P | Baltimore Orioles
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 200 lbs | Age: 26
Draft: 2017 | Rd. 1, No. 12, Pittsburgh Pirates | Concordia Lutheran (TX) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 4 3 3.06 14 14 0 79.1 69 1.06
2025 10 12 4.87 31 31 0 166.1 176 1.33
2026 1 5 5.26 9 9 0 51.1 42 1.52
5 Seasons 18 22 4.40 63 63 0 337.1 335 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 14 4-3 3.06 79.1 69 1.06
2025 31 10-12 4.87 166.1 176 1.33
2026 9 1-5 5.26 51.1 42 1.52
5 Seasons 63 18-22 4.40 337.1 335 1.27
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 22 198 28 3 10.7 6.1 88.3 111.7 20.3 32.1 .163 .362 .226 .248 .360 32.1 36.7 6.1 2.02 2.55
2022 23 444 77 6 7.8 5.1 91.1 111.3 12.0 36.4 .241 .417 .333 .316 .390 51.9 25.6 7.7 5.00 4.08
2024 25 1206 219 16 7.3 5.0 90.5 109.2 18.1 28.3 .217 .381 .266 .300 .338 42.0 21.6 8.5 3.06 3.64
2025 26 2718 462 44 9.5 6.2 89.0 113.9 10.7 32.3 .230 .386 .330 .306 .361 39.4 24.8 9.0 4.87 3.88
2026 27 874 162 15 9.4 6.6 89.5 111.6 15.1 37.0 .277 .447 .361 .348 .388 38.5 18.4 9.6 5.26 4.91
Player 5440 948 84 8.9 5.9 89.6 113.9 13.6 32.5 .233 .396 .317 .310 .362 40.7 23.5 8.8
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Baz relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.4%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(32.6%) ,
Cutter
(19.2%) ,
Changeup
(7.6%) ,
Sinker
(6.1%) ,
Other
(0.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 39.3 60.7 21.4 21.4 17.9 28.6 42.9 28.6 3.6 35.7 0.0 25.0 7.1 28.6
2022 44.2 55.8 18.2 27.3 10.4 40.3 42.9 16.9 22.1 16.9 5.2 18.2 26.0 11.7
2024 39.3 60.7 32.0 19.6 9.1 37.9 33.8 28.3 21.9 14.2 3.2 16.0 19.6 25.1
2025 47.0 53.0 22.7 21.6 8.7 39.4 37.0 23.6 21.9 19.5 5.6 17.5 17.5 18.0
2026 37.0 63.0 24.1 30.9 8.0 32.7 35.2 32.1 17.3 16.0 3.7 15.4 19.1 28.4
Player 43.0 57.0 24.7 23.2 9.1 37.7 36.6 25.7 20.6 17.9 4.5 17.1 18.7 21.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.8 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 0.0 35.7 39.3 10.7 3.6 10.7 6.1
2022 3.9 33.8 23.4 24.7 6.5 7.8 5.1
2024 1.8 30.6 33.3 21.9 5.0 7.3 5.0
2025 4.5 35.3 22.5 24.0 4.1 9.5 6.2
2026 4.3 25.3 27.2 25.3 7.4 9.4 6.6
Player 3.7 32.4 26.4 23.4 5.1 8.9 5.9
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sinker BAL R 53 95.7 16.8 -4.7 14.5ARM -1.2 13.2 -5.5 14.5ARM -0.9
2026 Changeup BAL R 66 89.2 25.4 -5.4 14.2ARM -0.4 9.1 -5.1 14.2ARM -0.5
2026 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 298 96.5 12.8 0.6 9.0ARM 1.3 16.6 0.5 9.0ARM 1.2
2026 Cutter BAL R 166 89.7 27.7 -1.9 3.5GLV 1.3 6.1 -2.2 3.5GLV 1.2
2026 Curveball BAL R 282 85.5 48.7 1.1 5.8GLV -1.2 -11.2 0.8 5.8GLV -3.6
2025 Slider TB R 82 86.7 35.6 1.1 3.5GLV -0.7 0.6 1.2 3.5GLV -0.8
2025 Cutter TB R 400 90.2 25.6 -0.3 2.5GLV 0.6 7.7 -0.7 2.5GLV 0.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball TB R 1194 97.0 12.6 1.0 9.9ARM 2.1 16.7 0.9 9.9ARM 2.3
2025 Changeup TB R 311 89.3 25.4 -5.0 16.7ARM 2.1 8.9 -4.8 16.7ARM 2.2
