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| Player Report for #8 Willie Braden Jr. | | Monday, July 23rd, 2029 | 
| AB | 171 | | HR | 1 | | RBI | 24 | | AVG | .275 | | OPS | .748 |
| | Name: | Willie Braden Jr. | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $163,440 | | Birthday: | 06-04-2000 | Signed Through: | 2029 Season | | Age: | 29 | Years of Major League Service: | 5 Years, 68 Days | | Born in: | Blair (Wisconsin) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 113 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 0" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 5 Years, 152 Days | | Weight: | 158 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 8 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Eligible, but possibly free agent after season! | | Position: | 2B | Minor League Option Years: | 2 option years left | | Bats: | Left | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Good | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | Versus LHP | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | Versus RHP | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | Talent | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 20 | | Second Base 8 | | Stealing Ability: | 16 | | Third Base 8 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 11 | | Shortstop 2 | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 6 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 5 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 07-22-2029 | STL | Win, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-21-2029 | STL | Win, 4-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-19-2029 | @ NYN | Win, 12-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-18-2029 | @ NYN | Win, 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-17-2029 | @ NYN | Win, 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-16-2029 | @ PIT | Win, 6-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-15-2029 | @ PIT | Loss, 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-14-2029 | @ PIT | Win, 8-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-13-2029 | WAS | Loss, 5-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 07-12-2029 | WAS | Loss, 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Hickory Baseball League 2029 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 94 | 171 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 24 | .275 | .362 | .386 | .748 | .713 | .111 | 1.4 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 34 | 199 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 60.0 | 23.1 | 4.49 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .359 | .303 | .662 | | Versus Right | | 138 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .362 | .406 | .768 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | This Week | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Last Week | | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | | April | | 51 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .441 | .510 | .950 | | May | | 37 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .317 | .405 | .722 | | June | | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .277 | .238 | .515 | | July | | 41 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .385 | .366 | .750 | | Spring Training | | 52 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .373 | .385 | .757 | | Last Year | | 337 | 73 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 51 | 36 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .217 | .298 | .368 | .666 | | 2 Years Ago | | 357 | 96 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 56 | 35 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .269 | .339 | .398 | .737 | | Career | | 1522 | 404 | 122 | 23 | 10 | 151 | 226 | 177 | 279 | 9 | 0 | 13 | .265 | .345 | .396 | .741 | | Home | | 87 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .322 | .396 | .494 | .890 | | Road | | 84 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .327 | .274 | .600 | | Grass | | 167 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .369 | .395 | .764 | | Turf | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Day | | 66 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .346 | .364 | .710 | | Night | | 105 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .305 | .372 | .400 | .772 | | Pinch Hitting | | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .146 | .133 | .279 | | Close/Late | | 56 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .303 | .250 | .553 | | Inning 1-3 | | 42 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .417 | .452 | .869 | | Inning 4-6 | | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .382 | .356 | .737 | | Inning 7-9 | | 79 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .292 | .342 | .634 | | Extra Innings | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .714 | .800 | 1.514 | | 0 Outs | | 56 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .281 | .304 | .585 | | 1 Outs | | 59 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .322 | .397 | .475 | .872 | | 2 Outs | | 56 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .403 | .375 | .778 | | Scoring Position | | 40 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .425 | .527 | .525 | 1.052 | | Bases Empty | | 95 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .317 | .368 | .686 | | Runner on 1st | | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .250 | .278 | .528 | | Runner on 2nd | | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | .750 | .625 | 1.375 | | Runner on 3rd | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .250 | .333 | .583 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .476 | .444 | .921 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .375 | .667 | 1.042 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .556 | .500 | 1.056 | | Bases Loaded | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | | Two Strikes | | 67 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .341 | .313 | .655 | | First Pitch | | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .429 | .750 | | Count 0-1 | | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | | Count 0-2 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | | Count 1-0 | | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .474 | .474 | .579 | 1.053 | | Count 1-1 | | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | | Count 1-2 | | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .105 | .111 | .216 | | Count 2-0 | | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | | Count 2-1 | | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | | Count 2-2 | | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .192 | .348 | .540 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .857 | 1.167 | 2.024 | | Full Count | | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .563 | .381 | .943 | | Behind in Count | | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .176 | .212 | .389 | | Ahead in Count | | 42 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .564 | .595 | 1.159 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 2023 Round Rock - AAA | 22 | 126 | 498 | 145 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 74 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 83 | 48 | 18 | .291 | .362 | .416 | .778 | 32.8 | | 2024 Round Rock - AAA | 23 | 70 | 292 | 90 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 43 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 10 | .308 | .366 | .449 | .815 | 23.9 | | Total HBLAAA | | 196 | 790 | 235 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 117 | 76 | 9 | 5 | 117 | 67 | 28 | .297 | .364 | .428 | .791 | 56.7 |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 2024 Houston - HBL | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | | Total HBL | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 11-14-2024 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2025 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 2 (1); Eye: 6 (4). | | 11-19-2025 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2026 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 2 (1); Eye: 8 (4). | | 08-26-2026 | Injured (strained anterior cruciate ligament), out for 7 weeks. | | 11-19-2026 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2027 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (4); Power: 2 (1); Eye: 6 (3). | | 11-14-2027 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $177,330 through arbitration. | | 01-01-2028 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 2 (1); Eye: 7 (4). | | 11-17-2028 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $163,440 through arbitration. | | 01-01-2029 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (3); Power: 2 (1); Eye: 7 (4). | | Leader Boards Appearances | | Year | 3B | Rank | | 2026 | 6 | 6 | | 2027 | 6 | 9 | | 2028 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | |
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