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Alex Hoppe

Orioles
Number #26
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 27
Height 6' 1"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Davenport, IA
Born Dec 17, 1998

Key Insights

2026
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Hoppe's 4-seam fastball averages 98.3 mph, and has touched 100.9.

283 thrown, 38.6% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .495 expected average against them, against .354 on his fastballs.

66 of his breaking balls thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Hoppe throws a fastball 72.6% of the time, against 50.3% when he is ahead.

186 pitches behind in the count, 197 ahead.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Hoppe lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.07 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

733 located pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Hoppe's slider leaves the bat at 92.6 mph, against 80.8 off his sinker.

268 and 173 of them thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Hoppe's sinker moves 14.2 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

173 thrown, averaging 98.5 mph.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 17, 1998
Birth Place Davenport, IA
Height 6' 1"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft UNC Greensboro