Braeden Ogle

WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2016
R:  0-2-0, 2.60 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 27.2 IP, 3.6 BB/9, 6.5 K/9

Ogle made eight starts, generally pitching well, with some control issues.  Five of the eight earned runs he allowed came on one outing.  He held left-handed hitters to a .345 OPS.

2017
R+:  2-3-0, 3.14 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 43.0 IP, 3.3 BB/9, 7.3 K/9

Ogle had an encouraging season at Bristol.  He had some shaky starts early, including one in which he walked five.  In his final two starts, though, he allowed no earned runs over ten innings on just five hits, with a dozen strikeouts.  Opponents had just a .661 OPS against him and he was nearly as effective against right-handed as against left-handed hitters, with opponents’ OPS figures of .665 and .625, respectively.  He missed his final three starts due to minor knee surgery.

2018
A:  2-0-0, 2.65 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 17.0 IP, 5.3 BB/9, 11.1 K/9

Ogle opened the season in the West Virginia rotation.  Despite some control problems, showed a lot of promise.  After four starts, though, he went on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation.  He had repeated setbacks during his rehab and was never able to return.

2019
A:  1-2-4, 3.69 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 31.2 IP, 2.8 BB/9, 9.7 K/9
A+:  2-1-0, 3.18 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 11.1 IP, 2.4 BB/9, 7.9 K/9

Ogle started the season in the Greensboro rotation, but after two starts the Pirates moved him to the bullpen, apparently out of concern over his workload and shoulder.  He pitched well apart from some gopher ball problems.  Those may have resulted from Greensboro’s HR-prone park, as five of the six he allowed came at home.  The Pirates moved him up to Bradenton in late June, but he was shut down for almost six weeks at the beginning of July.  He gave up three runs in his first game back, then finished the season with four perfect innings over three outings.  Overall, he showed much better control and had no platoon split.

2020
DNP

2021
AAA:  2-2-1, 3.13 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 31.2 IP, 6.5 BB/9, 11.9 K/9
AAA (Phi):  1-3-0, 9.95 ERA, 2.32 WHIP, 19.0 IP, 6.6 BB/9, 8.5 K/9

After the missed season, the Pirates sent Ogle to AAA.  Apart from control issues, he pitched well over the first four months of the season, entirely in relief.  That included a high K rate.  In July, the Pirates agreed to a trade with the Phillies in which they’d give up Tyler Anderson for catching prospect Abrahan Gutierrez and another player, but the trade fell through due to the other player’s physical.  The Pirates then agreed to trade Ogle for Gutierrez.  After the trade, things fell apart for Ogle in AAA with the Phillies.  The control problems continued and he got hit very hard, including better than a home run every four innings.

2022
AAA:  2-2-1, 5.30 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 35.2 IP, 5.3 BB/9, 6.1 K/9

Back in AAA, Ogle continued to struggle, although not nearly as much as he had late in the 2021 season.  His walk and K rates were bad.  After the season he became a free agent.

The Pirates spent the latter part of the 2022-23 off-season signing every minor league lefty they could find, including Ogle, to minor league deals.