Matt Vierling
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #137, Philadelphia Phillies | Notre Dame
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 357 325 41 80 6 7 .246 .297 .351 .648
2023 530 479 63 125 10 6 .261 .329 .388 .717
2024 120 115 14 31 3 0 .270 .292 .417 .709
4 Seasons 1,084 990 129 259 21 15 .262 .317 .386 .703
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .246 6 7 .648
2023 .261 10 6 .717
2024 .270 3 0 .709
4 Seasons .262 21 15 .703
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 24 300 52 2 3.8 2.6 91.5 111.5 6.3 30.8 .292 .411 .356 .320 .415 53.8 26.0 5.2
2022 25 1404 261 13 5.0 3.6 91.2 112.1 12.0 35.2 .275 .404 .285 .324 .374 47.1 19.6 6.4
2023 26 2133 369 17 4.6 3.2 89.1 113.0 9.1 32.2 .266 .396 .315 .322 .371 42.8 21.1 8.3
2024 27 451 88 6 6.8 5.1 92.4 111.2 15.2 40.9 .283 .422 .317 .314 .386 45.5 21.4 2.6
Player 4288 770 38 4.9 3.5 90.3 113.0 10.6 34.2 .273 .403 .308 .321 .377 45.3 21.0 6.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 53.8 17.3 26.9 1.9 34.6 34.6 30.8 5.8 30.8 15.4 38.5 5.8 3.8 2.6
2022 41.4 23.4 27.6 7.7 28.4 42.5 29.1 1.1 31.8 24.5 29.9 7.7 5.0 3.6
2023 49.1 20.3 23.8 6.8 32.0 34.4 33.6 3.0 38.2 21.7 26.0 5.1 4.6 3.2
2024 34.1 20.5 33.0 12.5 39.8 31.8 28.4 4.5 23.9 28.4 29.5 6.8 6.8 5.1
Player 45.1 21.2 26.4 7.4 31.8 36.9 31.3 2.7 33.9 23.0 28.6 6.2 4.9 3.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -3 129 28.6 33 .313 .500 .338 16.7 21.2 20.0 .237 .329 .238 50.0
2024 Sinker 0.6 1 105 23.3 30 .276 .483 .335 15.2 26.7 30.8 .353 .551 .399 57.1
2024 Slider -1.6 -1 70 15.5 18 .313 .313 .328 12.5 11.1 10.5 .414 .519 .437 35.7
2024 Sweeper -2.8 -1 43 9.5 10 .100 .100 .090 40.0 40.0 25.0 .079 .129 .087 33.3
2024 Cutter -0.5 0 40 8.9 7 .167 .167 .229 12.5 0.0 0.0 .237 .411 .336 33.3
2024 Changeup -5.8 -2 32 7.1 9 .222 .333 .239 26.3 11.1 11.1 .301 .442 .315 50.0
2024 Curveball 8.2 2 27 6.0 9 .333 .778 .461 18.2 33.3 27.3 .249 .514 .322 33.3
2024 Slurve 0.3 0 3 0.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger 18.8 0 2 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .072 .087 .068 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -4 792 37.1 167 .248 .407 .338 17.9 23.4 16.1 .254 .408 .336 49.1
2023 Slider 0.6 2 412 19.3 109 .265 .392 .328 25.4 20.2 16.5 .271 .422 .322 40.0
2023 Sinker -1.8 -6 312 14.6 84 .269 .372 .341 8.9 14.3 18.2 .266 .343 .291 35.8
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 171 8.0 59 .245 .396 .311 16.8 8.5 7.4 .336 .471 .377 44.9
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 163 7.6 40 .200 .286 .271 30.8 40.0 22.2 .172 .257 .248 36.8
2023 Cutter -2.4 -3 141 6.6 32 .267 .300 .280 19.5 15.6 12.2 .315 .446 .351 44.0
2023 Sweeper 2.7 3 94 4.4 23 .364 .545 .407 22.5 26.1 17.6 .247 .403 .295 31.3
2023 Split-Finger 3.1 1 32 1.5 11 .300 .300 .309 31.6 54.5 30.0 .272 .327 .302 75.0
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 456 32.5 92 .304 .443 .369 18.4 22.8 14.2 .287 .458 .366 54.2
2022 Sinker -1.2 -4 306 21.8 76 .258 .288 .299 8.7 14.5 16.7 .286 .342 .318 53.4
2022 Slider -2.0 -5 267 19.0 78 .147 .267 .196 29.4 25.6 23.0 .213 .333 .255 40.0
2022 Curveball -2.1 -3 122 8.7 34 .161 .194 .184 20.0 17.6 11.3 .262 .422 .312 46.2
2022 Changeup 0.6 1 107 7.6 35 .333 .485 .393 19.6 14.3 16.1 .328 .442 .378 39.3
2022 Cutter -1.8 -2 88 6.3 28 .296 .481 .321 14.6 14.3 14.8 .316 .535 .380 45.8
2022 Sweeper -1.7 -1 39 2.8 9 .222 .333 .239 38.1 22.2 16.7 .312 .384 .304 57.1
2022 Split-Finger 3.0 0 11 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 16.7 .393 .459 .379 0.0
