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Matt Thaiss
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #16, Los Angeles Angels | Virginia
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 307 262 32 56 9 2 .214 .319 .340 .659
2024 186 157 14 32 2 3 .204 .323 .299 .622
2025 41 31 3 7 0 0 .226 .390 .290 .680
7 Seasons 812 694 79 145 22 6 .209 .317 .340 .657
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .214 9 2 .659
2024 .204 2 3 .622
2025 .226 0 0 .680
7 Seasons .209 22 6 .657
20252025 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value2NOT QUALIFIED64Baserunning Run Value0NOT QUALIFIED26Fielding Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIED31BattingxwOBA.300NOT QUALIFIED36xBA.181NOT QUALIFIED6xSLG.262NOT QUALIFIED6Avg Exit Velocity90.3NOT QUALIFIED58Barrel %0.0NOT QUALIFIED1Hard-Hit %45.8NOT QUALIFIED63LA Sweet-Spot %29.2NOT QUALIFIED28Bat Speed70.8NOT QUALIFIED33Squared-Up %18.3NOT QUALIFIED13Chase %19.8NOT QUALIFIED90Whiff %23.2NOT QUALIFIED62K %19.5NOT QUALIFIED63BB %22.0NOT QUALIFIED100FieldingRange (OAA)--NOT QUALIFIEDCatchingBlocks Above Avg2NOT QUALIFIED80CS Above Avg0NOT QUALIFIED63Framing-1NOT QUALIFIED5Pop Time2.03NOT QUALIFIEDRunningSprint Speed25.7NOT QUALIFIED20
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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%
2019 24 711 95 6 6.3 3.7 89.1 106.6 15.9 34.7 .209 .358 .303 .283 .366 43.2 31.7 10.4
2020 25 110 13 1 7.7 4.0 88.1 104.6 8.9 30.8 .132 .217 .262 .236 .240 38.5 32.0 16.0
2021 26 27 6 0 0.0 0.0 86.2 110.0 19.9 33.3 .250 .301 .196 .296 .279 16.7 12.5 12.5
2022 27 324 46 3 6.5 3.7 88.5 107.2 7.5 21.7 .212 .325 .286 .289 .352 37.0 29.6 13.6
2023 28 1241 182 19 10.4 6.2 88.5 110.0 9.2 34.6 .232 .408 .295 .331 .400 40.7 27.0 11.7
2024 29 754 100 8 8.0 4.3 86.6 109.7 12.9 33.0 .194 .323 .286 .291 .349 40.0 31.2 15.1
2025 30 183 24 0 0.0 0.0 90.3 109.9 20.4 29.2 .181 .262 .323 .300 .250 45.8 19.5 22.0
Player 3350 466 37 7.9 4.6 88.3 110.0 11.9 32.6 .212 .357 .293 .303 .364 40.6 28.8 13.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2019 38.9 61.1 28.4 25.3 7.4 49.5 31.6 18.9 26.3 8.4 4.2 23.2 23.2 14.7
2020 46.2 53.8 15.4 30.8 7.7 61.5 38.5 0.0 23.1 23.1 0.0 38.5 15.4 0.0
2021 33.3 66.7 16.7 33.3 16.7 66.7 33.3 0.0 16.7 16.7 0.0 50.0 16.7 0.0
2022 56.5 43.5 19.6 13.0 10.9 41.3 30.4 28.3 30.4 17.4 8.7 10.9 13.0 19.6
2023 42.9 57.1 27.5 24.2 5.5 37.9 35.2 26.9 21.4 15.9 5.5 16.5 19.2 21.4
2024 40.0 60.0 28.0 23.0 9.0 34.0 39.0 27.0 20.0 15.0 5.0 14.0 24.0 22.0
2025 41.7 58.3 25.0 20.8 12.5 41.7 33.3 25.0 25.0 8.3 8.3 16.7 25.0 16.7
Player 42.7 57.3 26.4 23.2 7.7 41.0 34.8 24.2 23.2 14.2 5.4 17.8 20.6 18.9
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2019 2.1 27.4 28.4 28.4 7.4 6.3 3.7
2020 0.0 46.2 38.5 7.7 0.0 7.7 4.0
2021 0.0 33.3 33.3 16.7 16.7 0.0 0.0
2022 0.0 45.7 21.7 26.1 0.0 6.5 3.7
2023 5.5 31.3 23.1 23.1 6.6 10.4 6.2
2024 9.0 28.0 27.0 20.0 8.0 8.0 4.3
2025 12.5 20.8 37.5 12.5 12.5 0.0 0.0
Player 5.2 31.1 26.2 22.7 6.7 7.9 4.6
