Jackie Bradley Jr. is 7th *IN BASEBALL* at hitting four seam fastballs. He’s just behind guys like Judge, Yordan, and Soto, and just ahead of guys like Ramirez and Goldschmidt.

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1. Damn, how bad is this guy against other pitches then?

2. This is meaningless.

   On the season he is hitting **.210/.257/.321 with an OPS+ of 59.**

   Throw him like anything else and he is out. LOL.

3. But… who cares?

   This 26th man shouldn’t ever be taking at bats. This roster spot should never be in the lineup.

   The Jays were using this extra spot perfectly for Zimmer. He wasn’t allowed to hit, he was exclusively asked to run fast. And he did. Very well. Better than JBJ will.

   If they want someone who can sort of somewhat take ABs without batting .100… why? What’s the point? Tapia or Merrifield can better fill in for Springer.

   This is a downgrade if you’re putting him in the lineup and a downgrade if you’re using him in Zimmer’s role. He’s just worse at both things.

4. Hey, the fact he can hit something well is good. Pitchers who can’t get their off speed junk over the plate are entering the DANGER ZONE. (Slight sarcasm)

5. Surprised how no Jays are on the list. We seem to hit hard throwers well

6. So what this data is telling me is that teams should throw anything but a fastball to him.

7. Huh that’s interesting that he still faces a higher percentage of fastballs than almost 80% of the league (36.9% fastballs puts him 404th out of 518 hitters)

   That said he ranks dead last at hitting changeups by run value as well and bottom 15th percentile against other offspeed and breaking pitches

8. Can he pitch?