Drake Baldwin

Bats L Throws R6'1" 225 lbBorn 2001 Madison, USADebut 2025Team ATL1x All-StarDraft 2022 R3 #96 Atlanta Braves, Missouri StateContract 1 y/$800,000 (26) 2026: $800,000

Awards: Jackie Robinson NL Rookie of the Year

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 134.4FIELD+ 99.3 at CTotal 3.54 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	362	322	86	16	1	12	35	61	0	0.269	0.343	0.431	0.774	0.162	0.338	16.9	9.7	111.2	1.62
2027	479	425	115	18	1	18	46	90	1	0.270	0.346	0.444	0.790	0.173	0.344	18.8	9.6	120.6	2.70

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 105 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jay Clarke	1907	129.4	106.9	328
2	Matt Nokes	1988	118.6	93.7	290
3	Alex Avila	2011	120.5	102.8	434
4	Joe Mauer	2007	122.6	134.5	633
5	Earl Smith	1921	120.1	118.0	275
6	Brian McCann	2008	120.5	119.5	551
7	Branch Rickey	1906	132.8	47.0	152
8	Bill Dickey	1931	116.8	118.9	459
9	Ken O'Dea	1937	116.2	73.6	262
10	Yogi Berra	1949	113.3	132.7	656

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			479		115	18	1	18		1	46	90	0.270	0.346	0.444	0.790	120.6
2026*	ATL	104	462	68	112	10	0	21		3	46	94	0.275	0.357	0.453	0.811	127.2
2025	ATL	124	446	56	111	18	2	19	80	0	38	68	0.274	0.341	0.469	0.810	127.5
Career		124	446	56	111	18	2	19	80	0	38	68	0.274	0.341	0.469	0.810	127.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	462	91.7	11.1	13.3	52.1	23.1	33.6	0.282	0.506	0.376	26.0
2025	446	91.7	6.5	11.0	49.6	19.5	28.8	0.272	0.480	0.353	26.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	C	97	760	745	32	4	3	0.995	-0.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	334	12 HR, 1 SB	0.298	0.891
2024	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	217	4 HR, 1 SB	0.244	0.650
2023	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	59	1 HR, 0 SB	0.321	0.786
2023	A+	Rome Braves	Bat	405	14 HR, 0 SB	0.260	0.851
2022	A	Augusta GreenJackets	Bat	101	0 HR, 1 SB	0.247	0.680

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.333	0.377	0.374	0.343
2025	0.368	0.356	0.366	0.351

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.