Matt Vierling
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #137, Philadelphia Phillies | Notre Dame
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 357 325 41 80 6 7 .246 .297 .351 .648
2023 530 479 63 125 10 6 .261 .329 .388 .717
2024 567 518 80 133 16 6 .257 .312 .423 .735
4 Seasons 1,531 1,393 195 361 34 21 .259 .317 .397 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .246 6 7 .648
2023 .261 10 6 .717
2024 .257 16 6 .735
4 Seasons .259 34 21 .714
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2021 24 300 52 2 3.8 2.6 91.5 111.5 6.3 30.8 .292 .411 .356 .320 .415 53.8 26.0 5.2
2022 25 1404 261 13 5.0 3.6 91.2 112.1 12.0 35.2 .275 .404 .285 .324 .374 47.1 19.6 6.4
2023 26 2133 369 17 4.6 3.2 89.1 113.0 9.1 32.2 .266 .396 .315 .322 .371 42.8 21.1 8.3
2024 27 2312 402 30 7.5 5.3 89.8 111.2 11.7 34.1 .256 .393 .317 .309 .362 40.9 21.3 7.2
Player 6149 1084 62 5.7 4.0 90.0 113.0 10.6 33.6 .266 .397 .311 .318 .371 43.7 21.1 7.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
2021 53.8 17.3 26.9 1.9 34.6 34.6 30.8 5.8 30.8 15.4 38.5 5.8 3.8 2.6
2022 41.4 23.4 27.6 7.7 28.4 42.5 29.1 1.1 31.8 24.5 29.9 7.7 5.0 3.6
2023 49.1 20.3 23.8 6.8 32.0 34.4 33.6 3.0 38.2 21.7 26.0 5.1 4.6 3.2
2024 42.0 23.6 26.4 8.0 36.8 37.6 25.6 3.5 33.8 25.1 23.9 5.5 7.5 5.3
Player 44.8 22.1 25.8 7.2 33.0 37.5 29.4 2.9 34.7 23.3 26.8 5.9 5.7 4.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -8 815 35.3 166 .271 .438 .358 17.1 22.9 16.2 .267 .423 .345 50.5
2024 Sinker -1.0 -4 414 17.9 113 .266 .404 .313 10.0 19.5 22.2 .267 .381 .290 48.9
2024 Slider 1.3 4 336 14.5 93 .253 .482 .347 25.9 21.5 17.4 .292 .478 .359 36.9
2024 Changeup -1.3 -3 193 8.3 49 .209 .302 .265 28.7 18.4 13.4 .217 .308 .275 28.6
2024 Cutter 1.5 3 187 8.1 44 .282 .538 .386 18.2 6.8 8.3 .270 .471 .360 27.8
2024 Sweeper -1.6 -3 175 7.6 41 .171 .220 .171 32.9 39.0 24.2 .137 .188 .141 24.0
2024 Curveball 5.1 7 142 6.1 46 .304 .565 .387 14.5 21.7 17.5 .290 .424 .305 44.4
2024 Split-Finger 0.5 0 25 1.1 7 .286 .286 .257 25.0 28.6 10.5 .111 .126 .102 0.0
2024 Slurve 6.9 0 7 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .260 .293 .241 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 790 37.0 166 .243 .403 .334 18.3 23.5 16.1 .251 .403 .334 48.6
2023 Slider 0.8 3 400 18.8 104 .276 .408 .337 25.4 21.2 17.1 .266 .404 .311 40.8
2023 Sinker -1.7 -5 314 14.7 85 .278 .380 .348 8.8 14.1 18.2 .272 .353 .297 36.8
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 170 8.0 59 .245 .396 .311 16.8 8.5 7.5 .336 .471 .377 44.9
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 163 7.6 40 .200 .286 .271 30.8 40.0 22.2 .172 .257 .248 36.8
2023 Cutter -2.5 -4 146 6.8 34 .250 .281 .263 19.8 14.7 11.4 .322 .447 .353 40.7
2023 Sweeper 2.1 2 102 4.8 26 .333 .500 .387 22.7 23.1 16.7 .257 .476 .338 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 3.1 1 32 1.5 11 .300 .300 .309 31.6 54.5 30.0 .272 .327 .302 75.0
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 76 300 0 -1 1 1 2
2022 372 1,450 -14 -7 4 4 -12
