Bailey Ober

Bats R Throws R6'9" 260 lbBorn 1995 Huntersville, USADebut 2021Team MINDraft 2016 R23 #701 Los Angeles Dodgers, College of CharlestonContract 1 y/$5.2M (26) 2026: $5,200,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	524	21.3	5.5	3.92	19.7	6.69	100.3
2027							100.1
2028							99.3

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ 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	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Alex Cobb	2017	104.9	90.0	661
2	Jameson Taillon	2021	103.3	101.4	728
3	Anibal Sanchez	2013	104.2	115.2	514
4	Jake Odorizzi	2019	102.9	84.0	60
5	Jaime Garcia	2016	103.2	97.7	673
6	Anthony DeSclafani	2019	101.0	84.0	158
7	Clay Buchholz	2014	103.7	108.2	469
8	Tim Hudson	2005	102.0	99.3	959
9	Taijuan Walker	2022	103.0	101.3	733
10	Brad Penny	2007	105.1	86.7	426

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	MIN	27	0	0
2024	MIN	31	0	0
2023	MIN	26	0	0
2022	MIN	11	0	0
2021	MIN	20	2	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	183.4
Career		115	2	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	183.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									524				100.1
2026*									434				98.2	98.9	97.1
2025	MIN	6	9	5.10	27	27	0	146.3	624	30	31	120	91.6	100.3	91.9
2024	MIN	12	9	3.98	31	31	0	178.7	709	27	43	191	110.9	100.5	111.4
2023	MIN	8	6	3.43	26	26	0	144.3	577	22	29	146	108.6	100.7	109.3
2022	MIN	2	3	3.21	11	11	0	56.0	227	4	11	51	113.1	99.8	112.9
2021	MIN	3	3	4.19	20	20	0	92.3	379	20	19	96	95.0	99.0	94.0
Career		31	30	4.08	115	115	0	617.7	2516	103	133	604	103.4		103.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	83.7	-14.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	20.0	0.514	0.560	0.478

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIN	P	27	146	13	8	0	3	1.000	+0.3
2024	MIN	P	31	179	11	17	1	0	0.966	+0.4
2023	MIN	P	26	144	8	17	1	1	0.962	+0.5
2022	MIN	P	11	56	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2021	MIN	P	20	92	3	7	0	1	1.000	-0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	20	5.0 IP, 25% K	7.20
2025	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	33	9.0 IP, 27% K	1.00
2023	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	90	22.2 IP, 28% K	2.43
2022	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	37	9.2 IP, 35% K	4.89
2022	A	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	Pit	25	7.0 IP, 24% K	1.29
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	65	16.0 IP, 32% K	2.81
2019	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	84	24.0 IP, 40% K	0.38
2019	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Pit	176	45.2 IP, 30% K	1.00
2019	Rk	GCL Twins	Pit	36	9.0 IP, 36% K	0.00
2018	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Pit	294	75.0 IP, 30% K	3.84
2017	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Pit	111	28.0 IP, 32% K	3.21

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.450		0.450

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

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	0	1	13.17	2	1	0	4.1	8	4	1	4	2.20
Career	0	1	13.17	2	1	0	4.1	8	4	1	4	2.20