2025 Curveball TB R 731 85.0 50.5 2.2 7.6GLV 0.6 -12.5 2.3 7.6GLV -1.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -4 298 34.4 66 .304 .554 .388 18.8 19.7 17.8 .296 .522 .377 34.8
2026 Curveball -1.3 -4 282 32.6 81 .307 .507 .356 27.1 25.9 18.9 .264 .426 .315 46.4
2026 Cutter 2.1 3 166 19.2 53 .200 .378 .300 20.7 15.1 20.5 .229 .348 .307 28.9
2026 Changeup -1.6 -1 66 7.6 12 .333 .417 .329 7.4 0.0 0.0 .485 .744 .528 41.7
2026 Sinker 0.6 0 53 6.1 11 .250 .375 .323 0.0 0.0 0.0 .214 .238 .312 44.4
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 5 1,194 43.9 261 .244 .406 .350 23.5 23.8 20.6 .236 .395 .339 42.9
2025 Curveball 0.0 0 731 26.9 244 .214 .321 .276 29.5 35.2 26.8 .193 .306 .248 43.6
2025 Cutter -1.2 -5 400 14.7 99 .337 .598 .412 26.4 16.2 23.2 .292 .460 .343 32.5
2025 Changeup -0.2 -1 311 11.4 86 .215 .405 .301 27.8 12.8 13.6 .204 .331 .259 23.2
2025 Slider -9.6 -8 82 3.0 21 .429 1.286 .700 17.1 4.8 7.7 .382 1.035 .587 65.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Changeup 66 89.2 98 17.0 1:45 2:00 -15
2026 Cutter 166 89.7 41 6.4 12:00 10:45 75
2026 4-Seam Fastball 298 96.5 96 18.7 1:15 1:00 15
2026 Knuckle Curve 282 85.5 63 14.9 7:15 6:45 30
2026 Sinker 53 95.7 96 19.6 1:15 1:45 -30
2025 Changeup 309 89.3 96 19.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2025 Cutter 394 90.2 49 7.4 12:15 11:15 60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1,189 97.0 94 19.2 1:15 1:00 15
2025 Knuckle Curve 728 85.0 72 16.9 7:15 7:00 15
2025 Slider 82 86.7 23 4.3 9:45 8:30 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 49 198 3 1 -1 -1 3
2022 117 444 3 1 -4 -2 -1
2024 319 1,206 11 11 -8 -6 8
2025 711 2,718 4 12 -16 -8 -8
2026 224 866 0 4 -6 -3 -5
Player 1,420 5,432 21 29 -35 21 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 198 51.5 71.6 68.5 30.2 55.2 46.5 53.1 51.5 35.3 6.1 75.0
2022 444 53.6 66.0 79.0 25.2 40.4 43.0 59.0 47.1 30.6 7.9 65.7
2024 1,206 52.9 73.7 83.4 23.9 47.8 42.9 62.7 50.2 24.6 7.1 79.1
2025 2,718 52.2 67.3 82.9 29.3 52.2 43.8 62.3 49.2 25.8 9.1 72.0
2026 874 47.1 65.7 92.2 30.8 56.0 39.1 57.0 47.0 20.4 8.1 64.3
Player 5,440 51.6 68.6 83.5 28.1 51.4 42.9 61.0 49.0 25.5 8.3 71.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2021 93 89 80
2022 84 92 84 68
2024 73 62 52 89 64 76 87 73 9 6 42 38 41 59 21 32 60
2025 19 42 7 47 53 88 89 72 57 61 54 67 32 28 59 73 47
2026 15 48 7 23 24 80 83 67 41 54 18 27 42 32 54 23 62
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 25.34 4 4.2 0 0 3 2 50.0
2022 24.66 5 4.9 0 1 4 2 40.0
2024 22.68 9 7.9 1 9 5 3 33.3
2025 24.29 26 21.6 4 10 13 13 50.0
2026 23.32 6 5.7 0 1 6 1 16.7
Player 23.99 50 44.2 6 21 31 21 42.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 3
2022 5 4 6 4 5 5 6 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 6 5 6 5
2024 9 8 8 9 7 7 7 9 7 6 7 10 10 5 7 5 5 7 9 10 10 8 13 12 6 7 7 7 10 6 7
2025 26 19 20 23 30 24 18 19 18 17 16 26 24 32 17 19 26 17 21 26 19 17 25 23 19 17 23 25 26 21 20
2026 6 6 4 6 6 8 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 3 5 7 7 6 4 6 8 6 5 3
