I wonder if Samuel Basallo and Dylan Bevers knows how much depends on their success. If they fail to do so, it will be on top of the failures of Jackson Holliday, Adley Rutschman and Coby Mayo. Plus, Kyle Stowers needs to go to another team to spark something, and whatever happened to Gunnar and Westburg last year. At that point, the Orioles’ entire system will be considered a failure and they will have been rebuilt in vain. Sung as Turned Down For What, “Rebuilt for nothing!” Shirts that say “Rebuilt for nothing” may not sell as well as an Etsy seller who designs them thinks. I haven’t purchased any Orioles Hater 4 You shirts on Etsy, but I’m considering: “Rebuilt for Nothing!” and “The Ripkens were Al Qaeda.” Okay, okay, I’m a hater, Gunnar and Westburg got hurt and they’ll be fine; Holiday can still connect; Basallo looks great; Stowers was great, but traded for an excellent (last year) Trevor Rogers; Beavers seem solid; Adley used to suck, and maybe Mayo still emulsifies the ball – excuse me, creams. Today we’re dealing with Dylan Beavers, who looks like every friend’s ex-boyfriend who’s a girl. If you go to Razzball dot com you can see his college portrait while at UC Berkeley, where he went 35/17 in 424 ABs over two seasons at ages 19 and 20. Ancient history now. O’s called him up in 2022 and here we go. Itch said earlier this year: “Beavers has been a great performer for most of the season, but he kicked into high gear around mid-June. Beavers is a 6-foot-4, 206-pound lumberjack who was the 33rd overall pick in the 2022 draft and who looks more than ready for the next step, and I’d like to step on Gray’s head.” Not cool. So, what can we expect from Dylan Beavers for fantasy baseball in 2026?
Dylan Beavers hit his first MLB home run off Jason Alexander. What is the opposite of shrinkage? That’s this ball:
Dylan Beavers’ first career home run was hands down? pic.twitter.com/QynZNczxBx
— MLB (@MLB) August 21, 2025
Here’s one more, but there’s plenty:
Dylan Beavers walks away from the @Orioles! pic.twitter.com/kxkn5lgh4Q
— MLB (@MLB) September 25, 2025
Dylan Beavers gives Cody Bellinger. You know what else annoys me, right? The same thing that bugs me about every young lefty hitter: platoons. Damn platoons, man! Similar to Michael J. Fox after Casualties of War, an underrated gem, and he said, “Freakin’ Platoon’s, man, I’m getting all the attention!” I hear it, MJ! Beavers can’t hit lefties, supposedly, but, I don’t know, maybe if you give him a chance? Haha, how stupid of me! Of course he doesn’t get a chance against lefties!
So Dylan Beavers went 18/23/.304 in 342 ABs in Triple-A and 4/2/.227 in a limited 110 ABs in the majors. (Just pushed for rookie eligibility.) He’s 24 and beyond ready. In Triple-A he had a 16.3 BB% and 18.2 K% walk rate and 19% in the majors in those 110 ABs. That’s so funny. He really is Cody Bellinger. He’s on the cusp of being a .400 OBP as a rookie. He had a 20.8% chase rate in Triple-A and 18.7% in the majors. Of course, Juan Soto is the best at not chasing. His rate last year was just 16.2%. Beavers that almost match The King of Not Swinging. 18.7% would have been 4th best in the majors. As a 24 year old! I almost wonder if Beavers isn’t aggressive enough. Brace yourself, Beavers, and stop building dental dams in your heads.
Dylan Beavers’ projection systems seem to hate him, but mostly they hate all rookies. Actually, they hate everyone. Leave us alone, projection systems, with your negativity! If Beavers can get his K% down to 24% and run ~12%, I don’t know how he gets below .250. If he jumps on fastballs like he was in the minors, I don’t see how he hits fewer than 17 dongers in a full season. Did I mention he also stole 23 bags in Triple-A last year? I did? Well, what about it again? Don’t dare me to repeat it a third time. There’s an outside chance we get the Beavers from the projection systems – hey now! – and he’s going 10/10/.240 in 100 games, but that seems absurdly low. Give him 415 ABs and have him do almost 20/20 with upside, meaning he could be 25/25/.275 and what you wanted from Michael Harris II for the last six years? Okay, maybe not that, but speed/power rules. For 2026 fantasy, I’m giving Dylan Beavers projections of 52/17/63/.256/15 in 411 ABs with a chance of more.
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