Matt Mervis
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 27
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 99 90 8 15 3 0 .167 .242 .289 .531
2024 28 26 1 3 0 0 .115 .148 .154 .302
2025 107 94 13 18 7 0 .191 .280 .436 .716
3 Seasons 234 210 22 36 10 0 .171 .249 .338 .587
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 3 0 .531
2024 .115 0 0 .302
2025 .191 7 0 .716
3 Seasons .171 10 0 .587
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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%
2023 25 405 58 8 13.8 8.1 91.0 111.8 8.4 36.2 .234 .427 .239 .317 .434 50.0 32.3 8.1
2024 26 98 18 1 5.6 3.6 87.1 111.7 10.5 16.7 .120 .191 .137 .158 .200 27.8 28.6 3.6
2025 27 420 54 6 11.1 5.6 91.0 107.8 22.2 29.6 .162 .324 .310 .259 .364 46.3 38.3 9.3
Player 923 130 15 11.5 6.4 90.5 111.8 14.5 30.8 .187 .352 .260 .272 .373 45.4 34.6 8.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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 %
2023 46.6 53.4 20.7 24.1 8.6 46.6 39.7 13.8 29.3 13.8 3.4 17.2 25.9 10.3
2024 44.4 55.6 33.3 16.7 5.6 55.6 22.2 22.2 33.3 0.0 11.1 22.2 22.2 11.1
2025 37.0 63.0 37.0 14.8 11.1 55.6 31.5 13.0 24.1 13.0 0.0 31.5 18.5 13.0
Player 42.3 57.7 29.2 19.2 9.2 51.5 33.8 14.6 27.7 11.5 3.1 23.8 22.3 11.5
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
2023 5.2 31.0 19.0 19.0 10.3 13.8 8.1
2024 5.6 33.3 44.4 5.6 0.0 5.6 3.6
2025 3.7 31.5 29.6 16.7 7.4 11.1 5.6
Player 4.6 31.5 26.9 16.2 7.7 11.5 6.4
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 -1.1 -2 140 33.3 34 .129 .355 .269 39.5 50.0 34.0 .123 .306 .224 50.0
2025 Changeup 4.6 3 62 14.8 11 .273 .818 .527 56.3 45.5 26.3 .204 .531 .303 50.0
2025 Split-Finger -4.0 -2 45 10.7 14 .154 .154 .179 51.7 35.7 26.3 .155 .183 .188 25.0
2025 Slider -0.1 0 44 10.5 12 .200 .500 .300 47.8 33.3 30.8 .207 .316 .284 71.4
2025 Curveball 4.4 2 38 9.0 10 .375 .750 .520 31.6 20.0 14.3 .319 .652 .464 50.0
2025 Sweeper 0.1 0 36 8.6 8 .286 .429 .356 46.7 50.0 40.0 .101 .117 .171 33.3
2025 Cutter -2.8 -1 29 6.9 7 .000 .000 .200 25.0 14.3 50.0 .012 .015 .208 25.0
2025 Sinker 2.1 1 26 6.2 10 .222 .556 .360 21.4 30.0 37.5 .193 .390 .291 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -1 31 31.6 6 .167 .333 .208 40.0 16.7 12.5 .200 .459 .276 60.0
2024 Changeup -9.3 -1 16 16.3 6 .000 .000 .000 45.5 33.3 33.3 .023 .023 .026 0.0
2024 Curveball -7.1 -1 15 15.3 6 .000 .000 .000 20.0 50.0 37.5 .062 .078 .060 0.0
2024 Sinker -4.1 -1 14 14.3 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 25.0 100.0 .023 .029 .193 0.0
2024 Slider 1.8 0 6 6.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger 18.0 1 6 6.1 4 .667 .667 .625 16.7 0.0 0.0 .414 .445 .469 66.7
2024 Cutter -2.6 0 4 4.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sweeper -8.7 0 4 4.1 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .004 .011 .007 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 99 405 -3 -5 2 1 -5
2024 28 98 -1 -3 0 0 -4
2025 103 407 -3 2 1 2 2
Player 230 910 -6 -6 2 -6 -7
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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 %
2023 405 49.6 72.6 76.7 28.4 41.4 42.0 38.4 50.4 33.3 7.2 86.2
2024 98 55.1 77.8 73.8 27.3 33.3 39.8 39.3 55.1 35.2 9.2 88.9
2025 420 48.8 72.7 67.1 35.3 39.5 42.1 39.3 53.6 42.2 6.4 92.6
Player 923 49.8 73.3 72.1 31.5 39.7 41.8 38.9 52.3 37.7 7.0 89.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 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
2023 76 5 3
2024 80 3
2025 5 1 11 45 3 31 67 68 39 58 1 56 1 8 8 20 62 73 3 1
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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 %
2023 23.0 3 1.8 1 3 1 1 33.3
2024 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2025 22.8 7 5.8 1 0 5 2 28.6
Player 22.8 10 7.6 2 4 6 3 30.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1
2024 0 0 0 1 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
2025 7 7 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 4 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 7 6
Player 10 9 3 8 7 7 9 7 7 4 7 9 9 8 8 8 9 8 7 9 6 7 10 9 7 7 7 9 8 9 7
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 2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 91.0 -3.9 ↓ 87.1 3.9 ↑ 91.0
Launch Angle 8.4 2.1 ↑ 10.5 11.7 ↑ 22.2
Barrel % 13.8 -8.2 ↓ 5.6 5.5 ↑ 11.1
Hard Hit % 50.0 -22.2 ↓ 27.8 18.5 ↑ 46.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.2 -19.5 ↓ 16.7 12.9 ↑ 29.6
xBA .234 -0.114 ↓ .120 0.042 ↑ .162
BA .167 -0.052 ↓ .115 0.076 ↑ .191
xwOBA .317 -0.159 ↓ .158 0.101 ↑ .259
wOBA .239 -0.102 ↓ .137 0.173 ↑ .310
xSLG .427 -0.236 ↓ .191 0.133 ↑ .324
SLG .289 -0.135 ↓ .154 0.282 ↑ .436
K% 32.3 -3.7 ↓ 28.6 9.7 ↑ 38.3
BB% 8.1 -4.5 ↓ 3.6 5.7 ↑ 9.3
Swing % 50.4 4.7 ↑ 55.1 -1.5 ↓ 53.6
Whiff% 33.3 1.9 ↑ 35.2 7.0 ↑ 42.2
In Zone % 49.6 5.5 ↑ 55.1 -6.3 ↓ 48.8
Out of Zone % 50.4 -5.5 ↓ 44.9 6.3 ↑ 51.2
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 -1.1 ↓ 27.3 8.0 ↑ 35.3
First Pitch Swing % 38.4 0.9 ↑ 39.3 0.0 39.3
First Pitch Strike % 58.6 -1.5 ↓ 57.1 3.6 ↑ 60.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 99 56 56.6 .273 .212
2024 Shades L 28 18 64.3 .176 .114
2025 Shades L 103 67 65.0 .235 .365
! 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 %
2023 111 13.7 68.5% 0.0% 63 18.0 12.7% 0.0%
2024 25 14.5 56.0% 0.0% 11 18.6 18.2% 0.0%
2025 69 15.6 37.7% 0.0% 61 18.4 8.2% 0.0%
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