Player 50 42 41 45 52 48 42 41 37 37 36 50 51 52 39 40 46 37 45 52 42 40 56 52 40 37 44 50 52 42 38
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022 +/-   2021
Results
BA .284 +.034 .250 +.050 .200 -- -- -- -- +.122 .130
xBA .277 +.047 .230 +.013 .217 -- -- -- -- +.078 .163
OBP .351 +.026 .325 +.049 .276 -- -- -- -- +.132 .184
xOBP .351 +.043 .308 +.015 .293 -- -- -- -- +.092 .214
SLG .482 +.049 .433 +.114 .319 -- -- -- -- +.101 .348
xSLG .447 +.061 .386 +.005 .381 -- -- -- -- +.055 .362
ISO .198 +.015 .183 +.064 .119 -- -- -- -- -.021 .217
xISO .170 +.014 .156 -.008 .164 -- -- -- -- -.024 .200
BABIP .321 +.018 .303 +.074 .229 -- -- -- -- +.186 .120
wOBA .361 +.031 .330 +.064 .266 -- -- -- -- +.107 .226
xwOBA .348 +.042 .306 +.006 .300 -- -- -- -- +.068 .248
wOBAcon .405 +.007 .398 +.109 .289 -- -- -- -- +.094 .322
xwOBAcon .388 +.027 .361 +.023 .338 -- -- -- -- +.030 .360
BACON .346 +.003 .343 +.083 .260 -- -- -- -- +.137 .214
xBACON .346 +.030 .316 +.031 .285 -- -- -- -- +.068 .267
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 38.5 -0.9 39.4 -2.6 42.0 -- -- -- -- +19.8 32.1
Avg Exit Velocity 89.5 +0.5 89.0 -1.5 90.5 -- -- -- -- +2.8 88.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 37.0 +4.7 32.3 +4.0 28.3 -- -- -- -- +4.3 32.1
Barrel % 9.4 -0.1 9.5 +2.2 7.3 -- -- -- -- -2.9 10.7
Avg Launch Angle 15.1 +4.4 10.7 -7.4 18.1 -- -- -- -- -8.3 20.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.6 -0.2 71.8 -0.3 72.1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -1° -2° 10° -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 47.6 -5.1 52.7 +0.4 52.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -1° +3° -1° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 31° 31° 31° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 7.2 0.0 7.2 0.0 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.3 -1.0 95.3 -0.3 95.6 -- -- -- -- -1.0 97.0
Breaking Velocity 85.5 +0.3 85.2 -0.3 85.5 -- -- -- -- +1.4 84.7
Offspeed Velocity 89.2 -0.1 89.3 +1.2 88.1 -- -- -- -- -0.2 88.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 15 -29 44 +28 16 -- -- -- -- +3 3
Popup % 8.0 -0.7 8.7 -0.4 9.1 -- -- -- -- -7.5 17.9
Flyball % 24.1 +1.4 22.7 -9.3 32.0 -- -- -- -- -3.2 21.4
Line Drive % 30.9 +9.3 21.6 +2.0 19.6 -- -- -- -- +5.9 21.4
Groundball % 37.0 -10.0 47.0 +7.7 39.3 -- -- -- -- +4.9 39.3
Pull % 32.7 -6.7 39.4 +1.5 37.9 -- -- -- -- +11.7 28.6
Straight Away % 35.2 -1.8 37.0 +3.2 33.8 -- -- -- -- 0.0 42.9
Opposite Field % 32.1 +8.5 23.6 -4.7 28.3 -- -- -- -- -11.7 28.6
Weak Contact % 4.3 -0.2 4.5 +2.7 1.8 -- -- -- -- +3.9 0.0
Pull Airball % 15.4 -2.1 17.5 +1.5 16.0 -- -- -- -- -6.8 25.0
Topped Contact % 25.3 -10.0 35.3 +4.7 30.6 -- -- -- -- -1.9 35.7
Under Contact % 27.2 +4.7 22.5 -10.8 33.3 -- -- -- -- -15.9 39.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.3 +1.3 24.0 +2.1 21.9 -- -- -- -- +14.0 10.7
Solid Contact % 7.4 +3.3 4.1 -0.9 5.0 -- -- -- -- +2.9 3.6
HR/FB % 15.4 -9.4 24.8 +11.9 12.9 -- -- -- -- -14.3 50.0
Popups 13 -27 40 +20 20 -- -- -- -- +3 5