2022 Slurve 10.9 0 3 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .823 .955 .788 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 118 39.3 22 .263 .421 .350 24.1 36.4 25.0 .195 .370 .303 36.4
2021 Slider -1.4 -1 63 21.0 22 .238 .238 .236 24.1 22.7 25.0 .276 .333 .287 68.8
2021 Sinker 1.9 1 44 14.7 8 .375 .625 .425 26.3 37.5 37.5 .180 .194 .168 80.0
2021 Changeup 5.6 2 32 10.7 10 .500 .900 .595 25.0 10.0 12.5 .501 .754 .539 44.4
2021 Curveball 4.3 1 30 10.0 11 .400 .600 .473 23.1 18.2 25.0 .455 .584 .407 55.6
2021 Cutter 1.0 0 7 2.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sweeper 13.4 1 4 1.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .095 .105 .087 0.0
2021 Split-Finger 4.0 0 2 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 76 300 0 -1 1 1 2
2022 372 1,450 -14 -7 4 4 -12
2023 526 2,120 -20 -8 12 8 -8
2024 117 451 -3 -6 4 1 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 300 52.7 60.8 84.4 26.8 52.6 39.7 19.7 44.7 24.6 12.7 65.8
2022 1,404 51.6 59.9 86.9 28.3 63.5 41.7 17.4 44.6 19.5 8.3 67.5
2023 2,133 51.5 59.1 86.5 28.5 66.2 42.7 19.5 44.3 19.3 7.7 72.0
2024 451 57.0 62.3 85.0 20.1 64.1 39.0 16.2 44.1 18.6 9.5 74.4
Player 4,288 52.2 59.8 86.3 27.5 64.2 41.8 18.4 44.4 19.6 8.5 70.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2021 80 94
2022 61 88 54 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 80 58 96 46 80
2023 45 69 31 19 64 19 13 44 84 60 56 47 83 46 91 57 76
2024 49 84 61 43 33 39 46 89 83 73 47 1 84 90 90 8
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.2 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 20.8 6 6.0 0 7 2 4 66.7
2023 23.0 10 12.3 -2 3 9 6 60.0
2024 20.4 3 1.9 1 2 3 1 33.3
Player 21.8 21 22.1 -1 12 15 12 57.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 6 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 5
2023 10 10 12 8 12 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 11 14 13 14 10 15 14 13 14 15 16 9 10 12 13 14 13 12
2024 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 4 1
Player 21 18 22 16 20 23 24 19 20 18 21 27 25 20 22 24 23 18 24 24 24 25 26 28 18 18 21 23 27 25 20
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.5 91.2 -0.3 89.1 -2.1 92.4 3.3
Launch Angle 6.3 12.0 5.7 9.1 -2.9 15.2 6.1
Barrel % 3.8 5.0 1.2 4.6 -0.4 6.8 2.2
Hard Hit % 53.8 47.1 -6.7 42.8 -4.3 45.5 2.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 35.2 4.4 32.2 -3.0 40.9 8.7
xBA .292 .275 -0.017 .266 -0.009 .283 0.017
BA .324 .246 -0.078 .261 0.015 .277 0.016
xwOBA .320 .324 0.004 .322 -0.002 .314 -0.008
wOBA .356 .285 -0.071 .315 0.030 .317 0.002
xSLG .411 .404 -0.007 .396 -0.008 .422 0.026
SLG .479 .351 -0.128 .388 0.037 .429 0.041
K% 26.0 19.6 -6.4 21.1 1.5 21.4 0.3
BB% 5.2 6.4 1.2 8.3 1.9 2.6 -5.7
Swing % 44.7 44.6 -0.1 44.3 -0.3 44.1 -0.2
Whiff% 24.6 19.5 -5.1 19.3 -0.2 18.6 -0.7
In Zone % 52.7 51.6 -1.1 51.5 -0.1 57.0 5.5
Out of Zone % 47.3 48.4 1.1 48.5 0.1 43.0 -5.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 28.3 1.5 28.5 0.2 20.1 -8.4
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 17.4 -2.3 19.5 2.1 16.2 -3.3
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 64.7 -2.4 64.3 -0.4 53.8 -10.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 76 3 3.9 .358 .293
2022 Shifts R 356 5 1.4 .290 .000
2023 Shades R 525 14 2.7 .306 .556
2024 Shades R 117 1 0.9 .320 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 106 17.9 16.0% 0.9% 43 23.9 0.0% 16.3%
2022 413 17.2 24.9% 0.5% 261 22.8 0.0% 9.2%
2023 555 14.7 53.7% 0.4% 367 19.0 6.3% 0.5%
2024 98 14.3 61.2% 0.0% 66 17.9 9.1% 0.0%
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