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Cade Povich

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #37

Born: April 12, 2000 in Reno, NV, United States
MLB debut: June 6, 2024
Drafted: 2021, round 3
College: Nebraska

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dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 37.0
ERA: 4.38
FIP: 5.00
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 119

Cade Povich is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 28 batters over 37.0 innings across 8 appearances, 7 of them starts, going 2-1. His ERA of 4.38 was 4.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 324th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.00 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.6% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His 0.1 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 regular season.

FIP5.00

K/96.8

WHIP1.49

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	BAL	8	7	37.0	2	1	40	18	28	15	4.38	5.00	1.49	6.8	3.6	105	119	0.1
2025	BAL	22	20	112.1	3	8	125	65	118	43	5.21	4.18	1.50	9.5	3.4	125	100	1.3
2024	BAL	16	16	79.2	3	9	80	46	69	34	5.20	4.79	1.43	7.8	3.8	127	117	0.3

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	58	54	18	4	3	8	.333	.379	.630	.430	13.8%
vs RHB	102	90	22	2	12	20	.244	.333	.333	.307	19.6%

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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	45.8%	280	91.8	2,446	47.9%	19.9%	62	.194	.587
Curveball	22.4%	137	76.4	2,455	40.9%	37.3%	26	.192	.575
Slider	13.1%	80	86.6	2,514	37.5%	27.0%	21	.238	.905
Changeup	10.1%	62	85.1	1,509	33.9%	15.6%	20	.500	1.150
Sinker	8.5%	52	91.3	2,270	36.5%	9.1%	15	.533	1.365

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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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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.