Baltimore Orioles Team report

Automated SABRhood research report for the Baltimore Orioles.
SABRhood team report

Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles ranks 24th in run generation and 20th in pitching performance, with a usable bullpen and 2 recent risers.

League intelligence# 22 37.0 index
Run generation#24
Composite score 34.3
Pitching#20
Composite score 39.8
Recent play#17
2 recent risers
Bullpen readiness#16
Current state usable
Roster construction

Where this club creates, and loses, WAR

Players are split by position and total WAR is calculated; the green border indicates a club is top-ten in positional WAR, the red border indicates a bottom-ten club.

Best value pocketsCatcher / First baseClearest upgrade lanesSecond base
CStrength

Catcher

3.0WAR#5 of 30
Top valueAdley Rutschman2.3 WAR
1BStrength

First base

3.6WAR#6 of 30
Top valuePete Alonso2.7 WAR
2BNeed

Second base

1.1WAR#21 of 30
Top valueJackson Holliday1.0 WAR
3BMiddle

Third base

1.5WAR#14 of 29
Top valueBlaze Alexander1.5 WAR
SSMiddle

Shortstop

2.0WAR#13 of 28
Top valueGunnar Henderson2.0 WAR
OFMiddle

Outfield

3.4WAR#18 of 30
Top valueTaylor Ward1.8 WAR
SPMiddle

Starting pitching

8.1WAR#14 of 30
Top valueShane Baz2.7 WAR
RPMiddle

Relief pitching

2.3WAR#17 of 30
Top valueTyler Wells0.9 WAR
Broadcast three

Water cooler notes

Three concise, evidence-linked notes to start a broadcast conversation.

  1. 1
    team identity

    Baltimore Orioles’s analytical identity

    Baltimore Orioles ranks 24th in run generation and 20th in pitching performance, with a usable bullpen and 2 recent risers.

  2. 2
    form driver

    Josh Walker is the strongest recent pitcher signal

    Recent OPS allowed 0.186 versus 0.666 previously.

  3. 3
    matchup edge

    Coby Mayo is doing more damage against left-handed pitching

    Estimated wOBA: 0.453 vs L, 0.250 vs R.

Why it changed

Player movement with league context attached

The recent-window shift and the full-season league standing are separate, so a surge never floats free of the player’s actual level.

Hitter change profile

Jeremiah Jackson

Baltimore Orioles | RHB

44.9
Season PA278OPS0.609Est. wOBA0.259Samplestrong
Biggest changestrikeout rate -2.93 z

Strikeout rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.9 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 45th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS5th
0.609
Est. wOBA3rd
0.259
Strikeout rate45th
22.7%
Walk rate2nd
2.9%
Hard-hit rate42nd
38.2%
Run value / PA5th
-0.038
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS-0.17 z
Recent 0.586 baseline 0.611
Est. wOBA-0.26 z
Recent 0.242 baseline 0.261
Strikeout rate-2.93 z
Recent 41.4% baseline 20.5%
Walk rate-0.55 z
Recent 0.0% baseline 3.2%
Hard-hit rate-0.24 z
Recent 35.3% baseline 38.5%
Run value / PA-0.50 z
Recent -0.075 baseline -0.033
Broadcast read: Strikeout rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.9 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 45th percentile. Recent sample: 29 PA; prior sample: 249 PA.
Pitcher change profile

Alex Hoppe

Baltimore Orioles | RHP

30.8
Season BF184OPS allowed0.691Est. wOBA allowed0.304Samplemoderate
Biggest changerun value allowed per PA -2.11 z

Run value allowed per PA is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.1 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 7th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS allowed54th
0.691
Est. wOBA allowed51st
0.304
Strikeout rate69th
24.5%
Walk rate allowed36th
9.2%
Hard-hit rate allowed45th
38.3%
Run value allowed / PA7th
0.047
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS allowed-1.88 z
Recent 1.180 baseline 0.634
Est. wOBA allowed-1.87 z
Recent 0.494 baseline 0.282
Strikeout rate-0.61 z
Recent 20.0% baseline 25.0%
Walk rate allowed-0.22 z
Recent 10.0% baseline 9.1%
Hard-hit rate allowed-1.26 z
Recent 50.0% baseline 36.8%
Run value allowed / PA-2.11 z
Recent 0.248 baseline 0.023
Broadcast read: Run value allowed per PA is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.1 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 7th percentile. Recent sample: 20 BF; prior sample: 164 BF.
Team highs

The category leaders inside this clubhouse

Familiar production now sits beside tracked force: 100+ mph contact and pitches are shown as both totals and opportunity rates.

Club contact

100+ mph batted balls

Tracked-contact season total

  1. 1Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles169
  2. 2Gunnar HendersonBaltimore Orioles126
  3. 3Coby MayoBaltimore Orioles93
  4. 4Samuel BasalloBaltimore Orioles78
  5. 5Dylan BeaversBaltimore Orioles56
Club contact

100+ mph contact rate

Minimum 30 tracked batted balls

  1. 1Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles39.5%
  2. 2Coby MayoBaltimore Orioles35.0%
  3. 3Luis Robert Jr.Baltimore Orioles30.7%
  4. 4Samuel BasalloBaltimore Orioles30.5%
  5. 5Christian Encarnacion-StrandBaltimore Orioles30.3%
Club velocity

Pitches at 100+ mph

Across every pitch type

  1. 1Alex HoppeBaltimore Orioles29
  2. 2Ryan HelsleyBaltimore Orioles27
  3. 3Shane BazBaltimore Orioles0
  4. 4Cam SandersBaltimore Orioles0
  5. 5Kyle BradishBaltimore Orioles0
Club velocity

