Matt Skole
DH | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 5, #157, Washington Nationals | Georgia Tech
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 13 11 2 3 1 0 .273 .385 .545 .930
2019 80 72 7 15 0 0 .208 .275 .236 .511
2 Seasons 93 83 9 18 1 0 .217 .290 .277 .567
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .273 1 0 .930
2019 .208 0 0 .511
2 Seasons .217 1 0 .567
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2018 28 52 8 1 12.5 7.7 86.7 110.1 32.2 50.0 .284 .600 .398 .422 .513 25.0 23.1 15.4
2019 29 329 42 0 0.0 0.0 82.0 109.7 17.5 33.3 .176 .217 .232 .216 .297 14.3 38.8 8.8
Player 381 50 1 2.0 1.1 82.7 110.1 19.8 36.0 .190 .267 .255 .245 .331 16.0 36.6 9.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 12.5 12.5 50.0 25.0 37.5 12.5 50.0 0.0 25.0 37.5 25.0 0.0 12.5 7.7
2019 40.5 23.8 26.2 9.5 23.8 35.7 40.5 7.1 28.6 31.0 31.0 2.4 0.0 0.0
Player 36.0 22.0 30.0 12.0 26.0 32.0 42.0 6.0 28.0 32.0 30.0 2.0 2.0 1.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -2 138 41.9 37 .188 .250 .259 26.8 32.4 34.3 .219 .293 .283 20.0
2019 Changeup -0.3 0 52 15.8 10 .300 .300 .270 20.7 10.0 10.0 .269 .302 .257 22.2
2019 Slider -6.1 -2 39 11.9 9 .111 .111 .100 50.0 88.9 40.0 .014 .015 .012 0.0
2019 Sinker -3.8 -1 38 11.6 10 .286 .286 .320 20.0 30.0 60.0 .189 .209 .279 0.0
2019 Curveball 2.9 1 28 8.5 7 .286 .286 .257 37.5 42.9 25.0 .111 .123 .108 0.0
2019 Cutter -4.1 -1 17 5.2 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 11.1 .040 .040 .045 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 3.6 1 14 4.3 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 25.0 .212 .215 .191 0.0
2019 Slurve -15.4 0 3 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 4.5 1 23 44.2 7 .400 1.000 .614 18.2 0.0 0.0 .390 1.038 .624 40.0
2018 Changeup -0.5 0 7 13.5 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker 1.0 0 7 13.5 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Curveball -0.7 0 6 11.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider -5.7 0 5 9.6 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .004 .004 .003 0.0
2018 Cutter -1.1 0 4 7.7 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .584 .704 .567 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 80 329 -5 -3 1 1 -6
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 52 59.6 54.8 70.6 14.3 66.7 51.9 30.8 38.5 30.0 5.8 100.0
2019 329 51.4 61.5 79.8 23.8 44.7 42.2 31.3 43.2 29.6 7.3 70.8
Player 381 52.5 60.5 78.5 22.7 46.3 43.6 31.2 42.5 29.6 7.1 74.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2019 69 13
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2019 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.2 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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.
+View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.7 82.0 -4.7
Launch Angle 32.2 17.5 -14.7
Barrel % 12.5 0.0 -12.5
Hard Hit % 25.0 14.3 -10.7
Sweet Spot % 50.0 33.3 -16.7
xBA .284 .176 -0.108
BA .273 .208 -0.065
xwOBA .422 .216 -0.206
wOBA .398 .232 -0.166
xSLG .600 .217 -0.383
SLG .545 .236 -0.309
K% 23.1 38.8 15.7
BB% 15.4 8.8 -6.6
Swing % 38.5 43.2 4.7
Whiff% 30.0 29.6 -0.4
In Zone % 59.6 51.4 -8.2
Out of Zone % 40.4 48.6 8.2
Out of Zone Swing % 14.3 23.8 9.5
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 31.3 0.5
First Pitch Strike % 69.2 60.0 -9.2
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 13 13 100.0 .398
2019 Shifts L 80 59 73.8 .248 .227
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 23 14.0 65.2% 0.0% 4 22.7 0.0% 0.0%
2019 81 17.0 23.5% 0.0% 76 23.5 1.3% 18.4%
+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard