Ryan Mountcastle

Bats R Throws R6'4" 230 lbBorn 1997 Winter Springs, USADebut 2020Team BALDraft 2015 R1 #36 Baltimore Orioles, Hagerty (FL) HSContract 1 y/$6.87M (26)+27 cl opt 2026: $6,870,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 100.6FIELD+ 99.2 at 1BTotal 0.66 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	355	327	86	17	1	11	22	85	2	0.264	0.313	0.426	0.739	0.162	0.320	23.9	6.2	104.6	1.31
2027	209	192	49	10	0	7	14	51	1	0.256	0.308	0.416	0.724	0.160	0.314	24.4	6.6	102.8	0.72

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 108 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	Mark Trumbo	2014	109.1	109.2	545
2	Dick Gernert	1957	108.2	101.6	496
3	Gaby Sanchez	2012	104.0	122.0	319
4	Nick Esasky	1988	106.8	132.3	633
5	Deron Johnson	1967	102.2	80.6	383
6	Dave Kingman	1977	113.3	129.1	448
7	George Burns	1921	111.2	103.4	602
8	Ron Jackson	1981	97.1	122.9	159
9	Chris Carter	2015	111.4	115.9	644
10	Kitty Bransfield	1903	101.9	63.5	564

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			209		49	10	0	7		1	14	51	0.256	0.308	0.416	0.724	102.8
2026*	BAL	8	15	0	4	1	0	0		0	1	2	0.286	0.333	0.357	0.690	97.8
2025	BAL	89	357	34	83	18	0	7	35	3	15	98	0.250	0.286	0.367	0.653	81.3
2024	BAL	124	507	54	128	30	2	13	63	3	27	114	0.271	0.308	0.425	0.733	110.6
2023	BAL	115	470	64	114	21	1	18	68	3	37	107	0.270	0.328	0.452	0.779	115.7
2022	BAL	145	609	62	139	28	1	22	85	4	43	154	0.250	0.305	0.423	0.729	103.6
2021	BAL	144	586	77	136	23	1	33	89	4	41	161	0.255	0.309	0.487	0.796	109.3
2020	BAL	35	140	12	42	5	0	5	23	0	11	30	0.333	0.386	0.492	0.878	139.4
Career		652	2669	303	642	125	5	98	363	17	174	664	0.263	0.312	0.438	0.750	107.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	15	90.0	8.8	0.0	41.7	8.8	44.8	0.279	0.348	0.301	26.2
2025	357	90.7	9.1	11.7	47.1	32.0	39.4	0.253	0.428	0.313	27.6
2024	507	90.8	10.4	8.8	45.2	25.1	38.0	0.271	0.455	0.336	27.6
2023	470	91.4	12.0	12.1	44.9	28.3	38.8	0.266	0.506	0.356	28.2
2022	609	91.3	15.9	15.1	46.3	29.8	37.8	0.274	0.522	0.363	27.5
2021	586	89.1	16.3	11.8	39.7	31.6	38.1	0.241	0.457	0.325	28.0
2020	140	87.4	10.8	7.1	41.8	29.7	39.9	0.266	0.430	0.328	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	1B	56	441	361	37	0	37	1.000	-4.7
2024	BAL	1B	114	981	860	74	3	57	0.997	+1.6
2023	BAL	1B	90	769	647	67	2	79	0.997	-3.3
2022	BAL	1B	124	1079	963	74	5	111	0.995	-3.2
2021	BAL	1B	84	704	622	38	1	56	0.998	-2.2
2021	BAL	OF	21	144	26	1	1	0	0.964
2020	BAL	OF	25	192	33	0	0	0	1.000
2020	BAL	1B	10	75	48	6	1	6	0.982	-0.9

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	37	3 HR, 0 SB	0.387	1.292
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	58	1 HR, 0 SB	0.222	0.572
2019	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	553	25 HR, 2 SB	0.312	0.871
2018	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	428	13 HR, 2 SB	0.297	0.805
2017	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	159	3 HR, 0 SB	0.222	0.605
2017	A+	Frederick Keys	Bat	379	15 HR, 8 SB	0.314	0.885
2016	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	489	10 HR, 5 SB	0.281	0.745
2015	Rk	GCL Orioles	Bat	175	3 HR, 10 SB	0.313	0.760

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.225	0.341	0.307	0.312
2025	0.291	0.311	0.317	0.292
2024	0.370	0.320	0.333	0.335
2023	0.443	0.288	0.335	0.346
2022	0.296	0.323	0.333	0.299
2021	0.360	0.338	0.371	0.319
2020	0.321	0.427	0.358	0.433

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2023	3	11	1	2	1	2	1	4	0.182	0.231	0.273	0.503
Career	5	18	1	2	1	2	1	8	0.111	0.150	0.167	0.317