2023 526 2,120 -20 -8 12 8 -8
2024 595 2,443 -10 -20 17 8 -5
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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 %
2021 300 52.7 60.8 84.4 26.8 52.6 39.7 19.7 44.7 24.6 12.7 65.8
2022 1,404 51.6 59.9 86.9 28.3 63.5 41.7 17.4 44.6 19.5 8.3 67.5
2023 2,133 51.5 59.1 86.5 28.5 66.2 42.7 19.5 44.3 19.4 7.7 72.0
2024 2,312 51.9 62.1 87.0 22.0 60.5 42.1 18.5 42.8 19.5 8.5 72.8
Player 6,149 51.7 60.5 86.7 25.9 63.1 42.1 18.6 43.8 19.7 8.4 70.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
2021 80 94
2022 61 88 55 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 81 58 96 46 81
2023 45 70 31 19 64 19 13 44 84 60 56 47 83 46 91 56 76
2024 41 64 45 34 44 56 46 62 74 54 50 38 78 89 87 78 50 37 81 38
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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 %
2021 21.2 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 20.8 6 6.0 0 7 2 4 66.7
2023 23.0 10 12.3 -2 4 9 6 60.0
2024 21.7 16 13.7 2 4 14 5 31.3
Player 21.9 34 33.8 0 15 26 16 47.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 6 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 5
2023 10 10 13 8 12 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 11 14 13 13 10 14 14 13 14 15 16 9 10 12 13 14 13 12
2024 16 8 11 13 13 15 18 10 15 10 15 17 13 10 15 12 10 8 14 19 14 14 21 16 8 14 15 15 14 16 17
Player 34 25 32 28 32 35 39 28 32 27 34 39 36 29 36 35 31 25 36 40 36 37 45 41 24 31 34 36 37 37 36
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.5 91.2 -0.3 89.1 -2.1 89.8 0.7
Launch Angle 6.3 12.0 5.7 9.1 -2.9 11.7 2.6
Barrel % 3.8 5.0 1.2 4.6 -0.4 7.5 2.9
Hard Hit % 53.8 47.1 -6.7 42.8 -4.3 40.9 -1.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 35.2 4.4 32.2 -3.0 34.1 1.9
xBA .292 .275 -0.017 .266 -0.009 .256 -0.010
BA .324 .246 -0.078 .261 0.015 .257 -0.004
xwOBA .320 .324 0.004 .322 -0.002 .309 -0.013
wOBA .356 .285 -0.071 .315 0.030 .317 0.002
xSLG .411 .404 -0.007 .396 -0.008 .393 -0.003
SLG .479 .351 -0.128 .388 0.037 .423 0.035
K% 26.0 19.6 -6.4 21.1 1.5 21.3 0.2
BB% 5.2 6.4 1.2 8.3 1.9 7.2 -1.1
Swing % 44.7 44.6 -0.1 44.3 -0.3 42.8 -1.5
Whiff% 24.6 19.5 -5.1 19.4 -0.1 19.5 0.1
In Zone % 52.7 51.6 -1.1 51.5 -0.1 51.9 0.4
Out of Zone % 47.3 48.4 1.1 48.5 0.1 48.1 -0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 28.3 1.5 28.5 0.2 22.0 -6.5
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 17.4 -2.3 19.5 2.1 18.5 -1.0
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 64.7 -2.4 64.3 -0.4 57.8 -6.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 76 0 0.0 .356
2022 Shifts R 356 3 0.8 .288 .000
2023 Shades R 525 14 2.7 .306 .556
2024 Shades R 559 22 3.9 .321 .340
! 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 %
2021 106 17.9 16.0% 0.9% 43 23.9 0.0% 16.3%
2022 413 17.2 24.9% 0.5% 261 22.8 0.0% 9.2%
2023 555 14.7 53.7% 0.4% 367 19.0 6.3% 0.5%
2024 675 15.0 50.5% 0.1% 407 18.4 5.2% 1.2%
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