P | Tampa Bay Rays
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 235 lbs | Age: 31
Draft: 2016 | Rd. 11, No. 320, Colorado Rockies | North Florida
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 4 3 3.60 46 0 0 45 51 1.27
2024 1 1 5.01 19 0 0 23.1 23 1.16
2025 4 4 4.06 73 0 3 68.2 83 1.11
5 Seasons 13 11 3.86 205 2 4 207.2 234 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 46 4-3 3.60 45 51 1.27
2024 19 1-1 5.01 23.1 23 1.16
2025 73 4-4 4.06 68.2 83 1.11
5 Seasons 205 13-11 3.86 207.2 234 1.19
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 26 19 3 0 0.0 0.0 70.2 88.6 45.2 33.3 .354 .409 .220 .337 .450 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.00 4.96
2022 27 1181 186 9 4.8 3.1 89.8 109.1 13.3 31.7 .226 .318 .277 .280 .332 41.4 26.1 8.9 3.49 3.22
2023 28 785 110 8 7.3 4.3 90.0 112.5 20.8 30.0 .199 .319 .287 .282 .326 36.4 27.4 12.9 3.60 3.30
2024 29 370 63 6 9.5 6.5 90.6 113.0 15.6 28.6 .229 .369 .311 .295 .361 47.6 24.7 7.5 5.01 3.62
2025 30 1102 174 22 12.6 8.0 90.6 110.7 16.7 35.1 .237 .443 .306 .313 .425 48.3 30.3 6.2 4.06 4.10
Player 3457 536 45 8.4 5.3 90.1 113.0 16.4 32.1 .225 .366 .292 .293 .365 43.1 27.6 8.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Baker relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(47.2%) ,
Changeup
(27.9%) ,
Slider
(25.0%) ,


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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 0.0 100.0 0.0 33.3 66.7 33.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 66.7
2022 42.5 57.5 21.5 26.9 9.1 34.9 38.2 26.9 19.9 16.1 6.5 15.1 22.0 20.4
2023 35.5 64.5 34.5 22.7 7.3 34.5 33.6 31.8 14.5 12.7 8.2 20.0 20.9 23.6
2024 42.9 57.1 28.6 20.6 7.9 33.3 39.7 27.0 19.0 19.0 4.8 14.3 20.6 22.2
2025 37.9 62.1 28.2 24.7 9.2 35.1 38.5 26.4 14.9 19.0 4.0 20.1 19.5 22.4
Player 39.4 60.6 27.1 24.6 9.0 34.7 37.3 28.0 17.0 16.6 5.8 17.7 20.7 22.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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 33.3 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022 3.8 30.1 25.8 30.1 5.4 4.8 3.1
2023 2.7 27.3 37.3 17.3 8.2 7.3 4.3
2024 4.8 22.2 25.4 23.8 11.1 9.5 6.5
2025 2.9 26.4 23.6 28.2 6.3 12.6 8.0
Player 3.5 27.2 27.2 26.3 6.9 8.4 5.3
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 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
2025 Slider TB R 275 88.5 29.7 -2.0 6.9GLV 3.7 5.0 -3.3 6.9GLV 2.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball TB R 520 96.7 11.3 1.1 4.2ARM -1.8 18.1 2.3 4.2ARM -3.4
2025 Changeup TB R 307 85.1 29.9 -0.7 14.4ARM 1.1 8.0 -3.9 14.4ARM 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 180 96.3 12.0 0.7 2.6ARM -4.1 17.5 1.8 2.6ARM -5.0
2024 Changeup BAL R 51 82.8 28.5 -3.0 13.1ARM -0.3 11.4 -6.5 13.1ARM -1.1
2024 Curveball BAL R 34 79.0 48.6 -5.9 4.8GLV -2.4 -5.0 -5.0 4.8GLV -4.6
