Matt Thaiss
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 215LBS | Age: 30
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 149 117 15 27 1 1 .231 .385 .299 .684
7 Seasons 920 780 91 165 23 7 .212 .324 .336 .660
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .214 9 2 .659
2024 .204 2 3 .622
2025 .231 1 1 .684
7 Seasons .212 23 7 .660
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 .194 .323 .286 .291 .349 40.0 31.2 15.1
2025 30 613 83 3 3.6 2.0 88.7 109.9 18.3 27.7 .193 .280 .324 .303 .292 43.4 24.2 18.8
Player 3780 525 40 7.6 4.3 88.2 110.0 12.5 32.0 .210 .349 .297 .303 .357 40.8 28.5 13.6
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 41.0 59.0 26.5 21.7 10.8 34.9 36.1 28.9 21.7 13.3 6.0 13.3 22.9 22.9
Player 42.5 57.5 26.5 23.0 8.0 40.0 35.0 25.0 22.9 14.3 5.3 17.1 20.8 19.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 8.4 25.3 32.5 20.5 8.4 3.6 2.0
Player 5.3 30.7 26.7 22.9 6.7 7.6 4.3
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 1.0 3 287 46.8 61 .214 .286 .372 31.0 19.7 12.8 .195 .305 .354 41.9
2025 Changeup 0.3 0 61 10.0 16 .143 .143 .200 29.2 31.3 20.8 .149 .201 .220 44.4
2025 Sinker 1.8 1 58 9.5 15 .333 .417 .412 16.0 13.3 22.2 .210 .439 .338 45.5
2025 Slider -0.1 0 56 9.1 13 .308 .462 .331 23.1 30.8 20.0 .200 .269 .201 66.7
2025 Cutter -2.7 -1 55 9.0 18 .143 .143 .256 32.1 33.3 42.9 .068 .110 .215 37.5
2025 Curveball 3.3 2 51 8.3 14 .417 .500 .446 17.9 14.3 8.0 .409 .464 .427 40.0
2025 Sweeper 0.9 0 29 4.7 8 .167 .333 .331 33.3 37.5 33.3 .189 .210 .306 33.3
2025 Split-Finger -4.7 -1 15 2.4 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 25.0 .070 .071 .063 0.0
2025 Slurve -22.7 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -4 337 44.7 90 .164 .205 .274 43.2 36.7 29.2 .145 .256 .270 52.5
2024 Slider -2.5 -2 86 11.4 14 .000 .000 .150 55.2 28.6 16.7 .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 0.5 0 73 9.7 24 .273 .455 .344 13.9 20.8 26.3 .291 .574 .394 47.1
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 65 8.6 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 31 4.1 8 .143 .286 .244 18.2 37.5 20.0 .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 149 613 -2 -5 8 2 4
Player 918 3,779 -22 -48 44 -22 -9
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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 613 50.7 73.3 75.9 17.5 56.6 44.4 47.0 45.8 27.8 7.8 91.7
Player 3,780 50.0 71.9 71.3 19.6 47.3 43.5 39.8 45.7 33.8 7.1 87.7
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 58 11
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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 22.22 8 4.7 3 4 3 2 25.0
2020 21.33 1 0.7 0 0 1 0 0.0
2022 23.61 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
2023 23.27 9 8.4 1 5 3 5 55.6
2024 24.72 2 3.6 -2 3 4 1 50.0
2025 22.36 1 1.7 -1 1 1 1 100.0
Player 22.97 23 20.9 2 14 13 10 43.5
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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 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Player 23 25 12 25 19 21 21 19 18 17 17 25 29 17 21 20 19 19 21 24 21 21 30 26 19 20 19 22 26 18 17
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 +/-   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 2.1 88.7
Launch Angle 15.9 -7.0 8.9 11.0 19.9 -12.4 7.5 1.7 9.2 3.7 12.9 5.4 18.3
Barrel % 6.3 1.4 7.7 -7.7 0.0 6.5 6.5 3.9 10.4 -2.4 8.0 -4.4 3.6
Hard Hit % 43.2 -4.7 38.5 -21.8 16.7 20.3 37.0 3.7 40.7 -0.7 40.0 3.4 43.4
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 -5.3 27.7
xBA .209 -0.077 .132 0.118 .250 -0.038 .212 0.020 .232 -0.038 .194 -0.001 .193
BA .211 -0.068 .143 0.000 .143 0.074 .217 -0.003 .214 -0.010 .204 0.027 .231
xwOBA .283 -0.047 .236 0.060 .296 -0.007 .289 0.042 .331 -0.040 .291 0.012 .303
wOBA .303 -0.041 .262 -0.066 .196 0.090 .286 0.009 .295 -0.009 .286 0.038 .324
xSLG .358 -0.141 .217 0.084 .301 0.024 .325 0.083 .408 -0.085 .323 -0.043 .280
SLG .422 -0.136 .286 -0.143 .143 0.176 .319 0.021 .340 -0.041 .299 0.000 .299
K% 31.7 0.3 32.0 -19.5 12.5 17.1 29.6 -2.6 27.0 4.2 31.2 -7.0 24.2
BB% 10.4 5.6 16.0 -3.5 12.5 1.1 13.6 -1.9 11.7 3.4 15.1 3.7 18.8
Swing % 45.1 3.1 48.2 -0.1 48.1 -1.2 46.9 -0.9 46.0 -1.2 44.8 1.0 45.8
Whiff% 33.0 -0.9 32.1 -16.7 15.4 18.8 34.2 0.0 34.2 5.4 39.6 -11.8 27.8
In Zone % 49.3 -2.0 47.3 4.6 51.9 -2.2 49.7 1.0 50.7 -1.4 49.3 1.4 50.7
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 -1.4 49.3
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 -4.5 17.5
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 3.5 47.0
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 -2.1 59.7
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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
2025 Shades L 149 96 64.4 .312 .330
! 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%
2025 146 15.9 29.5% 0.0% 84 19.2 0.0% 1.2%
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