Joey Ortiz

Bats R Throws R5'9" 190 lbBorn 1998 Garden Grove, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2019 R4 #108 Baltimore Orioles, New Mexico StateContract 1 y/$790,400 (26) 2026: $790,400

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 102.6FIELD+ 106.1 at SSTotal 1.16 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	361	328	81	16	2	7	25	63	9	0.248	0.305	0.378	0.682	0.130	0.300	17.4	6.9	88.3	0.61
2027	330	298	74	14	2	7	24	58	7	0.248	0.307	0.375	0.682	0.127	0.300	17.7	7.3	88.5	0.57

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 78 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	Rich Dauer	1979	80.3	92.9	618
2	Tommy Helms	1967	81.6	91.8	526
3	Mickey Witek	1942	79.4	110.4	672
4	Bobby Knoop	1965	81.8	89.0	650
5	Mickey Doolin	1906	81.7	54.5	544
6	Carlos Garcia	1994	81.6	95.7	402
7	Lennie Merullo	1943	82.6	55.8	217
8	Doc Farrell	1928	76.6	23.2	200
9	Charlie Hayes	1991	75.8	95.5	549
10	Babe Pinelli	1922	81.7	74.5	473

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			330		74	14	2	7		7	24	58	0.248	0.307	0.375	0.682	88.5
2026*	MIL	104	312	36	69	11	2	7		8	29	58	0.252	0.318	0.383	0.701	87.9
2025	MIL	149	506	62	108	18	1	7	45	14	27	74	0.230	0.276	0.317	0.593	64.8
2024	MIL	142	511	58	105	25	6	11	60	11	56	103	0.239	0.329	0.398	0.726	105.4
2023	BAL	15	34	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	0.212	0.206	0.242	0.448	18.1
Career		306	1051	124	220	44	7	18	109	25	83	186	0.233	0.299	0.352	0.651	83.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	312	88.5	5.5	4.4	36.0	19.1	31.4	0.241	0.342	0.300	29.1
2025	506	84.9	13.3	3.0	32.8	16.0	33.4	0.245	0.327	0.275	28.7
2024	511	87.8	9.9	4.7	38.4	17.1	24.7	0.232	0.347	0.307	28.7
2023	34	88.2	0.1	8.3	44.0	22.8	35.6	0.246	0.338	0.249	28.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	SS	149	1218	166	324	9	67	0.982	+3.5
2024	MIL	3B	134	1098	102	227	10	24	0.971	+11.1
2024	MIL	SS	10	35	5	10	0	4	1.000	-0.2
2024	MIL	2B	6	31	7	4	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2023	BAL	2B	7	45	7	9	0	3	1.000	-0.6
2023	BAL	3B	4	17	0	3	0	0	1.000	+1.1
2023	BAL	SS	3	26	8	6	0	4	1.000	+1.9

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	389	9 HR, 11 SB	0.321	0.885
2022	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	115	4 HR, 6 SB	0.346	0.967
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	485	15 HR, 2 SB	0.269	0.792
2021	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	67	4 HR, 1 SB	0.233	0.780
2021	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	89	0 HR, 3 SB	0.289	0.816

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.307	0.320	0.362	0.270
2025	0.337	0.253	0.216	0.329
2024	0.352	0.319	0.355	0.305
2023	0.270	0.096	0.139	0.242

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	9	19	1	2	3	4	0.105	0.227	0.105	0.333
2024	3	11	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	12	30	1	2	3	6	0.067	0.152	0.067	0.218