign thanks to having laced over half (50) of his 99 hits for extra bases.

Bleday went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a run in a win over the Dodgers on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday's fifth-inning two-bagger, his 31st double of the season, plated Miguel Andujar to extend the Athletics' lead to 4-2 at the time. Bleday now has a five-game on-base streak and back-to-back multi-hit efforts, and all three components of his .241/.320/.441 slash line are comfortably career highs.

Bleday went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Tuesday's win over the Giants.

EDGE Analysis

Bleday entered the game as a pinch hitter in the fifth and came through with a solo blast to right in the eighth to extend the Oakland lead. It was just his second home run in July and his first RBI in just over a week, as he's struggled to get going at the dish for most of the month. The 2019 first-round pick is slashing .236/.316/.437 with 13 homers, 37 RBI, 48 runs, zero stolen bases and a 44:80 BB:K in 428 plate appearances. He's also tied for second in the American League with 30 doubles for the year.