Cade Povich #40

Attended the University of Nebraska and South Mountain Community College (Ariz.)…Majored in sports media and communication...Earned Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll twice (Spring 2020, 2021)...Named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week three times (3/30/21, 5/18/21, 6/1/21)...Named to All-Big Ten First-Team in 2021...Married, wife's name is Sophia....The couple was married during the 2024-25 offseason...Graduated from Bellevue West (Neb.) High School.

2025

Went 3-8 with a 5.21 ERA (65 ER/112.1 IP) on 125 hits (17 HR), 43 walks (two IBB), one hit batter and six wild pitches with 118 strikeouts in 22 appearances (20 GS)...Appeared on his first career Opening Day roster...Had one stint on the 15-day Injured List (left hip inflammation) from 6/16-8/3...On 6/15 vs. LAA, made his first career relief appearance and earned the victory (3.2 IP, three H, zero R, one BB, four K, one WP).

2024

Finished his rookie campaign with a 3-9 record and a 5.20 ERA (46 ER/79.2 IP), 80 hits (12 HR), 49 total runs, 34 walks (1 IBB) and three hit-by-pitches with 69 strikeouts in 16 starts for the O’s...Made his major league debut on June 6 at Toronto, taking the loss after allowing six runs on five hits (1 HR) and four walks with two strikeouts across 5.1 innings; threw 100 pitches, becoming the first Oriole to do so in their MLB debut since Wei-Yin Chen on April 10, 2012 vs. New York-AL (101)...Named the International League Pitcher of the Month for April after going 2-1 with a 1.03 ERA (3 ER/26.1 IP) and a league-best 40 strikeouts in five starts...Named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April after leading O’s Minor Leaguers(min. 20 IP) in ERA (1.03), WHIP (0.76) and strikeouts (40)...Named International League Pitcher of the Week for April 1 to 7 after going 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA (1 ER/11.0 IP), three hits, three walks, and 14 strikeouts in two starts at Charlotte during the week...Notched career highs in innings (7.1) and strikeouts (10) in his Sept. 3 start vs. Chicago-AL...Earned his third win of the year in his first career appearance against the Twins on Sept. 27, who drafted him in 2021, throwing 5.2 scoreless innings with two hits allowed, one walk and two strikeouts; he threw the 10 fastest pitches of his career, topped by a 96.0 mph four-seam fastball in the first inning to Manuel Margot...Posted a 2.60 ERA (8 ER/27.2 IP) and a 4.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio in five September starts after posting a 6.58 ERA (38 ER/52.0 IP) and a 1.42 K/BB in his first 11 starts to begin his career...Went 2-4 with a 3.60 ERA (20 ER/50.0 IP) across nine home starts compared to a 1-5 record with a 7.89 ERA (26 ER/29.2 IP) in seven road starts this year...Made his first career Postseason roster, but did not appear in a game.

2023

Spent the season between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Combined to go 8-10 with a 5.04 ERA (71 ER/126.2 IP) and 106 hits (18 HR), 76 total runs, 66 walks, five hit batters and 171 strikeouts in 28 games, all starts...Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Finished third among all minor leaguers in strikeouts; his 12.15 K/9 ranked third among full-season minor leaguers...Selected as Eastern League Pitcher of the Week three times (5/1, 5/15, & 6/19), his first career weekly honors...Fanned 10 on 4/29 (G1) vs. Richmond and 5/11 at Harrisburg...Struck out a career-high 13 batters on 6/15 vs. Richmond; struck out the first six batters of the game and retired the first 18 hitters of the game; pitched 7.0 innings for the first time and surrendered just one hit...Completed at least 6.0 innings in five starts.

2022

Began the year with High-A Cedar Rapids; struck out a career-high 11 batters on 6/18 vs. Dayton (5.0 IP) and 7/6 vs. Quad Cities (5.0 IP)...Traded to the Orioles on 8/2 and assigned to High-A Aberdeen...Made his IronBirds debut on 8/6 vs. Wilmington and earned the win after allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts; named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 8/1-7...Promoted to Double-A Bowie on 8/16 after making two starts with Aberdeen...Named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August after going 4-0 with a 2.57 ERA (8 ER/28.0 IP) and 34 strikeouts in five starts between Aberdeen (two GS) and Bowie (three GS)...Finished the year rated as the No. 14 prospect in Baltimore's system by MLB Pipeline and No. 29 by Baseball America; entered the year rated as the No. 27 prospect in Minnesota's system by MLB Pipeline.

2021

Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week on 9/12 after posting a 1.50 ERA (6.0 IP/1 ER) with 11 strikeouts in two starts for Low-A Fort Myers...Made his pro debut with the FCL Twins on 8/27 at FCL Red Sox.