Brandon Belt Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 230 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 4/20/1988 (35)
- Experience
- 12
- College
- Texas
Brandon Belt Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Brandon Belt News
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman/designated hitter Brandon Belt, now a free agent following the Blue Jays' elimination from the postseason on Wednesday, is undecided on whether he will continue his playing career in 2024. Belt said he will talk with his family before making any final decisions on his future. The veteran signed a one-year deal with the Blue Jays for the 2023 season and hit .254 with 19 home runs and an .859 OPS across 103 games played. He caught fire after a slow start, hitting .264 with a massive .319 isolated power and .958 OPS after the All-Star break, production that graded out 61% above the league average, as per his 161 second-half wRC+. His performance this season will surely garner interest on the open market should he decide to return for the 2024 campaign.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman/designated hitter Brandon Belt is on fire heading into the postseason. In the 12-8 loss to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday in the regular season finale, Belt went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and a strikeout. The 35-year-old has been hot in September and now has cleared the fences three times in the last four games as the Blue Jays head into the postseason. Belt finishes the year with 19 home runs while hitting .254/.369/.490 with an .858 OPS, 43 RBI and 53 runs scored in 339 at-bats in his first year in Toronto. Most importantly, though, he's hit .296 (8-for-27) with four homers, a double, six RBI and six runs scored in nine games (seven starts) in the final month of the regular season while also dealing with an injury.
Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Brandon Belt had a productive day at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's game against the Rays, despite the team's loss. This marked his third dinger in the last four games. The 35-year-old recently returned from the IL. Belt's regular season concludes with him posting a slash line of .254/.369/.490. He also slugged 19 home runs and recorded 43 RBI in 339 at-bats.
Brandon Belt Stats
Last 10 Games
San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt put on a show in the shortened 2020 season, notching a triple-slash of .309/.425/.591 while clubbing nine home runs and knocking in 30 runs in 51 games. While many will look at the chaotic nature of the 2020 season and think this is a small sample size fluke, I think that would be casting aside some significant changes.After spending four years in a row with a launch angle close to 22-degrees, Belt dropped the launch angle to 18-degrees last year. His FB% dropped 6.1%, his infield fly ball rate fell from 7.8% to 0% (yes, zero), and his line-drive rate went up by four percent. Yes, his HR/FB jump from 8.8% to 19.1% is likely unsustainable, but it also shows that the swing change caused Belt to be able to square the ball up more consistently and drive it more effectively. In fact, his 16.8% barrel rate was good for the 10th-best in all of baseball last year. The fact is that Belt is only 32-years-old, he clearly benefited from swing changes, and the Giants made adjustments to their park dimensions allowing Oracle Park to become more hitter-friendly, playing as the 12th best park for HR power. All of this gives Belt more value than the market seems to think considering he's being drafted at an insulting ADP of 322.
