Matt Thaiss
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #16, Los Angeles Angels | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 81 69 9 15 2 1 .217 .321 .319 .640
2023 307 262 32 56 9 2 .214 .319 .340 .659
2024 186 157 14 32 2 3 .204 .323 .299 .622
6 Seasons 771 663 76 138 22 6 .208 .313 .342 .655
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .217 2 1 .640
2023 .214 9 2 .659
2024 .204 2 3 .622
6 Seasons .208 22 6 .655
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%
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 .193 .331 .286 .292 .350 40.0 31.2 15.1
Player 3167 442 37 8.4 4.8 88.2 110.0 11.4 32.8 .213 .363 .292 .304 .370 40.3 29.3 12.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2019 38.9 28.4 25.3 7.4 49.5 31.6 18.9 2.1 27.4 28.4 28.4 7.4 6.3 3.7
2020 46.2 15.4 30.8 7.7 61.5 38.5 0.0 0.0 46.2 38.5 7.7 0.0 7.7 4.0
2021 33.3 16.7 33.3 16.7 66.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 16.7 16.7 0.0 0.0
2022 56.5 19.6 13.0 10.9 41.3 30.4 28.3 0.0 45.7 21.7 26.1 0.0 6.5 3.7
2023 42.9 27.5 24.2 5.5 37.9 35.2 26.9 5.5 31.3 23.1 23.1 6.6 10.4 6.2
2024 40.0 28.0 23.0 9.0 34.0 39.0 27.0 9.0 28.0 27.0 20.0 8.0 8.0 4.3
Player 42.8 26.5 23.3 7.5 41.0 34.8 24.2 4.8 31.7 25.6 23.3 6.3 8.4 4.8
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 -1.2 -4 334 44.3 90 .164 .205 .274 43.2 36.7 29.2 .148 .265 .274 50.0
2024 Slider -2.6 -2 91 12.1 16 .077 .077 .188 46.9 25.0 16.0 .132 .182 .241 22.2
2024 Changeup 0.2 0 79 10.5 16 .267 .467 .338 44.4 31.3 20.8 .227 .355 .278 20.0
2024 Sinker -0.1 0 76 10.1 24 .273 .455 .344 13.9 20.8 27.8 .281 .575 .385 52.9
2024 Cutter 1.3 1 62 8.2 15 .231 .462 .343 40.0 26.7 21.1 .268 .503 .378 44.4
2024 Curveball 4.2 2 53 7.0 12 .400 .400 .417 40.0 25.0 15.0 .326 .409 .385 28.6
2024 Split-Finger 3.0 1 31 4.1 5 .200 .400 .250 42.9 20.0 14.3 .120 .134 .108 25.0
2024 Sweeper 1.6 0 26 3.4 7 .167 .333 .279 25.0 42.9 23.1 .149 .162 .217 0.0
2024 Slurve -16.5 0 2 0.3 1 -- -- .000 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .053 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -4 508 40.9 112 .178 .333 .299 38.8 31.3 25.9 .214 .432 .357 38.6
2023 Changeup -2.9 -6 209 16.8 55 .173 .250 .232 30.2 23.6 21.3 .202 .313 .237 37.5
2023 Slider 2.0 3 146 11.8 35 .281 .406 .333 31.0 25.7 20.5 .303 .479 .363 52.2
2023 Sinker -1.2 -1 120 9.7 33 .200 .320 .339 22.4 21.2 24.1 .247 .454 .394 50.0
2023 Curveball 3.3 3 92 7.4 30 .360 .560 .447 23.1 23.3 17.9 .340 .569 .437 44.4
2023 Sweeper 3.1 2 60 4.8 15 .214 .429 .300 31.3 26.7 19.0 .167 .416 .271 30.0
2023 Cutter -0.9 -1 59 4.8 14 .214 .214 .193 37.1 28.6 28.6 .230 .278 .220 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.2 -1 41 3.3 11 .200 .200 .227 42.9 36.4 33.3 .107 .118 .152 50.0
2023 Slurve 16.4 1 6 0.5 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 1 102 31.5 25 .263 .579 .436 32.1 28.0 20.6 .194 .468 .382 25.0
2022 Slider -4.9 -2 45 13.9 9 .000 .000 .000 42.9 33.3 18.8 .169 .201 .164 50.0
2022 Changeup 3.1 1 44 13.6 13 .200 .300 .396 33.3 30.8 26.7 .188 .317 .328 50.0
2022 Curveball -5.1 -2 44 13.6 11 .100 .100 .082 47.1 45.5 38.5 .145 .158 .128 50.0
2022 Sinker 1.2 0 37 11.4 9 .500 .500 .478 13.3 0.0 0.0 .393 .456 .413 37.5
2022 Cutter -4.6 -1 27 8.3 7 .143 .143 .129 25.0 14.3 20.0 .212 .240 .202 33.3
2022 Sweeper -3.1 0 16 4.9 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Split-Finger -4.9 0 3 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 0 10 37.0 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .011 .019 .355 0.0
2021 Slider 0.1 0 5 18.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .413 .523 .405 50.0
2021 Changeup -5.7 0 5 18.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .062 .071 .056 0.0
2021 Sinker -3.2 0 4 14.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .686 .794 .636 0.0
