{"id":35676,"date":"2025-12-28T23:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/28\/jj-breday-joins-reds-as-free-agent-concluding-his-stint-with-the-athletics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:48:37","slug":"jj-breday-joins-reds-as-free-agent-concluding-his-stint-with-the-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/28\/jj-breday-joins-reds-as-free-agent-concluding-his-stint-with-the-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Breday Joins Reds as Free Agent, Concluding His Stint with the Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Bleday\u2019s stint with the Athletics has come to an end. The 28-year-old outfielder has signed a free agent deal with the Cincinnati Reds, according to sources cited by FanSided&#8217;s Robert Murray on Saturday morning. Bleday, who was the fourth overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, spent the last three seasons playing for the Athletics. <\/p>\n<p>During his time in Oakland, Bleday hit 44 home runs and recorded a .723 OPS from 2023 to 2025. After showing great promise in 2024, his performance dipped last year, finishing with a .212 batting average, a .294 on-base percentage, a .404 slugging percentage, a .698 OPS, and 14 home runs. The Athletics designated Bleday for assignment in November, signaling the end of his tenure with the team. Now, he heads to Cincinnati for a new opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: This move gives Bleday a chance to reset and potentially unlock the potential that made him a high draft pick. For baseball fans, it highlights how young talents can find new life with different teams, keeping the sport dynamic and unpredictable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Bleday\u2019s stint with the Athletics has come to an end. The 28-year-old outfielder has signed a free agent deal with the Cincinnati Reds, according to sources cited by FanSided&#8217;s Robert Murray on Saturday morning. Bleday, who was the fourth overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, spent the last three seasons playing for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-35676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}