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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

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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Hoppe's 4-seam fastball averages 97.1 mph, and has touched 98.4.

55 thrown, 39.6% 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.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Hoppe's slider leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 85.7 off his 4-seam fastball.

66 and 55 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Hoppe's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

55 thrown, averaging 97.1 mph.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

13.7% of Hoppe's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

19 of 139 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count

Hoppe puts 50% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 27.5% when he is ahead.

34 located pitches behind, 40 ahead.

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