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Jonatan Clase

2026
Blue Jays· LF · bats S · throws R· 25 PA

Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Fbetter than 14% of hitters at creating bases

He's running above his established level this season — a cooler stretch wouldn't be a surprise.

Still Searching

Below league average across the board.

Still searching for results at the plate

Jonatan Clase walks at a league-average clip — better than 58% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 14% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. Early-season read — only 25 plate appearances so far.

25 plate appearances · data through 2026-08-22.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Spokes are the metric itself; ↓ marks a rate where a LOWER number is better. Percentiles vs. 499 qualified hitters — 50+ plate appearances. He hasn't reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.

Alex JacksonTwinsChadwick TrompOriolesAlek ThomasDodgersJonah CoxGiants

Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs RHP than vs LHP by 0.016 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: -0.006 to +0.036

That interval crosses zero, so the model can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.

vs LHP8 PA0.382

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.382 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.352 to 0.412, based on 8 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.339 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.425 EB/PA.

Raw vs LHP rate (0.339) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

vs RHP17 PA0.398

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.398 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.370 to 0.425, based on 17 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.527 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.436 EB/PA.

Raw vs RHP rate (0.527) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

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Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

About the typical split for a switch hitter (median 0.015). He sits below the league median against both hands.

He sits in the league's bottom quarter vs both lefties and righties.

How to read this chart
  • Tap or hover any mark for its number, or tab to a row for all of them.
  • His raw rate is the unshrunk number against that hand — small samples make it noisy, which is why the model pulls his estimate toward a more trustworthy value.
  • “Middle half of the league” is the 25th–75th percentile of all hitters against that hand.
  • Jonatan Clase switch-hits — he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance, so a small gap here is expected. It is not missing data or a modeling error.
  • Shrunk splits beat raw splits decisively at low PA counts and converge with them as playing time builds — individual platoon gaps need roughly 1,000+ PA vs a hand before the raw number alone can be trusted.

How he hits

What happens when he puts a ball in play

He hits the ball to the pull side most often, and that's where his hardest contact goes.

Best batted balls

Where every ball Jonatan Clase put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Walker BuehlerHome run
EV 100 mph · LA 35° · EB 3.5
07/11 vs Padres
vs Trevor McDonaldHome run
EV 100 mph · LA 37° · EB 1.9
07/07 vs Giants
vs Adrian MorejonSingle
EV 95 mph · LA 15° · EB 0.8
07/12 vs Padres
vs Germán MárquezSingle
EV 104 mph · LA 4° · EB 0.6
07/12 vs Padres
vs JP SearsSingle
EV 83 mph · LA 9° · EB 0.5
07/10 vs Padres
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB) — what the contact was worth, regardless of what the defense did with it. So a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Best games

His biggest games this year

Best games

His best games this season by bases above replacement.

Multi-season trends · Jonatan Clase

HR% up, BB% up, K% up vs last season

Actual rates — what happened on the field, season by season.