Blake Dunn

Blake Dunn

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cincinnati Reds AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Dunn reached the majors in 2024 but not because he forced his way there. Injuries and underperformance in Cincinnati prompted then-manager David Bell to shuffle bodies around and seek alternatives. The 26-year-old outfielder, who tore through High-A and Double-A in 2023, saw his production drop off in his first taste at the highest level of the minors. Dunn experienced a 300-point drop in OPS from Double-A to Triple-A and saw his strikeout rate (26.5 percent) increase. The silver lining is that he maintained value on the bases with 20 steals. The Reds added to the outfield during the offseason - Austin Hays - and are expected to move Matt McLain to center field. Those moves coupled with incumbent outfielders on the 40-man indicate Dunn will get a second crack at mastering Triple-A pitching. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year contract with the Reds in March of 2025.
Sent to Triple-A
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
May 9, 2025
The Reds optioned Dunn to Triple-A Louisville on Friday, Charlie Goldsmith of the Dayton Daily News reports.
ANALYSIS
Dunn appeared in 30 games for the Reds but slashed .150/.320/.233 with one home run, seven RBI, 10 runs scored and an 8:25 BB:K across 75 plate appearances. The Reds recalled Will Benson from Triple-A in a corresponding move.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
1
7
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+18%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+65%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .623 53 8 1 5 2 .163 .321 .302
Since 2023vs Right .484 51 10 1 3 1 .140 .275 .209
2025vs Left .602 35 4 0 4 0 .154 .371 .231
2025vs Right .510 40 6 1 3 1 .147 .275 .235
2024vs Left .634 18 4 1 1 2 .176 .222 .412
2024vs Right .384 11 4 0 0 0 .111 .273 .111
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+31%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+110%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+154%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .482 54 9 1 1 2 .114 .278 .205
Since 2023Away .630 50 9 1 7 1 .190 .320 .310
2025Home .349 36 4 0 0 0 .071 .278 .071
2025Away .734 39 6 1 7 1 .219 .359 .375
2024Home .715 18 5 1 1 2 .188 .278 .438
2024Away .282 11 3 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+21%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+4%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .598 136 4 11 .202 .259 .339
Since 2023vs Right .723 302 3 23 .253 .369 .353
2025vs Left .000 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .431 13 0 0 .200 4.077 .300
2024vs Left .574 132 4 11 .208 34.008 .350
2024vs Right .554 289 3 23 .255 97.025 .356
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stat Review
How does Blake Dunn 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
0.32
 
BB Rate
10.7%
 
K Rate
33.3%
 
BABIP
.235
 
ISO
.083
 
AVG
.150
 
OBP
.320
 
SLG
.233
 
OPS
.553
 
wOBA
.274
 
Exit Velocity
88.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
22.9%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.199
 
Expected SLG
.307
 
Sprint Speed
27.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
63.6%
 
Line Drive %
18.2%
 
Fly Ball %
18.2%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Dunn has been statistically dominant at Single-A as a 23-year-old (179 wRC+), and at High-A (149 wRC+) and Double-A (163 wRC+) as a 24-year-old. He has stolen 72 bases with 27 home runs in 157 games over that stretch, but his age hangs over all this production like a cloud. There are no top-100 hitting prospects who were born before 1999, so the fact that Dunn was born in 1998 and hasn't even reached Triple-A is relevant. Joey Ortiz, Austin Shenton and Michael Busch are the other hitters born before 1999 in the top 200, but they've all essentially mastered Triple-A already. Dunn has dealt with injuries that have slowed his development, and he is legitimately a good athlete, unlike most late bloomers, so we shouldn't write him off just because of his age, although we should greatly temper expectations. The nice thing about rostering Dunn in dynasty leagues is that you can churn the spot (cut him) as soon as he struggles at Triple-A, and if he doesn't struggle, you just ride it out.
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Back to bench Wednesday
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
May 7, 2025
Dunn is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game at Atlanta.
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Enters for injured teammate
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
May 6, 2025
Dunn entered Monday's game after Tyler Callihan (forearm) was removed and went 0-for-2 in a 4-0 loss to the Mets.
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Out of lineup
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
April 13, 2025
Dunn is not in Cincinnati's starting lineup against Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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Starts in left field
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
April 9, 2025
Dunn started in left field and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 win over San Francisco.
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Difference-maker in win
OFCincinnati Reds  AAA
April 8, 2025
Dunn started in right field and went 1-for-4 with a two-run double in Monday's 2-0 win over San Francisco.
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