100+ mph pitch rate

Minimum 100 tracked pitches

  1. 1Ryan HelsleyBaltimore Orioles9.9%
  2. 2Alex HoppeBaltimore Orioles4.1%
  3. 3Shane BazBaltimore Orioles0.0%
  4. 4Cam SandersBaltimore Orioles0.0%
  5. 5Kyle BradishBaltimore Orioles0.0%
Club offense

Batting average

Best qualified contact results

  1. 1Blaze AlexanderBaltimore Orioles0.302
  2. 2Christian Encarnacion-StrandBaltimore Orioles0.268
  3. 3Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles0.265
  4. 4Dylan BeaversBaltimore Orioles0.231
  5. 5Coby MayoBaltimore Orioles0.227
Club offense

Home runs

The club power board

  1. 1Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles40
  2. 2Coby MayoBaltimore Orioles24
  3. 3Gunnar HendersonBaltimore Orioles24
  4. 4Samuel BasalloBaltimore Orioles18
  5. 5Colton CowserBaltimore Orioles13
Club offense

OPS

On-base and slugging production

  1. 1Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles0.863
  2. 2Christian Encarnacion-StrandBaltimore Orioles0.814
  3. 3Blaze AlexanderBaltimore Orioles0.767
  4. 4Coby MayoBaltimore Orioles0.761
  5. 5Gunnar HendersonBaltimore Orioles0.713
Club pitching

Strikeouts

Total batters finished by strikeout

  1. 1Shane BazBaltimore Orioles154
  2. 2Trevor RogersBaltimore Orioles153
  3. 3Kyle BradishBaltimore Orioles142
  4. 4Brandon YoungBaltimore Orioles127
  5. 5Chris BassittBaltimore Orioles72
Club pitching

Strikeout rate

Strikeouts per batter faced

  1. 1Cam SandersBaltimore Orioles29.1%
  2. 2Anthony NunezBaltimore Orioles27.0%
  3. 3Grant WolframBaltimore Orioles27.0%
  4. 4Rico GarciaBaltimore Orioles26.1%
  5. 5Alex HoppeBaltimore Orioles24.5%
Club pitching

Lowest OPS allowed

Qualified opponent production

  1. 1Yennier CanoBaltimore Orioles0.543
  2. 2Josh WalkerBaltimore Orioles0.574
  3. 3Rico GarciaBaltimore Orioles0.589
  4. 4Anthony NunezBaltimore Orioles0.625
  5. 5Cam SandersBaltimore Orioles0.639
Ace-in-the-Hole

The staff ace’s complete arsenal

The highest-WAR qualified starter leads the card. Every tracked offering is shown with usage, pitch traits, outcomes, and same-pitch MLB percentiles.

Staff ace · RHP

Shane Baz

128.1 IP · 3.86 ERA · 2.7 WAR

2,910 tracked pitches
Pitch Use Velo Whiff Chase Zone Putaway Hard hit
Four-Seam FastballFF · 989 pitches 34.0% 95.869th pct 13.1%21st pct 25.6%41st pct 51.8%44th pct 0.0%100th pct 44.8%44th pct
Knuckle CurveKC · 960 pitches 33.0% 85.376th pct 26.7%34th pct 35.5%48th pct 43.4%83rd pct 0.0%100th pct 43.1%41st pct
CutterFC · 435 pitches 14.9% 89.644th pct 20.7%52nd pct 34.0%80th pct 56.1%82nd pct 0.0%100th pct 37.6%48th pct
ChangeupCH · 268 pitches 9.2% 87.768th pct 20.5%15th pct 22.6%6th pct 42.2%75th pct 0.0%100th pct 32.6%45th pct
SinkerSI · 258 pitches 8.9% 95.367th pct 12.0%59th pct 23.0%36th pct 61.2%87th pct 0.0%100th pct 38.2%65th pct
Percentiles compare each pitch only with the same MLB pitch type and a minimum 50-pitch peer sample. Hard-hit percentile is reversed so a higher percentile is better.
Matchup intelligence

The largest qualified handedness edges

hitter edge87.6

Coby Mayo

Baltimore Orioles

Coby Mayo is doing more damage against left-handed pitching

vs L0.453
vs R0.250

Estimated wOBA: 0.453 vs L, 0.250 vs R.

pitcher edge75.2

Trevor Rogers

Baltimore Orioles

Trevor Rogers is limiting left-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.232
vs R0.322

Estimated wOBA: 0.232 vs L, 0.322 vs R.

hitter edge74.7

Samuel Basallo

Baltimore Orioles

Samuel Basallo is doing more damage against right-handed pitching

vs L0.207
vs R0.329

Estimated wOBA: 0.207 vs L, 0.329 vs R.

Bullpen decision board

Best available matchup for either side

The board now shows only the highest-ranked active reliever against a left-handed hitter and a right-handed hitter. Workload availability, role, season performance, and handedness all remain visible.

Left-handed batter87.0

Josh Walker

LHP · available · 3 days rest

Availability90.0%Matchup100.0%Performance64.0%
Right-handed batter83.0

Rico Garcia

RHP · available · 3 days rest

Availability88.3%Matchup70.0%Performance74.8%
Story leads

Team Headlines

Subject Reporting lead Score
Pete Alonso Pete Alonso is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 92.9
Rico Garcia Rico Garcia is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 80.5
Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Encarnacion-Strand is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 77.6
Coby Mayo Coby Mayo is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 76.3
Anthony Nunez Anthony Nunez’s Sweeper: 85.8 mph, 46.0% whiffs 76.3
Blaze Alexander Blaze Alexander is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 76.2
Research status: this automated report is a reporting foundation, not a finished scouting report. Active rosters are date-stamped; injuries, same-day transactions, probable pitchers, and opponent context still require pregame confirmation.