JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Sat 6/8/24 12:31 AM

Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-1 win over the Blue Jays.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday's blast was the Athletics' fifth hit of the game, but it was enough to earn a walk-off win. The outfielder is batting .294 (10-for-34) over his last nine contests, but this was his first homer since May 24. For the season, he's at a .246/.328/.469 slash line with nine long balls, 23 RBI, 26 runs scored, 18 doubles, three triples and no stolen bases over 65 games.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Wed 6/5/24 11:24 AM

Bleday went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run in a loss to the Mariners on Tuesday.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday produced the only multi-hit effort of the night for the Athletics and pushed his on-base percentage to an impressive .335 with his three trips on the basepaths. The 26-year-old has been wielding a particularly hot bat over the last six games, producing a .348 average (8-for-23) with two doubles, a triple, five walks and two runs while striking out at a modest 17.9 percent clip.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Thu 5/30/24 12:34 PM

Bleday went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run in a loss to the Rays on Wednesday.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday ripped his third three-bagger of the campaign as part of his third multi-hit effort in the last nine games. The 26-year-old also has eight extra-base hits during that stretch, helping lead to a 1.036 OPS alongside matching 12.2 percent walk and strikeout rates across 41 plate appearances.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Sat 5/25/24 1:20 AM

Bleday went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and three total runs scored in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Astros.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday has found his swing with a homer in three straight games and a hitting streak up to seven contests. During the hitting streak, he's gone 9-for-33 (.273) with eight extra-base hits. The outfielder is slashing .247/.317/.478 with eight homers, 22 RBI, 21 runs scored, 15 doubles, two triples and no stolen bases over 206 plate appearances this season. Bleday's held a starting role all season, and that's not going to change while he's swinging a hot bat.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Fri 5/24/24 12:29 PM

Bleday went 1-for-6 with a two-run home run in an extra-innings win over the Rockies on Thursday.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday stepped to the plate in the 11th with the Athletics having already cut a four-run deficit in half, and he delivered with a 409-foot shot to center to knot the score at 9-9. It was the second consecutive game in which Bleday left the yard, and the clutch homer also extended the outfielder's hitting streak to six games. Bleday has impressively laced 23 of his 44 hits for extra bases this season, and all three components of his .243/.315/.459 slash line are career bests.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Thu 5/23/24 10:56 AM

Bleday went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Wednesday's extra-innings loss to the Rockies.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday lifted a solo homer off Austin Gomber in his second at-bat of the game to cut the Rockies' lead to one run, while also extending his hitting streak to five games. It was the outfielder's sixth home run this season and third in the month of May, during which he's now batting .250 with 10 RBI and 10 runs scored. Bleday has also scored a run in three straight games.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Mon 5/20/24 12:51 PM

Bleday went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and a run in a loss to the Royals on Sunday.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday continued to pound the ball Sunday, with his pair of doubles pushing his season extra-base-hit total to 20, just one short of the career high he established in 2023. Bleday has put together an extended stretch of productive performances at the plate, recording a .267/.353/.483 slash line with four multi-hit efforts, nine XBH and nine RBI across the 69 plate appearances covering his last 16 games.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Wed 5/15/24 5:59 PM

Bleday is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Astros.
EDGE Analysis
The lefty-hitting Bleday will retreat to the bench while southpaw Framber Valdez takes the hill for Houston. Esteury Ruiz will fill in for Bleday in center field.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Tue 5/14/24 12:37 PM

Bleday went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in a loss to the Astros on Monday. He was also caught stealing on his one attempt.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday plated the Athletics' second and final run of the night with his fifth-inning two-bagger, driving in Abraham Toro. The lefty-swinging slugger has been mostly clicking at the plate in May, producing a .286/.400/.524 slash line with a 15.7 percent walk rate, six extra-base hits and nine RBI over 51 plate appearances.

JJ Bleday
OF ATH
Sun 5/12/24 10:32 AM

Bleday went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's win over the Mariners.
EDGE Analysis
Bleday went hitless in his first three at-bats before advancing Esteury Ruiz to third with a sacrifice bunt in the top of the eighth, leading to one of three runs that would come home for Oakland in the frame. The 26-year-old outfielder would then launch his fifth long ball of the season in the following inning as the Athletics ran away with an 8-1 victory on the road. Four of Bleday's homers have come over his last 11 games, and he's now hit safely five of his last six contests. It also marked his third game this month in which he's recorded multiple RBI.