2024 Slider BAL R 104 87.4 31.2 -2.5 7.2GLV 3.4 4.3 -2.6 7.2GLV 2.4
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 520 47.2 127 .272 .482 .364 27.8 30.7 24.5 .260 .506 .359 61.8
2025 Changeup 1.9 6 307 27.9 79 .128 .244 .155 36.7 41.8 23.7 .176 .281 .194 23.9
2025 Slider -0.5 -1 275 25.0 68 .286 .587 .392 23.1 16.2 17.7 .272 .532 .367 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -3 180 48.8 45 .286 .571 .382 30.2 33.3 23.8 .235 .394 .298 55.6
2024 Slider 2.1 2 104 28.2 29 .192 .346 .278 16.1 10.3 13.6 .204 .333 .278 39.1
2024 Changeup -0.6 0 51 13.8 11 .222 .222 .227 20.0 36.4 14.3 .239 .284 .325 50.0
2024 Curveball 2.0 1 34 9.2 8 .125 .250 .358 15.4 12.5 25.0 .282 .472 .315 42.9
! 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
2025 Changeup 307 85.1 88 16.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 518 96.7 96 18.1 12:45 12:30 15
2025 Slider 275 88.5 45 8.6 10:45 9:45 60
2024 Changeup 45 82.8 91 17.3 1:15 1:45 -30
2024 Curveball 32 78.9 52 8.8 8:15 7:15 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 172 96.3 93 17.3 12:30 12:15 15
2024 Slider 97 87.4 47 8.5 10:45 9:45 60
! 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 4 19 1 0 0 0 0
2022 290 1,181 13 14 -11 -6 10
2023 183 784 9 6 -8 -4 3
2024 93 370 1 4 -3 -1 0
2025 274 1,102 0 13 -6 -2 5
Player 844 3,456 23 37 -28 23 18
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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 19 52.6 90.0 66.7 11.1 0.0 42.1 50.0 52.6 40.0 5.3 100.0
2022 1,181 49.1 66.7 76.0 24.0 63.9 43.4 63.6 45.0 27.3 7.5 86.4
2023 785 50.0 71.2 80.3 25.0 65.3 43.8 67.6 48.0 23.6 6.5 80.4
2024 370 52.2 70.5 80.1 24.9 63.6 42.4 63.4 48.6 23.9 8.9 84.8
2025 1,102 52.9 69.8 76.4 30.1 56.4 43.0 63.9 51.1 29.1 10.3 84.1
Player 3,457 50.9 69.3 77.5 26.1 61.4 43.2 64.5 48.0 26.8 8.3 84.3
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2022 76 64 87 94 56 82 88 16 20 70 34 62 4 86 77 63
2023 79 74 57
2024 84 56 54
2025 43 58 18 7 82 43 1 14 3 91 82 77 72 86 50 47
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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 %
2022 23.98 3 4.1 -1 2 5 0 0.0
2023 22.27 4 3.5 1 3 3 1 25.0
2024 23.96 3 1.9 1 4 2 0 0.0
2025 24.69 13 11.0 2 7 8 6 46.2
Player 24.08 23 20.5 3 16 18 7 30.4
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
2022 3 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 6 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5
2023 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
2024 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
2025 13 11 8 11 12 10 9 10 8 7 9 11 12 16 9 11 13 9 13 14 13 10 14 14 10 7 12 12 14 11 11
Player 23 18 17 20 22 19 19 16 14 15 16 24 23 24 18 22 21 17 21 23 23 22 29 28 18 15 21 22 26 21 21
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Year to Year Changes

