Blaze Alexander 2026 Orioles · 3B · bats R · throws R · 234 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 48th percentile Power: 16th percentile Discipline: 29th percentile Contact: 41st percentile Hard Contact: 78th percentile C 48th percentile contact quality
Still Searching Below league average across the board.
Makes some of the hardest contact around Blaze Alexander squares the ball up — harder contact than 78% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 29% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Blaze Alexander League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .582 .507 48th Walk rate(higher = better) 6% 8% 29th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 23% 23% 41st
How he hits Hits it to Oppo most often, and does the most damage to Pull.
Best batted balls Where every ball Blaze Alexander put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 158 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.771
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.387
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Blaze Alexander Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: contact · Trending down: power, walk rate
EB/PAi — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Walking less often than last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Striking out less than last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