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 88 48.1 21 .176 .176 .271 19.0 23.8 15.6 .164 .252 .246 46.2
2025 Cutter 1.6 0 24 13.1 8 .333 .500 .444 36.4 25.0 33.3 .134 .221 .290 50.0
2025 Sinker 1.2 0 20 10.9 2 .000 .000 .700 33.3 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 0.0
2025 Slider 4.1 1 18 9.8 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 25.0 0.0 0.0 .574 .837 .600 100.0
2025 Curveball 0.1 0 13 7.1 4 .000 .000 .175 14.3 0.0 0.0 .178 .187 .295 33.3
2025 Changeup 11.1 1 10 5.5 2 1.000 1.000 .800 25.0 0.0 0.0 .714 .840 .691 100.0
2025 Sweeper -0.8 0 6 3.3 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2025 Split-Finger -7.8 0 4 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006 .010 .007 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -4 336 44.6 90 .164 .205 .274 43.4 36.7 29.2 .145 .256 .270 52.5
2024 Slider -2.6 -2 86 11.4 14 .000 .000 .150 53.3 28.6 16.0 .071 .112 .214 28.6
2024 Changeup 1.4 1 78 10.3 16 .267 .467 .338 44.4 31.3 21.7 .231 .348 .281 20.0
2024 Sinker 0.4 0 74 9.8 24 .273 .455 .344 13.5 20.8 26.3 .291 .574 .394 47.1
2024 Cutter 0.0 0 66 8.8 16 .286 .500 .378 39.0 25.0 21.1 .313 .517 .400 40.0
2024 Curveball 1.8 1 51 6.8 12 .400 .400 .417 41.7 25.0 15.8 .328 .391 .378 28.6
2024 Split-Finger 0.6 0 31 4.1 5 .200 .400 .250 42.9 20.0 14.3 .136 .158 .124 25.0
2024 Sweeper 1.3 0 30 4.0 8 .143 .286 .244 20.0 37.5 21.4 .134 .155 .201 0.0
2024 Slurve -8.3 0 2 0.3 1 -- -- .000 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .074 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2019 164 710 -5 -10 9 4 -2
2020 25 110 0 -3 1 0 -1
2021 8 27 -1 0 0 0 -1
2022 80 324 -2 -5 6 1 -1
2023 306 1,241 -5 -17 11 7 -4
2024 186 754 -7 -8 9 2 -4
2025 41 183 1 -3 3 1 2
Player 810 3,349 -19 -46 39 -19 -11
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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 %
2019 711 49.3 74.3 71.2 16.7 48.3 41.5 33.5 45.1 33.0 7.0 90.0
2020 110 47.3 73.1 76.3 25.9 46.7 42.7 24.0 48.2 32.1 8.2 88.9
2021 27 51.9 78.6 100.0 15.4 0.0 29.6 62.5 48.1 15.4 3.7 100.0
2022 324 49.7 69.6 74.1 24.5 42.5 39.8 33.3 46.9 34.2 8.0 88.5
2023 1,241 50.7 72.3 70.5 19.0 47.4 43.9 39.9 46.0 34.2 7.2 86.5
2024 754 49.3 68.3 65.4 22.0 44.0 45.9 43.5 44.8 39.6 6.0 82.2
2025 183 50.3 69.6 81.3 19.8 61.1 48.6 46.3 44.8 23.2 5.5 100.0
Player 3,350 49.9 71.5 70.9 20.0 46.6 43.6 38.8 45.7 34.3 6.9 87.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2019 46 23
2020 22 31
2022 30 4
2023 58 5
2024 57 5
2025 36 6 6 12 76 1 1 58 70 63 63 100 62 90 20 33 13 51
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2019 22.2 8 4.7 3 4 3 2 25.0
2020 21.3 1 0.7 0 0 1 0 0.0
2022 23.6 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
2023 23.3 9 8.4 1 5 3 5 55.6
2024 24.7 2 3.6 -2 3 4 1 50.0
2025 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
Player 23.0 22 19.6 2 13 13 9 40.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2019 8 5 2 6 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 9 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 7 4 4
