Tyler Matzek
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #11, Colorado Rockies | Capistrano Valley HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 4 2.57 69 0 0 63 77 1.22
2022 4 2 3.50 42 0 1 43.2 36 1.26
2024 0 0 7.88 8 0 0 8 9 1.63
6 Seasons 16 21 3.62 165 24 1 283.1 271 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 69 0-4 2.57 63 77 1.22
2022 42 4-2 3.50 43.2 36 1.26
2024 8 0-0 7.88 8 9 1.63
6 Seasons 165 16-21 3.62 283.1 271 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 24 399 65 2 3.1 2.0 90.0 114.0 12.8 29.2 .245 .347 .372 .352 .317 38.5 14.7 18.6 4.09 5.27
2020 29 483 66 2 3.0 1.7 86.7 108.3 10.7 27.3 .180 .271 .261 .244 .319 25.8 35.5 8.3 2.79 2.48
2021 30 1065 148 5 3.4 1.9 89.7 114.3 15.8 30.4 .192 .284 .261 .269 .312 37.8 29.2 14.0 2.57 3.01
2022 31 713 117 9 7.7 4.9 88.9 113.0 20.5 31.6 .215 .363 .270 .318 .324 38.5 19.6 15.8 3.50 4.23
2024 33 134 26 3 11.5 8.1 91.1 107.7 9.8 42.3 .281 .516 .391 .358 .455 42.3 24.3 5.4 7.88 5.18
Player 2794 422 21 5.0 3.0 89.2 114.3 15.5 30.8 .208 .324 .286 .294 .326 36.5 25.4 13.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Matzek relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(67.9%) ,
Slider
(31.3%) ,
Cutter
(0.7%) ,


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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
2015 43.1 21.5 30.8 4.6 36.9 38.5 24.6 3.1 33.8 29.2 23.1 6.2 3.1 2.0
2020 45.5 24.2 22.7 7.6 25.8 37.9 36.4 1.5 34.8 30.3 28.8 1.5 3.0 1.7
2021 41.9 22.3 26.4 9.5 29.1 38.5 32.4 5.4 29.1 29.7 24.3 8.1 3.4 1.9
2022 35.0 35.0 21.4 8.5 34.2 39.3 26.5 3.4 24.8 37.6 22.2 4.3 7.7 4.9
2024 34.6 38.5 26.9 0.0 26.9 53.8 19.2 3.8 23.1 26.9 26.9 7.7 11.5 8.1
Player 40.3 27.0 25.1 7.6 31.0 39.6 29.4 3.8 29.1 31.8 24.4 5.7 5.0 3.0
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


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 ATL L 1 89.8 26.8 -1.7 -7 3.5 0.3 10
2024 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 91 93.6 13.9 0.5 4 5.7 -1.2 -18
2024 Slider ATL L 42 83.2 44.2 5.7 15 4.8 -1.0 -17
2022 Curveball ATL L 1 77.7 57.7 1.3 2 10.5 2.2 26
2022 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 547 94.1 13.4 0.8 6 3.8 -2.8 -42
2022 Slider ATL L 165 83.2 46.9 8.2 21 6.4 0.1 1
2021 Slider ATL L 285 84.7 44.7 8.3 23 6.6 1.7 35
2021 Curveball ATL L 27 80.8 56.7 4.5 9 8.8 1.5 20
2021 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 753 96.0 11.7 1.5 11 4.9 -2.1 -30
2020 Curveball ATL L 37 79.1 56.7 2.3 4 9.6 1.2 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 299 94.3 13.0 1.3 9 3.7 -3.1 -46
2020 Slider ATL L 101 82.9 46.4 7.0 18 7.5 1.8 31
2020 Cutter ATL L 46 89.6 27.7 -2.6 -10 5.5 2.5 82
2015 Slider COL L 165 84.0 41.5 3.8 10 2.8 -2.4 -47
2015 Curveball COL L 20 79.9 49.3 -3.9 -7 3.6 -5.5 -61
2015 4-Seam Fastball COL L 124 92.3 17.2 -1.1 -7 7.0 -0.1 -1
2015 Changeup COL L 81 89.3 21.9 -6.4 -23 15.0 2.8 23
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -4 91 67.9 25 .348 .696 .460 13.0 20.0 27.8 .326 .670 .443 55.6
2024 Slider 1.3 1 42 31.3 12 .250 .250 .300 20.0 33.3 23.5 .194 .219 .180 12.5
2024 Cutter -2.8 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 10 547 76.7 146 .174 .298 .277 22.2 15.8 16.2 .222 .393 .332 40.0
2022 Slider -1.1 -2 165 23.1 36 .172 .207 .276 42.4 36.1 17.6 .186 .240 .272 29.4
2022 Curveball -4.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 14 753 70.7 188 .192 .288 .287 22.6 22.3 21.0 .212 .328 .303 42.9
2021 Slider 0.9 2 285 26.8 68 .131 .213 .204 52.5 50.0 25.2 .126 .158 .183 18.5
2021 Curveball -1.3 0 27 2.5 3 .667 1.000 .717 40.0 33.3 25.0 .499 .554 .461 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 9 299 61.9 79 .225 .338 .289 25.9 36.7 29.6 .170 .288 .245 33.3
2020 Slider -0.6 -1 101 20.9 30 .222 .222 .250 27.5 33.3 27.0 .175 .209 .221 11.8