2021 Cutter -7.2 0 3 11.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .101 .107 .107 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.0 -2 27 24.5 6 .000 .000 .117 37.5 66.7 33.3 .001 .001 .118 0.0
2020 Sinker -0.2 0 24 21.8 6 .250 .250 .383 20.0 0.0 0.0 .252 .331 .402 50.0
2020 Changeup -3.4 -1 19 17.3 8 .143 .143 .200 53.8 37.5 33.3 .033 .037 .114 25.0
2020 Slider -1.4 0 16 14.5 1 .000 .000 .000 11.1 0.0 0.0 .013 .030 .020 0.0
2020 Curveball 6.1 1 16 14.5 2 .500 2.000 1.000 25.0 50.0 11.1 .370 .859 .504 100.0
2020 Cutter -8.1 0 6 5.5 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .393 .616 .427 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 6 286 40.2 66 .298 .684 .448 33.3 33.3 25.0 .224 .494 .346 54.3
2019 Changeup -5.2 -7 132 18.6 30 .071 .071 .107 45.2 30.0 28.1 .138 .204 .185 26.3
2019 Sinker -3.7 -3 83 11.7 14 .000 .000 .150 12.5 21.4 12.5 .182 .312 .312 50.0
2019 Slider 3.7 3 72 10.1 15 .231 .692 .420 48.1 46.7 22.6 .133 .240 .229 50.0
2019 Curveball 0.8 1 65 9.1 19 .333 .500 .376 24.2 31.6 23.1 .289 .346 .293 50.0
2019 Cutter -5.4 -3 51 7.2 12 .083 .083 .075 19.0 25.0 23.1 .243 .272 .227 11.1
2019 Sweeper 1.4 0 10 1.4 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 20.0 .248 .288 .227 50.0
2019 Split-Finger -2.2 0 8 1.1 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .385 .486 .369 50.0
2019 Slurve -12.4 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 164 710 -7 -9 8 4 -4
2020 25 110 -1 -3 1 1 -2
2022 80 324 -3 -6 5 1 -3
2023 306 1,241 -3 -19 11 7 -4
2024 186 754 -6 -6 8 2 -2
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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 33.6 7.2 86.5
2024 754 49.3 68.3 65.4 22.0 44.0 45.9 43.5 44.8 39.3 6.0 82.2
Player 3,167 49.8 71.6 70.4 20.0 45.7 43.3 38.4 45.7 34.7 6.9 86.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
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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
Player 23.0 22 19.2 3 13 12 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 2 4 5 2 4 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 6 3 4 2 2 6 3 3
Player 22 23 11 23 17 19 20 18 17 16 15 23 27 15 20 19 17 17 20 21 20 19 27 23 17 18 18 20 24 17 15
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 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.1 -1.0 86.2 -1.9 88.5 2.3 88.5 0.0 86.6 -1.9
Launch Angle 15.9 8.9 -7.0 19.9 11.0 7.5 -12.4 9.2 1.7 12.9 3.7
Barrel % 6.3 7.7 1.4 0.0 -7.7 6.5 6.5 10.4 3.9 8.0 -2.4
Hard Hit % 43.2 38.5 -4.7 16.7 -21.8 37.0 20.3 40.7 3.7 40.0 -0.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.7 30.8 -3.9 33.3 2.5 21.7 -11.6 34.6 12.9 33.0 -1.6
xBA .209 .132 -0.077 .250 0.118 .212 -0.038 .232 0.020 .193 -0.039
BA .211 .143 -0.068 .143 0.000 .217 0.074 .214 -0.003 .204 -0.010
xwOBA .283 .236 -0.047 .296 0.060 .289 -0.007 .331 0.042 .292 -0.039
wOBA .303 .262 -0.041 .196 -0.066 .286 0.090 .295 0.009 .286 -0.009
xSLG .358 .217 -0.141 .301 0.084 .325 0.024 .408 0.083 .331 -0.077
SLG .422 .286 -0.136 .143 -0.143 .319 0.176 .340 0.021 .299 -0.041
K% 31.7 32.0 0.3 12.5 -19.5 29.6 17.1 27.0 -2.6 31.2 4.2
BB% 10.4 16.0 5.6 12.5 -3.5 13.6 1.1 11.7 -1.9 15.1 3.4
Swing % 45.1 48.2 3.1 48.1 -0.1 46.9 -1.2 46.0 -0.9 44.8 -1.2
Whiff% 33.0 32.1 -0.9 15.4 -16.7 34.2 18.8 33.6 -0.6 39.3 5.7
In Zone % 49.3 47.3 -2.0 51.9 4.6 49.7 -2.2 50.7 1.0 49.3 -1.4
Out of Zone % 50.7 52.7 2.0 48.1 -4.6 50.3 2.2 49.3 -1.0 50.7 1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 16.7 25.9 9.2 15.4 -10.5 24.5 9.1 19.0 -5.5 22.0 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 33.5 24.0 -9.5 62.5 38.5 33.3 -29.2 39.9 6.6 43.5 3.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.4 64.0 3.6 62.5 -1.5 56.8 -5.7 57.8 1.0 61.8 4.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/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
! 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 %
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%
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