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
2022 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1
2023 9 9 5 9 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 12 9 7 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 11 10 8 8 8 10 8 8 7
2024 2 6 2 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 5 2 4 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 6 3 4 2 2 6 2 3
2025 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Player 22 24 11 23 17 20 20 18 17 16 16 23 28 16 20 19 17 18 20 21 20 19 28 24 17 18 18 21 25 17 16
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
Exit Velocity 89.1 -1.0 88.1 -1.9 86.2 2.3 88.5 0.0 88.5 -1.9 86.6 3.7 90.3
Launch Angle 15.9 -7.0 8.9 11.0 19.9 -12.4 7.5 1.7 9.2 3.7 12.9 7.5 20.4
Barrel % 6.3 1.4 7.7 -7.7 0.0 6.5 6.5 3.9 10.4 -2.4 8.0 -8.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 43.2 -4.7 38.5 -21.8 16.7 20.3 37.0 3.7 40.7 -0.7 40.0 5.8 45.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.7 -3.9 30.8 2.5 33.3 -11.6 21.7 12.9 34.6 -1.6 33.0 -3.8 29.2
xBA .209 -0.077 .132 0.118 .250 -0.038 .212 0.020 .232 -0.038 .194 -0.013 .181
BA .211 -0.068 .143 0.000 .143 0.074 .217 -0.003 .214 -0.010 .204 0.022 .226
xwOBA .283 -0.047 .236 0.060 .296 -0.007 .289 0.042 .331 -0.040 .291 0.009 .300
wOBA .303 -0.041 .262 -0.066 .196 0.090 .286 0.009 .295 -0.009 .286 0.037 .323
xSLG .358 -0.141 .217 0.084 .301 0.024 .325 0.083 .408 -0.085 .323 -0.061 .262
SLG .422 -0.136 .286 -0.143 .143 0.176 .319 0.021 .340 -0.041 .299 -0.009 .290
K% 31.7 0.3 32.0 -19.5 12.5 17.1 29.6 -2.6 27.0 4.2 31.2 -11.7 19.5
BB% 10.4 5.6 16.0 -3.5 12.5 1.1 13.6 -1.9 11.7 3.4 15.1 6.9 22.0
Swing % 45.1 3.1 48.2 -0.1 48.1 -1.2 46.9 -0.9 46.0 -1.2 44.8 0.0 44.8
Whiff% 33.0 -0.9 32.1 -16.7 15.4 18.8 34.2 0.0 34.2 5.4 39.6 -16.4 23.2
In Zone % 49.3 -2.0 47.3 4.6 51.9 -2.2 49.7 1.0 50.7 -1.4 49.3 1.0 50.3
Out of Zone % 50.7 2.0 52.7 -4.6 48.1 2.2 50.3 -1.0 49.3 1.4 50.7 -1.0 49.7
Out of Zone Swing % 16.7 9.2 25.9 -10.5 15.4 9.1 24.5 -5.5 19.0 3.0 22.0 -2.2 19.8
First Pitch Swing % 33.5 -9.5 24.0 38.5 62.5 -29.2 33.3 6.6 39.9 3.6 43.5 2.8 46.3
First Pitch Strike % 60.4 3.6 64.0 -1.5 62.5 -5.7 56.8 1.0 57.8 4.0 61.8 4.1 65.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 164 96 58.5 .302 .303
2020 Shifts L 24 13 54.2 .307 .243
2021 Shifts L 8 7 87.5 .879 .099
2022 Shifts L 80 63 78.8 .248 .296
2023 Shades L 306 152 49.7 .321 .270
2024 Shades L 186 105 56.5 .281 .290
2025 Shades L 41 30 73.2 .144 .389
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2019 205 18.8 12.2% 3.4% 131 24.0 0.0% 14.5%
2020 31 20.0 6.5% 3.2% 16 26.6 0.0% 31.3%
2021 5 19.1 0.0% 0.0% 6 22.3 0.0% 0.0%
2022 76 19.3 13.2% 5.3% 70 22.3 0.0% 5.7%
2023 322 16.4 28.3% 0.6% 216 19.9 1.4% 0.5%
2024 181 16.2 28.7% 0.6% 135 19.3 0.0% 2.2%
2025 46 15.8 26.1% 0.0% 12 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
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