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Taj Bradley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: March 20, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 5th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from Redan HS (Stone Mountain, GA).

High School: Redan HS (Stone Mountain, GA)

Debut: April 12, 2023 (Age 22-023d, 22,883rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 5.0 IP, 5 H, 8 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 0.114 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: Taj Ali Bradley

Twitter: @TajBradley

Instagram: @taj.brad

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

-0.7

ERA

5.81

5.63

26.1

131.0

161

WHIP

1.253

1.359

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 10 go ahead

1 Tm
TBR	30

Platoon
vs RHB	21
vs LHB	9

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	14

Outs
0	12
1	10
2	8

11 Opps
BAL	6
ARI	4
SEA	4
TOR	4
BOS	3
HOU	3
MIN	2
NYM	1
ATL	1
TEX	1
LAA	1

27 Batters
Eugenio Suárez	2
George Springer	2
Ryan Mountcastle	2
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Ramón Urías	1
Julio Rodríguez	1
Christian Walker	1
Wilyer Abreu	1
Logan O'Hoppe	1
Matt Wallner	1
Kyle Farmer	1
Cal Raleigh	1
Ketel Marte	1
Jeremy Peña	1
Anthony Santander	1
Marcus Semien	1
Gunnar Henderson	1
Evan Longoria	1
Ceddanne Rafaela	1
Yainer Diaz	1
Rafael Devers	1
Sean Murphy	1
Alex Bregman	1
Corbin Carroll	1
Jordan Westburg	1
Pete Alonso	1
Brandon Belt	1

10 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	14
Chase Field (PHO)	4
Camden Yards (BAL)	4
Target Field (MIN)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
8	11
7	8
9	4
78	4
89	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	7
1	6
2	6
5	4
4	3
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	11
2·HR gms	4
4·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	3
-2-	2
1-3	2
12-	1
--3	1

42 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	21
1 on	6
2 on	3
Any on	9

Inning
1	5
2	6
3	8
4	7
5	2
6	1
8	1

1-3	19
4-6	10
7-end	1

RelScore
+3	2
+2	4
+1	7
Tied	10
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	13
Tied	10
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-0	5
2-0	4
0-2	3
1-2	3
2-2	3
3-2	2
3-1	2
2-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	6
1B	5
C	4
RF	4
SS	4
2B	2
DH	2
LF	2
CF	1

OrderPos
4th	6
2nd	5
1st	4
5th	4
3rd	3
8th	3
9th	2
6th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2023-04-24	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	5	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2023-04-24	Jeremy Peña	HOU	@	TBR	tied 2-2	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	11%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2023-05-18	Pete Alonso	NYM		TBR	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CBC.X	1	4	3	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	2023-05-23	George Springer	TOR	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	1	1	9	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2023-06-21	Ramón Urías	BAL	@	TBR	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	3	6%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	2023-06-27	Corbin Carroll	ARI		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	7,(3-2) FBBBFFX	3	3	7	17%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Perdomo Scores; K. Marte Scores
7	7	7	2	2023-06-27	Christian Walker	ARI		TBR	ahead 3-0	b 1	0	---	6,(1-2) .BFCFFX	1	4	3	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	8	3	2023-06-27	Evan Longoria	ARI		TBR	ahead 5-4	b 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	4	2023-06-27	Ketel Marte	ARI		TBR	ahead 6-4	b 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBFX	1	2	4	8%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	10	1	2023-07-02	Eugenio Suárez	SEA		TBR	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	6	5	10%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	2023-07-08	Sean Murphy	ATL	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	2	18%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); O. Albies Scores; M. Olson Scores
12	12	12	1	2023-07-18	Marcus Semien	TEX		TBR	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	12%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	13	1	2023-07-23	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	5,(2-2) *BBSC.X	2	1	6	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Frazier Scores
14	14	14	1	2023-07-29	Yainer Diaz	HOU		TBR	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Abreu Scores
15	15	15	1	2023-09-08	Eugenio Suárez	SEA	@	TBR	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	9%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	16	2	2023-09-08	Julio Rodríguez	SEA	@	TBR	tied 2-2	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	17	3	2023-09-08	Cal Raleigh	SEA	@	TBR	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	2	13%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
18	18	18	1	2023-09-13	Matt Wallner	MIN		TBR	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	7%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
19	19	19	2	2023-09-13	Kyle Farmer	MIN		TBR	behind 1-4	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	9%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	20	1	2023-09-19	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	@	TBR	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	10%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	21	1	2023-09-24	George Springer	TOR	@	TBR	tied 2-2	t 2	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	9	26%	76%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Merrifield Scores; K. Kiermaier Scores
22	22	22	2	2023-09-24	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	@	TBR	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	DH	8%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
23	23	23	1	2023-10-01	Brandon Belt	TOR		TBR	behind 7-12	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	DH	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2024-05-15	Wilyer Abreu	BOS		TBR	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	7,(2-2) CS.BFFBX	1	2	9	12%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	2024-05-20	Rafael Devers	BOS	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	5	16%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Abreu Scores
26	26	3	2	2024-05-20	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	@	TBR	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	--3	4,(1-2) SFBX	2	9	6	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hamilton Scores
27	27	4	1	2024-06-01	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	19%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Rutschman Scores
28	28	5	2	2024-06-01	Anthony Santander	BAL		TBR	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	5	9	8%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
29	29	6	3	2024-06-01	Jordan Westburg	BAL		TBR	tied 3-3	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBSX	1	7	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	7	4	2024-06-01	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL		TBR	ahead 7-5	b 4	1	1--	3,(0-2) FFX	2	4	3	12%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. O'Hearn Scores