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022 +/-   2021
Results
BA .231 -.004 .235 +.025 .210 -.020 .230 -.020 .250
xBA .237 +.008 .229 +.030 .199 -.027 .226 -.128 .354
OBP .278 -.012 .290 -.024 .314 +.008 .306 +.056 .250
xOBP .284 -.007 .291 -.016 .307 +.005 .302 -.052 .354
SLG .435 .000 .435 +.097 .338 +.028 .310 +.060 .250
xSLG .443 +.074 .369 +.050 .319 +.001 .318 -.091 .409
ISO .204 +.004 .200 +.073 .127 +.047 .080 +.080 .000
xISO .206 +.066 .140 +.019 .121 +.029 .092 +.037 .055
BABIP .287 +.004 .283 +.007 .276 -.035 .311 -.022 .333
wOBA .306 -.005 .311 +.024 .287 +.010 .277 +.057 .220
xwOBA .313 +.018 .295 +.013 .282 +.002 .280 -.057 .337
wOBACON .415 +.033 .382 +.047 .335 +.007 .328 +.035 .293
xwOBACON .425 +.064 .361 +.035 .326 -.006 .332 -.118 .450
BACON .341 +.024 .317 +.014 .303 -.020 .323 -.010 .333
xBACON .350 +.030 .320 +.028 .292 -.025 .317 -.156 .473
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 48.3 +0.7 47.6 +11.2 36.4 -5.0 41.4 +41.4 0.0
Avg Exit Velocity 90.6 0.0 90.6 +0.6 90.0 +0.2 89.8 +19.6 70.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.1 +6.5 28.6 -1.4 30.0 -1.7 31.7 -1.6 33.3
Barrel % 12.6 +3.1 9.5 +2.2 7.3 +2.5 4.8 +4.8 0.0
Avg Launch Angle 16.7 +1.1 15.6 -5.2 20.8 +7.5 13.3 -31.9 45.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.4 +0.1 71.3 -0.1 71.4 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 10° +2° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 50.3 -6.1 56.4 +1.6 54.8 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -1° -3° +3° -1° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 30° 30° -1° 32° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 7.3 0.0 7.3 0.0 7.3 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 96.7 +0.4 96.3 +0.6 95.7 -0.5 96.2 +1.4 94.8
Breaking Velocity 88.5 +3.2 85.3 -0.5 85.8 -1.5 87.3 -0.7 88.0
Offspeed Velocity 85.1 +2.3 82.8 +3.0 79.8 -4.2 84.0 -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 22 +16 6 -2 8 -1 9 +9 0
Popup % 9.2 +1.3 7.9 +0.6 7.3 -1.8 9.1 -57.6 66.7
Flyball % 28.2 -0.4 28.6 -5.9 34.5 +13.0 21.5 +21.5 0.0
Line Drive % 24.7 +4.1 20.6 -2.1 22.7 -4.2 26.9 -6.4 33.3
Groundball % 37.9 -5.0 42.9 +7.4 35.5 -7.0 42.5 +42.5 0.0
Pull % 35.1 +1.8 33.3 -1.2 34.5 -0.4 34.9 +1.6 33.3
Straight Away % 38.5 -1.2 39.7 +6.1 33.6 -4.6 38.2 +38.2 0.0
Opposite Field % 26.4 -0.6 27.0 -4.8 31.8 +4.9 26.9 -39.8 66.7
Weak Contact % 2.9 -1.9 4.8 +2.1 2.7 -1.1 3.8 -29.5 33.3
Pull Airball % 20.1 +5.8 14.3 -5.7 20.0 +4.9 15.1 -18.2 33.3
Topped Contact % 26.4 +4.2 22.2 -5.1 27.3 -2.8 30.1 +30.1 0.0
Under Contact % 23.6 -1.8 25.4 -11.9 37.3 +11.5 25.8 +25.8 0.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 28.2 +4.4 23.8 +6.5 17.3 -12.8 30.1 -36.6 66.7
Solid Contact % 6.3 -4.8 11.1 +2.9 8.2 +2.8 5.4 +5.4 0.0
HR/FB % 26.5 +9.8 16.7 +6.2 10.5 +3.0 7.5 -- --
Popups 16 +11 5 -3 8 -9 17 +15 2
