Mike Baumann
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 240LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 3, #98, Baltimore Orioles | Jacksonville
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 3 4.72 13 4 0 34.1 23 1.51
2023 10 1 3.76 60 0 0 64.2 61 1.31
2024 1 0 4.50 8 0 0 8 9 2.00
4 Seasons 13 5 4.62 85 4 0 117 98 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 13 1-3 4.72 34.1 23 1.51
2023 60 10-1 3.76 64.2 61 1.31
2024 8 1-0 4.50 8 9 2.00
4 Seasons 85 13-5 4.62 117 98 1.47
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 25 185 38 7 18.4 14.0 95.5 109.3 12.8 42.1 .344 .767 .407 .494 .521 60.5 10.0 12.0 9.90 13.01
2022 26 580 115 8 7.0 5.4 91.8 112.9 9.5 29.6 .265 .416 .353 .325 .354 46.1 15.4 6.0 4.72 4.43
2023 27 1071 177 16 9.0 5.9 91.3 112.4 12.4 31.6 .259 .458 .303 .352 .409 45.8 22.3 12.1 3.76 5.37
2024 28 162 26 1 3.8 2.5 93.0 106.5 13.4 30.8 .259 .382 .394 .329 .370 50.0 22.5 12.5 4.50 4.34
Player 1998 356 32 9.0 6.3 92.0 112.9 11.6 32.0 .269 .469 .335 .356 .400 47.8 19.1 10.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Baumann relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.1%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(32.1%) ,
Slider
(16.0%) ,
Changeup
(3.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 36.8 34.2 26.3 2.6 39.5 42.1 18.4 0.0 31.6 18.4 13.2 18.4 18.4 14.0
2022 50.4 20.9 20.9 7.8 40.0 34.8 25.2 2.6 37.4 19.1 25.2 8.7 7.0 5.4
2023 42.9 30.5 22.6 4.0 28.2 40.7 31.1 3.4 29.9 26.0 24.3 6.8 9.0 5.9
2024 42.3 30.8 23.1 3.8 30.8 38.5 30.8 0.0 30.8 23.1 38.5 3.8 3.8 2.5
Player 44.7 27.8 22.5 5.1 33.4 38.8 27.8 2.5 32.6 22.8 24.4 8.4 9.0 6.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Changeup BAL R 6 88.1 23.7 -6.3 -21 16.3 1.5 10
2024 Curveball BAL R 52 86.7 43.6 0.3 1 1.9 -2.7 -59
2024 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 78 96.1 11.0 1.9 15 8.1 1.0 15
2024 Slider BAL R 26 91.1 24.7 -5.0 -17 1.8 -1.7 -49
2023 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 550 96.4 12.2 1.2 9 8.1 0.9 12
2023 Curveball BAL R 270 87.4 43.5 0.2 0 1.7 -2.5 -60
2023 Changeup BAL R 26 88.7 24.7 -4.0 -14 15.7 1.2 8
2023 Slider BAL R 223 91.7 25.6 -3.6 -12 1.3 -2.5 -65
2022 Curveball BAL R 108 84.0 52.9 4.5 9 4.5 -1.3 -22
2022 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 274 95.8 11.9 1.2 9 5.6 -0.8 -12
2022 Sinker BAL R 1 95.6 16.5 -2.7 -14 14.6 -0.1 0
2022 Changeup BAL R 26 88.7 25.3 -2.5 -9 16.1 2.0 15
2022 Slider BAL R 170 91.6 25.3 -3.5 -12 2.0 -1.4 -40
2021 Changeup BAL R 6 85.9 25.0 -2.9 -11 12.2 -0.6 -5
2021 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 103 93.6 13.3 0.7 5 3.3 -2.9 -47
2021 Curveball BAL R 11 81.3 55.3 3.5 7 4.5 -2.2 -32
2021 Slider BAL R 65 89.5 29.0 -2.0 -6 3.6 0.2 5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -5.2 -4 78 48.1 20 .421 .737 .548 22.5 15.0 13.6 .312 .461 .350 62.5
2024 Curveball -3.0 -2 52 32.1 13 .300 .300 .369 26.1 38.5 23.8 .195 .229 .304 20.0
2024 Slider 4.3 1 26 16.0 5 .000 .000 .140 30.8 0.0 0.0 .283 .548 .419 50.0
2024 Changeup 5.1 0 6 3.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .025 .073 .043 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 550 51.4 126 .225 .402 .355 22.4 15.1 13.2 .262 .486 .385 45.9
2023 Curveball 1.5 4 271 25.3 85 .192 .244 .233 33.3 41.2 25.0 .203 .304 .257 41.9
2023 Slider 1.1 2 224 20.9 55 .240 .480 .332 24.0 12.7 15.9 .354 .672 .444 52.3
2023 Changeup -1.1 0 26 2.4 5 .400 .600 .430 0.0 0.0 0.0 .135 .184 .137 20.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 275 47.4 71 .375 .516 .409 14.9 9.9 10.8 .290 .500 .371 46.6
2022 Slider 1.2 2 170 29.3 44 .220 .317 .265 22.2 22.7 22.7 .218 .303 .259 35.5
2022 Curveball -4.0 -4 108 18.6 26 .333 .500 .385 12.8 19.2 10.4 .260 .364 .307 57.9
2022 Changeup 0.0 0 26 4.5 8 .250 .375 .269 7.7 12.5 11.1 .330 .474 .347 57.1
2022 Sinker -3.7 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -2 103 55.7 27 .261 .565 .396 21.3 11.1 13.6 .337 .939 .548 65.0
2021 Slider -3.1 -2 65 35.1 20 .353 .412 .393 21.2 10.0 10.0 .333 .407 .376 53.3
