Jason Delay

Jason Delay

29-Year-Old CatcherC
Pittsburgh Pirates AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Jason Delay in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2024.
Heading back to Triple-A
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 30, 2024
The Pirates optioned Delay to Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday.
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Delay will head back to the minors as the Pirates clear room on the 26-man active roster for fellow catcher Joey Bart (thumb), who was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. During his two-week stay with the Pirates, Delay went 3-for-12 with three doubles, two walks, five RBI and one run.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+14%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+34%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+4%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+30%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .658 149 8 1 18 0 .254 .315 .343
Since 2022vs Right .578 224 30 1 17 0 .217 .283 .296
2024vs Left .900 6 0 0 3 0 .250 .400 .500
2024vs Right .671 13 1 0 3 0 .182 .308 .364
2023vs Left .682 72 4 0 10 0 .266 .338 .344
2023vs Right .657 115 16 1 8 0 .243 .307 .350
2022vs Left .619 71 4 1 5 0 .242 .286 .333
2022vs Right .475 96 13 0 6 0 .191 .250 .225
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+11%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+20%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+14%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .575 165 15 1 11 0 .232 .284 .291
Since 2022Away .638 208 23 1 24 0 .231 .304 .333
2024Home .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Away 1.062 14 1 0 6 0 .300 .462 .600
2023Home .605 93 7 0 8 0 .250 .308 .298
2023Away .727 94 13 1 10 0 .253 .330 .398
2022Home .579 67 8 1 3 0 .226 .273 .306
2022Away .507 100 9 0 8 0 .204 .260 .247
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Stat Review
How does Jason Delay compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
15.8%
 
K Rate
0.0%
 
BABIP
.200
 
ISO
.200
 
AVG
.200
 
OBP
.333
 
SLG
.400
 
OPS
.733
 
wOBA
.327
 
Exit Velocity
83.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
18.8%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.195
 
Expected SLG
.239
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.7%
 
Line Drive %
13.3%
 
Fly Ball %
40.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Delay spent the 2023 season as the Pirates' backup catcher, initially to Austin Hedges and ultimately to Endy Rodriguez. That will be the best-case scenario for him in 2024, as a combination of Rodriguez and Henry Davis is almost certain to account for the majority of plate appearances behind the dish. To dampen Delay's outlook further, the Pirates signed Ali Sanchez to a one-year major league deal early this offseason, leaving him most likely to start the season in the minors. Even if injuries force Delay into a more significant role, he has just a career .078 ISO and .233 batting average across 354 plate appearances in the majors.
Delay was among a rotation of catchers the Pirates used during the 2022 season after trading away Jacob Stallings. He led the team's backstops with 167 plate appearances but was dreadful from an offensive perspective, striking out at a 29.9 percent clip. Delay also had no power to speak of, as illustrated by a .058 ISO. Delay has some defensive value, but that wasn't enough to save his spot on the 40-man roster as he was designated for assignment in November of 2022. Though he remains in the Pirates' organization, Delay shouldn't factor heavily into the team's plans behind the dish in 2023. Even if he does, there won't be any notable production at the plate.
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Drives in three
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 17, 2024
Delay went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and three RBI in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Rockies.
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Call-up official
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 15, 2024
The Pirates recalled Delay from Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday.
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Joining team in Colorado
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 15, 2024
Delay is headed to Colorado to join the Pirates, Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Activated, optioned to Triple-A
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 3, 2024
The Pirates activated Delay (knee) from the 60-day injured list Monday and optioned him to Triple-A Indianapolis.
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Moving rehab up to Triple-A
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
Knee
May 27, 2024
Delay (knee) has been transferred to Triple-A Indianapolis to continue his rehab assignment, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.
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Demotion on tap
CPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
June 30, 2024
Delay no longer has a locker in the Pirates clubhouse and is likely to be demoted ahead of Sunday's series finale in Atlanta, reports Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
ANALYSIS
The 29-year-old was called up in mid-June with Henry Davis and Joey Bart sidelined by a concussion and thumb injury, respectively, but Bart is set to return from the injured list Sunday. Delay missed the first two-plus months of the season while recovering from knee surgery and appeared in seven games during his brief time with the Pirates, going 3-for-15 with three doubles and six RBI. Bart and Yasmani Grandal should split catching duties going forward.
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