Baldwin, Roupp, Castro, Mahle, Gonzales

Baldwin is an elite catcher … Drake Baldwin (C, ATL) has followed his 2025 National League Rookie of the Year performance with a .273 batting average and 20 HR through 419 PA. How are things under the hood?

Year	PA	HR	SB	BA	xBA	bb%	ct%	GB/LD/FB	HctX	PX/xPX	Brl%	Spd/SBO
2023^	71	2	0	.294	N/A	7%	75%	N/A	N/A	23/N/A	N/A	109/0%
2024^	551	14	2	.251	N/A	11%	77%	N/A	N/A	75/N/A	N/A	77/1%
2025	446	19	0	.274	.284	9%	83%	48/20/31	112	106/98	11%	95/0%
2026	419	20	2	.273	.257	10%	76%	47/20/31	121	102/124	14%	82/2%
^Double-A/Triple-A MLEs

This is an impressive collection of skills:

• The power metrics have been better in 2026 with upgraded Brl% and xPX. Even if he doesn’t quite reach 30 HR, he should come close.
• Baldwin has traded a bit of ct% for that additional power, but it hasn’t really harmed his batting...

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