2020 Cutter 0.7 0 46 9.5 7 .000 .000 .100 50.0 42.9 21.4 .179 .202 .250 0.0
2020 Curveball 0.7 0 37 7.7 5 .200 .200 .180 16.7 20.0 25.0 .352 .450 .346 25.0
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 91 93.6 88 17.9 11:00 11:15 -15
2024 Slider 42 83.2 44 8.7 4:30 4:45 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 544 94.1 85 17.4 11:15 11:30 -15
2022 Slider 158 83.2 52 11.7 4:30 4:45 -15
2021 Curveball 27 80.8 73 19.6 4:45 5:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 751 96.0 88 18.2 11:15 11:30 -15
2021 Slider 279 84.7 51 11.2 4:30 4:45 -15
2020 Curveball 35 79.1 69 18.4 4:45 5:00 -15
2020 Cutter 44 89.8 38 8.2 12:30 1:45 -75
2020 4-Seam Fastball 294 94.3 86 17.6 11:15 11:30 -15
2020 Slider 84 82.7 51 11.7 4:15 4:30 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 502 1,758 0 13 -8 -6 -1
2015 102 399 5 1 -7 -3 -4
2020 155 628 7 13 -2 -4 14
2021 318 1,300 22 18 -9 -8 24
2022 182 713 13 9 -8 -5 8
2024 37 134 -3 1 -1 0 -3
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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 %
2015 399 41.6 53.6 85.4 17.6 56.1 41.1 46.1 32.6 22.3 6.8 63.0
2020 483 50.5 70.5 82.0 31.4 50.7 41.2 62.8 51.1 27.5 8.5 80.5
2021 1,065 47.2 73.2 76.1 27.0 53.3 39.3 54.8 48.8 29.8 6.1 83.1
2022 713 44.0 75.2 80.1 27.3 60.6 38.4 57.1 48.4 26.1 7.0 84.0
2024 134 52.2 71.4 90.0 25.0 62.5 42.5 64.9 49.3 15.2 6.0 100.0
Player 2,794 46.4 70.5 79.9 26.3 55.5 39.8 56.1 46.8 26.9 6.8 80.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 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
2015 44 17 24
2020 95 94 97 95 93 88 95 79 97 94 54 54 81 68 73 57
2021 89 92 96 96 51 97 97 29 58 84 4 76 39 87 91 51
2022 54 94 46
2024 23 20 10 8 52 36 15 14 33 60 79 3 29 44 84 34
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 20.6 2 2.2 0 1 3 0 0.0
2021 25.2 3 4.7 -2 1 3 2 66.7
2022 24.1 3 4.8 -2 1 5 1 33.3
2024 24.3 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 23.8 10 13.2 -3 4 13 3 30.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 0 2 3 3 3
2021 3 5 4 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
2022 3 5 4 5 5 6 6 4 2 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 5
2024 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 0
Player 10 15 10 9 14 17 16 13 7 9 12 10 14 14 16 14 15 13 12 14 14 14 16 16 13 12 10 13 15 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.7 96.0 2.3 94.1 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.9 84.4 2.5 83.2 -1.2
Exit Velocity 86.7 89.7 3.0 88.9 -0.8
Launch Angle 10.7 15.8 5.1 20.5 4.7
Barrel % 3.0 3.4 0.4 7.7 4.3
Hard Hit % 25.8 37.8 12.0 38.5 0.7
Sweet Spot % 27.3 30.4 3.1 31.6 1.2
xBA .180 .192 0.012 .215 0.023
BA .211 .182 -0.029 .173 -0.009
xwOBA .244 .269 0.025 .318 0.049
wOBA .261 .261 0.000 .270 0.009
xSLG .271 .284 0.013 .363 0.079
SLG .284 .277 -0.007 .280 0.003
K% 35.5 29.2 -6.3 19.6 -9.6
BB% 8.3 14.0 5.7 15.8 1.8
Swing % 51.1 48.8 -2.3 48.4 -0.4
Whiff% 27.5 29.8 2.3 26.1 -3.7
In Zone % 50.5 47.2 -3.3 44.0 -3.2
Out of Zone % 49.5 52.8 3.3 56.0 3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 27.0 -4.4 27.3 0.3
First Pitch Swing % 35.5 33.2 -2.3 36.3 3.1
First Pitch Strike % 62.8 54.8 -8.0 57.1 2.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 121 .261 77 10 13.0 44 4 9.1
2021 Shifts 255 .253 151 28 18.5 104 39 37.5
2022 Shifts 182 .270 116 15 12.9 66 26 39.4
2024 Shades 37 .391 22 0 0.0 15 8 53.3
! 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 %
2014 522 14.9 52.1% 1.0% 252 23.7 2.4% 11.9%
2015 123 15.6 43.1% 3.3% 93 23.4 3.2% 20.4%
2020 116 20.6 1.7% 1.7% 76 23.6 0.0% 9.2%
2021 258 21.5 0.0% 7.8% 193 25.9 0.0% 18.7%
2022 157 21.6 0.0% 5.7% 137 23.5 0.0% 9.5%
2024 28 16.6 14.3% 0.0% 19 18.7 5.3% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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