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Pitcher · 2026

Cade Povich

Age
26
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 3"
Weight
200 lb
Number
#37
Born
April 12, 2000 in Reno, NV, USA
MLB debut
June 6, 2024
Drafted
2021, round 3
College
Nebraska
dbWAR
1.2
3 season(s)
IP
28.1
ERA
4.45
FIP
5.06
K/9
6.7
FIP−
121
100 = avg

Cade Povich is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 21 batters over 28.1 innings across 6 appearances, 5 of them starts, going 2-1. His ERA of 4.45 was 6.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 16 on his team, and 294th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.06 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (10.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP5.06
K/96.7
WHIP1.41
WAR-.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB424015415.375.405.775.49511.9%
vs RHB7869151916.217.308.275.27420.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Cade Povich throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball45.0%20491.72,44947.5%20.2%
Curveball21.0%9576.22,45941.1%38.9%
Slider14.1%6486.42,49539.1%29.6%
Changeup11.0%5084.91,45238.0%18.5%
Sinker8.8%4091.32,26240.0%10.5%
Cade Povich's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
20266528.1210301421104.455.061.416.73.2106121-0.0
20252220112.138012565118435.214.181.509.53.41251001.1
2024161679.2390804669345.204.791.437.83.81271170.2

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.