Flyballs 49 +31 18 -20 38 -2 40 +40 0
Line Drives 43 +30 13 -12 25 -25 50 +49 1
Groundballs 66 +39 27 -12 39 -40 79 +79 0
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.9 +0.7 52.2 +2.2 50.0 +0.9 49.1 -3.5 52.6
Out of Zone % 47.1 -0.7 47.8 -2.2 50.0 -0.9 50.9 +3.5 47.4
Edge % 43.0 +0.6 42.4 -1.4 43.8 +0.4 43.4 +1.3 42.1
Zone Swing % 69.8 -0.7 70.5 -0.7 71.2 +4.5 66.7 -23.3 90.0
Out of Zone Swing % 30.1 +5.2 24.9 -0.1 25.0 +1.0 24.0 +12.9 11.1
In Zone Contact % 76.4 -3.7 80.1 -0.2 80.3 +4.3 76.0 +9.3 66.7
Out of Zone Contact % 56.4 -7.2 63.6 -1.7 65.3 +1.4 63.9 +63.9 0.0
Whiff % 29.1 +5.2 23.9 +0.3 23.6 -3.7 27.3 -12.7 40.0
First Strike % 63.9 +0.5 63.4 -4.2 67.6 +4.0 63.6 +13.6 50.0
First Pitch Swing % 37.2 +4.9 32.3 -6.6 38.9 +2.8 36.1 -13.9 50.0
Swing % 51.1 +2.5 48.6 +0.6 48.0 +3.0 45.0 -7.6 52.6
Meatball Swing % 84.1 -0.7 84.8 +4.4 80.4 -6.0 86.4 -13.6 100.0
Meatball % 10.3 +1.4 8.9 +2.4 6.5 -1.0 7.5 +2.2 5.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 23.6 +3.7 19.9 +0.2 19.7 -4.3 24.0 -9.3 33.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 43.6 +7.2 36.4 +1.7 34.7 -1.4 36.1 -63.9 100.0
In Zone 583 +390 193 -199 392 -188 580 +570 10
Out of Zone 519 +342 177 -215 392 -209 601 +592 9
Edge 474 +317 157 -186 343 -169 512 +504 8
In Zone Swings 407 +271 136 -143 279 -108 387 +378 9
Out of Zone Swings 156 +112 44 -54 98 -46 144 +143 1
In Zone Swing & Misses 96 +69 27 -28 55 -38 93 +90 3
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 68 +52 16 -18 34 -18 52 +51 1
Basic
Pitches 1,102 +732 370 -415 785 -396 1,181 +1,162 19
PA 274 +181 93 -93 186 -105 291 +287 4
AB 255 +170 85 -72 157 -104 261 +257 4
Hits 59 +39 20 -13 33 -27 60 +59 1
Singles 35 +25 10 -11 21 -26 47 +46 1
Doubles 9 +3 6 -2 8 0 8 +8 0
Triples 2 +1 1 +1 0 -2 2 +2 0
Home Runs 13 +10 3 -1 4 +1 3 +3 0
Walks 17 +10 7 -17 24 -2 26 +26 0
Strikeouts 83 +60 23 -28 51 -25 76 +75 1
K% 30.3 +5.6 24.7 -2.7 27.4 +1.3 26.1 +1.1 25.0
BB% 6.2 -1.3 7.5 -5.4 12.9 +4.0 8.9 +8.9 0.0
HBP 0 0 0 -1 1 -2 3 +3 0
Batted Balls 174 +111 63 -47 110 -76 186 +183 3
Number of Fastballs 520 +340 180 -265 445 -218 663 +649 14
Number of Offspeed 307 +256 51 -62 113 -93 206 +206 0
Number of Breaking 275 +137 138 -88 226 -86 312 +307 5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 4 .220 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
2022 Shifts 290 .277 191 18 9.4 99 44 44.4
2023 Shades 183 .289 124 1 0.8 59 15 25.4
2024 Shades 90 .321 52 1 1.9 38 19 50.0
2025 Shades 274 .306 131 1 0.8 143 66 46.2
! 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 1 19.9 0.0% 0.0% 6 24.7 0.0% 0.0%
2022 338 19.7 5.9% 2.7% 220 24.0 0.0% 10.9%
2023 191 16.8 18.3% 0.0% 144 19.2 0.7% 0.0%
2024 93 15.7 32.3% 0.0% 72 18.7 0.0% 1.4%
2025 293 16.4 24.9% 0.7% 165 18.7 0.6% 0.6%

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Pitch Distribution