Flyballs 39 -66 105 +35 70 -- -- -- -- +8 6
Line Drives 50 -50 100 +57 43 -- -- -- -- +15 6
Groundballs 60 -157 217 +131 86 -- -- -- -- +23 11
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.1 -5.1 52.2 -0.7 52.9 -- -- -- -- +2.1 51.5
Out of Zone % 52.9 +5.1 47.8 +0.7 47.1 -- -- -- -- -2.1 48.5
Edge % 39.1 -4.7 43.8 +0.9 42.9 -- -- -- -- -3.5 46.5
Zone Swing % 65.7 -1.6 67.3 -6.4 73.7 -- -- -- -- -5.6 71.6
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 +1.5 29.3 +5.4 23.9 -- -- -- -- -5.0 30.2
In Zone Contact % 92.2 +9.3 82.9 -0.5 83.4 -- -- -- -- +10.5 68.5
Out of Zone Contact % 56.0 +3.8 52.2 +4.4 47.8 -- -- -- -- -14.8 55.2
Whiff % 20.4 -5.4 25.8 +1.2 24.6 -- -- -- -- -4.7 35.3
First Strike % 57.0 -5.3 62.3 -0.4 62.7 -- -- -- -- +5.9 53.1
First Pitch Swing % 30.7 -5.7 36.4 +0.7 35.7 -- -- -- -- +6.3 24.5
Swing % 47.0 -2.2 49.2 -1.0 50.2 -- -- -- -- -4.4 51.5
Meatball Swing % 64.3 -7.7 72.0 -7.1 79.1 -- -- -- -- -9.3 75.0
Meatball % 8.1 -1.0 9.1 +2.0 7.1 -- -- -- -- +1.8 6.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 7.8 -9.3 17.1 +0.5 16.6 -- -- -- -- -10.5 31.5
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 44.0 -3.8 47.8 -4.4 52.2 -- -- -- -- +14.8 44.8
In Zone 408 -1,011 1,419 +781 638 -- -- -- -- +136 102
Out of Zone 458 -841 1,299 +731 568 -- -- -- -- +110 96
Edge 339 -852 1,191 +674 517 -- -- -- -- +99 92
In Zone Swings 268 -687 955 +485 470 -- -- -- -- +84 73
Out of Zone Swings 141 -240 381 +245 136 -- -- -- -- +23 29
In Zone Swing & Misses 21 -142 163 +85 78 -- -- -- -- +10 23
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 62 -120 182 +111 71 -- -- -- -- +18 13
Basic
Pitches 874 -1,844 2,718 +1,512 1,206 -- -- -- -- +246 198
PA 228 -483 711 +392 319 -- -- -- -- +68 49
AB 197 -436 633 +348 285 -- -- -- -- +61 46
Hits 56 -102 158 +101 57 -- -- -- -- +21 6
Singles 29 -66 95 +54 41 -- -- -- -- +15 2
Doubles 21 -15 36 +29 7 -- -- -- -- +3 1
Triples 0 -1 1 +1 0 -- -- -- -- +1 0
Home Runs 6 -20 26 +17 9 -- -- -- -- +2 3
Walks 22 -42 64 +37 27 -- -- -- -- +6 3
Strikeouts 42 -134 176 +107 69 -- -- -- -- +12 18
K% 18.4 -6.4 24.8 +3.2 21.6 -- -- -- -- -11.1 36.7
BB% 9.6 +0.6 9.0 +0.5 8.5 -- -- -- -- +1.6 6.1
HBP 2 -7 9 +5 4 -- -- -- -- +1 0
Batted Balls 162 -300 462 +243 219 -- -- -- -- +49 28
Number of Fastballs 517 -1,077 1,594 +1,016 578 -- -- -- -- +70 108
Number of Offspeed 66 -245 311 +187 124 -- -- -- -- +26 11
Number of Breaking 282 -531 813 +309 504 -- -- -- -- +150 79
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 49 .226 31 6 19.4 18 6 33.3
2022 Shifts 117 .333 72 17 23.6 45 24 53.3
2024 Shades 319 .266 152 40 26.3 167 112 67.1
2025 Shades 711 .330 374 30 8.0 337 225 66.8
2026 Shades 226 .359 91 0 0.0 135 59 43.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 76 21.4 0.0% 1.3% 10 25.0 0.0% 20.0%
2022 133 21.4 0.0% 5.3% 68 26.1 0.0% 16.2%
2024 329 17.8 1.5% 0.3% 167 20.0 0.0% 1.2%
2025 726 18.4 0.8% 0.8% 414 20.2 0.0% 1.7%
2026 238 18.7 0.0% 1.3% 137 20.4 0.0% 3.6%

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Pitch Distribution