Matt Waldron
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 185LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 18, #550, Cleveland Indians | Nebraska
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 3 4.35 8 6 0 41.1 31 1.23
2024 1 5 5.49 8 8 0 39.1 35 1.45
2 Seasons 2 8 4.91 16 14 0 80.2 66 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 8 1-3 4.35 41.1 31 1.23
2024 8 1-5 5.49 39.1 35 1.45
2 Seasons 16 2-8 4.91 80.2 66 1.34
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 26 673 130 14 10.8 8.1 86.7 113.4 14.2 33.1 .258 .447 .328 .325 .368 38.5 17.9 6.9 4.36 4.48
2024 27 700 125 12 9.6 6.8 87.6 113.4 18.1 38.4 .257 .448 .341 .334 .384 35.2 19.9 8.5 5.49 4.44
Player 1373 255 26 10.2 7.4 87.1 113.4 16.1 35.7 .257 .448 .335 .329 .376 36.9 18.9 7.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Waldron relies on 5 pitches.
Knuckleball
(34.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(23.1%) ,
Sweeper
(18.7%) ,
Sinker
(15.7%) ,
Cutter
(7.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 40.0 26.9 22.3 10.8 40.8 35.4 23.8 6.2 30.0 30.8 17.7 4.6 10.8 8.1
2024 36.8 28.8 23.2 11.2 34.4 40.8 24.8 7.2 23.2 27.2 27.2 5.6 9.6 6.8
Player 38.4 27.8 22.7 11.0 37.6 38.0 24.3 6.7 26.7 29.0 22.4 5.1 10.2 7.4
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Cutter SD R 53 86.8 26.1 2.7 9 0.6 -2.2 -79
2024 Sweeper SD R 131 78.3 40.8 -2.0 -5 14.3 -1.0 -7
2024 Sinker SD R 109 90.3 25.6 0.1 1 16.2 0.9 6
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 162 90.8 18.8 -1.4 -8 9.2 1.6 22
2023 Sinker SD R 159 91.3 24.4 -0.4 -2 16.1 1.0 7
2023 Cutter SD R 88 86.7 27.7 1.9 6 3.0 0.1 2
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD R 137 91.3 17.6 -0.4 -2 7.5 0.4 5
2023 Sweeper SD R 108 79.8 39.4 -2.4 -6 15.4 0.2 1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Knuckleball -1.5 -4 244 34.9 61 .214 .375 .288 25.0 32.8 20.6 .226 .378 .294 33.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 162 23.1 39 .263 .500 .332 22.2 17.9 15.6 .272 .496 .332 48.4
2024 Sweeper -0.6 -1 131 18.7 26 .250 .550 .425 13.5 7.7 6.3 .197 .430 .356 26.3
2024 Sinker -0.9 -1 110 15.7 38 .324 .459 .374 7.1 10.5 15.4 .325 .551 .379 33.3
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 53 7.6 12 .375 .500 .488 23.1 16.7 25.0 .242 .293 .387 16.7
2023 Knuckleball -0.6 -1 180 26.7 33 .242 .485 .306 24.7 15.2 9.6 .210 .347 .236 32.1
2023 Sinker 1.7 3 159 23.6 47 .239 .457 .322 9.5 17.0 22.2 .297 .501 .348 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 138 20.5 31 .259 .519 .374 21.7 22.6 13.7 .264 .457 .355 40.0
2023 Sweeper 0.0 0 108 16.0 30 .269 .500 .352 20.4 13.3 13.8 .319 .546 .393 26.1
2023 Cutter 0.7 1 88 13.1 32 .214 .464 .336 19.3 21.9 23.3 .184 .373 .292 38.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 51 86.8 54 8.9 12:45 11:45 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 162 90.8 90 16.8 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Sinker 106 90.2 87 18.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Sweeper 128 78.3 50 15.3 8:30 9:15 -45
2023 Cutter 84 86.7 47 8.3 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 138 91.3 87 16.6 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Knuckleball 20 77.5 42 4.9 6:15 6:30 -15
2023 Sinker 152 91.3 85 18.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Sweeper 101 79.8 53 16.4 8:15 9:15 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 173 673 2 3 -2 -2 2
2024 176 700 6 -1 -6 -3 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 673 52.7 67.6 84.2 25.8 72.0 46.2 63.6 47.8 18.9 7.4 76.0
2024 700 51.4 66.4 83.3 20.3 68.1 41.4 57.4 44.0 19.5 8.1 80.7
Player 1,373 52.1 67.0 83.7 22.9 70.2 43.8 60.5 45.9 19.2 7.8 78.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2023 13 7 66
2024 31 35 24 21 50 5 23 71 73 33 49 15 4 8 9 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 24.0 9 7.5 2 1 5 4 44.4
2024 23.6 6 5.2 1 5 4 2 33.3
Player 23.8 15 12.7 2 6 9 6 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 9 6 6 6 7 6 8 6 7 6 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 6 8 7 9 9 7
2024 6 6 3 5 5 6 5 6 3 5 4 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 5 6 4 4 8 6 6
Player 15 12 9 11 12 12 13 12 10 11 12 15 13 12 15 13 13 12 12 14 13 12 15 15 12 12 12 11 17 15 13
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.2 90.0 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 77.8 77.3 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.7 87.6 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 14.2 18.1 3.9 ↑
Barrel % 10.8 9.6 -1.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.5 35.2 -3.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.1 38.4 5.3 ↑
xBA .258 .257 -0.001 ↓
BA .244 .264 0.020 ↑
xwOBA .325 .334 0.009 ↑
wOBA .328 .341 0.013 ↑
xSLG .447 .448 0.001 ↑
SLG .481 .453 -0.028 ↓
K% 17.9 19.9 2.0 ↑
BB% 6.9 8.5 1.6 ↑
Swing % 47.8 44.0 -3.8 ↓
Whiff% 18.9 19.5 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 52.7 51.4 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.3 48.6 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.8 20.3 -5.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.9 25.6 -7.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 57.4 -6.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 173 .328 88 0 0.0 85 38 44.7
2024 Shades 175 .338 89 3 3.4 86 50 58.1
! 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 %
2023 215 15.2 47.0% 0.0% 90 23.2 0.0% 2.2%
2024 218 16.4 29.8% 0.5% 114 22.3 0.0% 6.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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