Matthew den Dekker
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 5, #152, New York Mets | Florida
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 39 34 3 6 1 1 .176 .282 .294 .576
2017 8 7 1 1 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
2018 21 18 0 0 0 0 .000 .095 .000 .095
6 Seasons 415 368 46 82 7 12 .223 .305 .337 .642
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .176 1 1 .576
2017 .143 0 0 .393
2018 .000 0 0 .095
6 Seasons .223 7 12 .642
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 395 81 6 7.4 5.5 88.8 110.1 14.0 29.6 .264 .450 .343 .339 .387 35.8 18.2 8.2
2016 28 163 24 3 12.5 7.7 90.1 106.2 13.8 16.7 .231 .399 .263 .324 .384 33.3 25.6 10.3
2017 29 30 3 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 83.6 6.9 66.7 .160 .187 .196 .218 .349 0.0 50.0 12.5
2018 30 93 10 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 104.9 24.6 30.0 .081 .118 .066 .168 .215 20.0 42.9 9.5
Player 681 118 9 7.6 5.1 88.6 110.1 14.7 28.0 .231 .389 .286 .310 .370 33.1 24.2 9.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 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
2015 46.9 18.5 23.5 11.1 39.5 39.5 21.0 6.2 28.4 22.2 25.9 4.9 7.4 5.5
2016 50.0 25.0 12.5 12.5 50.0 20.8 29.2 0.0 29.2 25.0 29.2 0.0 12.5 7.7
2017 33.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 30.0 20.0 20.0 30.0 50.0 10.0 40.0 0.0 20.0 50.0 10.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Player 45.8 19.5 22.0 12.7 44.1 32.2 23.7 4.2 28.0 25.4 25.4 5.1 7.6 5.1
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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -1 35 37.6 7 .000 .000 .229 50.0 42.9 25.0 .015 .019 .117 0.0
2018 Sinker -8.7 -2 19 20.4 6 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 50.0 .023 .038 .028 0.0
2018 Changeup -3.4 -1 17 18.3 4 .000 .000 .175 58.3 0.0 0.0 .607 .886 .636 66.7
2018 Curveball -1.1 0 11 11.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 16.7 -- -- .000 --
2018 Cutter -9.3 -1 8 8.6 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 66.7 .007 .007 .006 0.0
2018 Slider 3.9 0 2 2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Split-Finger 0.9 0 1 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -8.5 -2 18 60.0 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 75.0 75.0 .023 .044 .028 0.0
2017 Cutter -4.2 0 5 16.7 2 .000 .000 .350 66.7 50.0 50.0 -- -- .350 --
2017 Curveball 3.3 0 3 10.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Changeup -6.6 0 2 6.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .120 .138 .108 0.0
2017 Slider -9.4 0 1 3.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker 25.7 0 1 3.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .907 .999 .828 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 63 268 -1 -5 1 1 -4
2014 172 660 -3 -3 4 2 0
2015 110 394 -1 -4 2 1 -1
2016 39 163 -4 3 0 1 0
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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 %
2015 395 48.4 64.9 83.9 27.9 57.9 40.0 28.2 45.8 22.1 7.1 71.4
2016 163 49.1 60.0 81.3 25.3 47.6 41.1 33.3 42.3 27.5 8.6 78.6
2017 30 53.3 81.3 69.2 14.3 50.0 46.7 50.0 50.0 33.3 16.7 80.0
2018 93 49.5 73.9 58.8 27.7 38.5 43.0 33.3 50.5 46.8 9.7 88.9
Player 681 48.9 65.8 78.5 26.7 52.7 41.0 30.9 45.8 27.6 8.2 76.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 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
2015 76 94
2016 48 52
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.2 1 1.8 -1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 21.2 1 1.9 -1 1 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 90.1 1.3 81.3 -8.8 85.9 4.6
Launch Angle 14.0 13.8 -0.2 6.9 -6.9 24.6 17.7
Barrel % 7.4 12.5 5.1 0.0 -12.5 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 35.8 33.3 -2.5 0.0 -33.3 20.0 20.0
Sweet Spot % 29.6 16.7 -12.9 66.7 50.0 30.0 -36.7
xBA .264 .231 -0.033 .160 -0.071 .081 -0.079
BA .253 .176 -0.077 .143 -0.033 .000 -0.143
xwOBA .339 .324 -0.015 .218 -0.106 .168 -0.050
wOBA .343 .263 -0.080 .196 -0.067 .066 -0.130
xSLG .450 .399 -0.051 .187 -0.212 .118 -0.069
SLG .485 .294 -0.191 .143 -0.151 .000 -0.143
K% 18.2 25.6 7.4 50.0 24.4 42.9 -7.1
BB% 8.2 10.3 2.1 12.5 2.2 9.5 -3.0
Swing % 45.8 42.3 -3.5 50.0 7.7 50.5 0.5
Whiff% 22.1 27.5 5.4 33.3 5.8 46.8 13.5
In Zone % 48.4 49.1 0.7 53.3 4.2 49.5 -3.8
Out of Zone % 51.6 50.9 -0.7 46.7 -4.2 50.5 3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 25.3 -2.6 14.3 -11.0 27.7 13.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 33.3 5.1 50.0 16.7 33.3 -16.7
First Pitch Strike % 54.5 69.2 14.7 62.5 -6.7 61.9 -0.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 37 0 0.0 .277
2017 Shifts L 8 0 0.0 .196
2018 Shifts L 21 7 33.3 .049 .099
! 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 %
2013 69 15.6 40.6% 4.3% 50 21.6 4.0% 4.0%
2014 230 16.5 26.5% 1.3% 105 21.8 0.0% 4.8%
2015 124 18.1 28.2% 5.6% 58 24.8 8.6% 20.7%
2016 62 16.9 30.6% 3.2% 21 25.2 4.8% 28.6%
2017 8 14.8 75.0% 0.0% 5 22.7 0.0% 0.0%
2018 23 18.7 4.3% 0.0% 16 24.7 0.0% 12.5%
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