2021 Curveball -15.1 -2 11 5.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .472 1.481 .805 66.7
2021 Changeup -1.6 0 6 3.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 4-Seam Fastball 78 96.1 98 20.2 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Knuckle Curve 52 86.7 52 9.7 7:15 6:30 45
2024 Slider 26 91.1 45 8.1 11:45 11:15 30
2023 Changeup 22 88.7 99 18.9 2:00 2:00 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 537 96.4 98 18.9 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Knuckle Curve 264 87.4 54 9.9 7:00 6:15 45
2023 Slider 220 91.7 42 6.6 12:15 11:15 60
2022 Changeup 26 88.7 99 18.9 1:45 2:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 273 95.8 96 18.7 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Knuckle Curve 108 84.0 81 17.1 6:45 6:30 15
2022 Slider 170 91.6 49 7.3 12:00 11:15 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 101 93.6 95 17.8 12:30 12:30 0
2021 Knuckle Curve 11 81.3 88 17.0 6:45 6:30 15
2021 Slider 63 89.5 46 5.8 11:30 10:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 50 185 -2 -1 -1 -1 -6
2022 149 580 0 4 -4 -2 -2
2023 271 1,071 6 11 -7 -5 6
2024 40 162 -3 1 -2 -1 -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 185 49.2 78.0 87.3 16.0 46.7 42.2 60.0 46.5 19.8 7.6 92.9
2022 580 49.3 73.1 89.0 26.5 67.9 44.1 57.7 49.5 16.4 9.0 80.8
2023 1,071 49.7 69.4 83.2 27.5 54.7 43.8 62.4 48.3 25.0 7.7 82.9
2024 162 52.5 71.8 77.0 23.4 72.2 43.8 52.5 48.8 24.1 6.8 90.9
Player 1,998 49.7 71.4 84.8 25.8 59.5 43.7 60.0 48.5 21.9 8.0 83.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2021 51 21 78
2022 81 41 15 62
2023 13 28 18 16 10 56 29 4 6 40 8 42 32 88 50 34 68
2024 39 36 54 66 30 63 77 5 9 49 22 44 20 84 66 33 65
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 28.2 2 3.3 -1 1 2 2 100.0
2022 24.6 3 4.1 -1 3 4 1 33.3
2023 24.4 7 8.0 -1 6 5 4 57.1
2024 22.9 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 24.9 13 16.1 -3 10 12 7 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3
2022 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 7 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 4
2023 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 7 7 6 8 12 8 7 7 9 7 8 9 9 7 13 9 8 7 8 7 9 7 6
2024 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 13 15 14 15 16 15 18 18 14 12 13 19 21 16 16 15 16 15 16 18 17 15 23 19 16 14 16 16 19 14 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 95.8 2.2 96.4 0.6 96.1 -0.3
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 88.7 2.8 88.7 0.0 88.1 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 88.3 88.6 0.3 89.3 0.7 88.1 -1.2
Exit Velocity 95.5 91.8 -3.7 91.3 -0.5 93.0 1.7
Launch Angle 12.8 9.5 -3.3 12.4 2.9 13.4 1.0
Barrel % 18.4 7.0 -11.4 9.0 2.0 3.8 -5.2
Hard Hit % 60.5 46.1 -14.4 45.8 -0.3 50.0 4.2
Sweet Spot % 42.1 29.6 -12.5 31.6 2.0 30.8 -0.8
xBA .344 .265 -0.079 .259 -0.006 .259 0.000
BA .302 .314 0.012 .221 -0.093 .314 0.093
xwOBA .494 .325 -0.169 .352 0.027 .329 -0.023
wOBA .407 .353 -0.054 .303 -0.050 .394 0.091
xSLG .767 .416 -0.351 .458 0.042 .382 -0.076
SLG .558 .445 -0.113 .370 -0.075 .486 0.116
K% 10.0 15.4 5.4 22.3 6.9 22.5 0.2
BB% 12.0 6.0 -6.0 12.1 6.1 12.5 0.4
Swing % 46.5 49.5 3.0 48.3 -1.2 48.8 0.5
Whiff% 19.8 16.4 -3.4 25.0 8.6 24.1 -0.9
In Zone % 49.2 49.3 0.1 49.7 0.4 52.5 2.8
Out of Zone % 50.8 50.7 -0.1 50.3 -0.4 47.5 -2.8
Out of Zone Swing % 16.0 26.5 10.5 27.5 1.0 23.4 -4.1
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 36.9 2.9 39.9 3.0 22.5 -17.4
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 57.7 -2.3 62.4 4.7 52.5 -9.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 50 .407 31 2 6.5 19 11 57.9
2022 Shifts 149 .353 91 10 11.0 58 31 53.4
2023 Shades 270 .297 172 0 0.0 98 35 35.7
2024 Shades 40 .394 22 1 4.5 18 6 33.3
! 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 54 16.0 42.6% 0.0% 34 20.6 5.9% 2.9%
2022 136 17.4 19.1% 0.7% 102 19.1 7.8% 3.9%
2023 242 14.9 53.3% 0.8% 204 17.8 11.3% 1.5%
2024 18 14.5 50.0% 0.0% 38 16.2 23.7% 5.3%
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Pitch Distribution


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