Maverick Handley

Bats R Throws R5'9" 210 lbBorn 1998 Denver, USADebut 2025Team BALDraft 2019 R6 #168 Baltimore Orioles, Stanford

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 52.5FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.33 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	136	119	24	5	0	2	12	38	2	0.202	0.286	0.302	0.588	0.100	0.268	27.9	8.9	60.7	-0.23
2027	119	105	21	4	0	2	10	34	1	0.204	0.286	0.309	0.595	0.105	0.270	28.7	8.4	66.4	-0.12

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 33 HIT+ the next season; 5 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	Don Gile	1962	13.3	did not play
2	Jim Tatum	1995	19.0	-64.3	11
3	Mike Hubbard	1998	-7.9	did not play
4	Butch Benton	1985	7.6	did not play
5	Diory Hernandez	2011	6.9	did not play
6	Ali Sanchez	2024	17.5	33.3	23
7	Trent Durrington	2003	12.2	66.8	87
8	Gary Gray	1980	41.0	98.7	214
9	Hank Riebe	1949	16.5	did not play
10	Doug Howard	1975	43.7	31.8	99

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			119		21	4	2		1	10	34	0.204	0.286	0.309	0.595	66.4
2026*	BAL	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-120.9
2025	BAL	16	47	2	3	0	0	3	0	2	18	0.073	0.133	0.073	0.207	-42.3
Career		16	47	2	3	0	0	3	0	2	18	0.073	0.133	0.073	0.207	-42.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	1					66.7	66.7	0.000	0.000	0.000
2025	47	83.5	4.1	0.0	34.6	35.8	25.7	0.127	0.194	0.177	27.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	C	16	121	147	1	1	0	0.993	-0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	37	1 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.715
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	38	1 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.732
2026	AA	Chesapeake Baysox	Bat	23	0 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.879
2026	AA	nan	Bat	39	0 HR, 0 SB	0.212	0.562
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	154	1 HR, 3 SB	0.258	0.740
2024	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	330	3 HR, 5 SB	0.202	0.612
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	264	4 HR, 7 SB	0.236	0.702
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	308	11 HR, 6 SB	0.236	0.769
2021	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	234	5 HR, 12 SB	0.201	0.653

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026		0.000		0.000
2025	0.200	0.089	0.114	0.100

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