Matt Vierling
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #137, Philadelphia Phillies | Notre Dame
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 530 479 63 125 10 6 .261 .329 .388 .717
2024 567 518 80 133 16 6 .257 .312 .423 .735
2025 47 38 2 6 0 1 .158 .298 .184 .482
5 Seasons 1,578 1,431 197 367 34 22 .256 .316 .391 .707
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .261 10 6 .717
2024 .257 16 6 .735
2025 .158 0 1 .482
5 Seasons .256 34 22 .707
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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%
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
2025 28 204 30 3 10.0 6.4 92.2 107.0 21.1 20.0 .199 .338 .240 .314 .306 43.3 19.1 12.8
Player 6353 1114 65 5.8 4.1 90.0 113.0 10.9 33.2 .264 .396 .309 .317 .369 43.6 21.0 7.5
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 %
2021 53.8 46.2 17.3 26.9 1.9 34.6 34.6 30.8 15.4 23.1 15.4 19.2 11.5 15.4
2022 41.4 58.6 23.4 27.6 7.7 28.4 42.5 29.1 14.9 19.2 7.3 13.4 23.4 21.8
2023 49.1 50.9 20.3 23.8 6.8 32.0 34.4 33.6 19.8 20.1 9.2 12.2 14.4 24.4
2024 42.0 58.0 23.6 26.4 8.0 36.8 37.6 25.6 22.4 16.7 3.0 14.4 20.9 22.6
2025 33.3 66.7 53.3 10.0 3.3 20.0 33.3 46.7 10.0 20.0 3.3 10.0 13.3 43.3
Player 44.5 55.5 23.0 25.4 7.1 32.7 37.4 29.9 19.1 18.8 6.6 13.6 18.7 23.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 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
2021 5.8 30.8 15.4 38.5 5.8 3.8 2.6
2022 1.1 31.8 24.5 29.9 7.7 5.0 3.6
2023 3.0 38.2 21.7 26.0 5.1 4.6 3.2
2024 3.5 33.8 25.1 23.9 5.5 7.5 5.3
2025 0.0 23.3 43.3 20.0 3.3 10.0 6.4
Player 2.8 34.4 23.9 26.6 5.8 5.8 4.1
MLB 4.0 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 -0.1 0 88 43.1 18 .231 .231 .306 7.1 11.1 5.7 .276 .435 .404 50.0
2025 Sinker -4.2 -1 29 14.2 7 .167 .167 .229 11.1 14.3 25.0 .113 .129 .189 40.0
2025 Curveball 3.1 1 23 11.3 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2025 Slider -1.9 0 19 9.3 7 .167 .167 .229 30.8 42.9 37.5 .227 .502 .364 66.7
2025 Changeup -3.0 0 15 7.4 2 .000 .000 .000 11.1 0.0 0.0 .218 .248 .204 50.0
2025 Sweeper -9.7 -1 13 6.4 5 .000 .000 .000 40.0 40.0 100.0 .049 .083 .053 0.0
2025 Cutter -7.3 -1 12 5.9 5 .000 .000 .140 25.0 0.0 0.0 .301 .615 .448 50.0
2025 Split-Finger 9.7 0 5 2.5 2 .500 1.000 .625 66.7 50.0 50.0 .015 .022 .015 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 816 35.3 166 .271 .438 .358 17.1 22.9 16.2 .267 .423 .345 50.5
2024 Sinker -0.7 -3 407 17.6 112 .269 .407 .316 10.1 18.8 22.1 .269 .385 .293 48.9
2024 Slider 0.9 3 320 13.8 88 .231 .436 .332 26.3 21.6 17.8 .272 .436 .343 38.3
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 193 8.3 49 .209 .302 .265 28.7 18.4 13.4 .217 .308 .275 28.6
2024 Sweeper -0.6 -1 192 8.3 48 .213 .319 .225 32.1 35.4 23.0 .183 .285 .202 22.6
2024 Cutter 0.8 1 178 7.7 41 .297 .568 .398 17.6 7.3 8.8 .279 .488 .364 29.4
2024 Curveball 3.3 5 142 6.1 46 .304 .565 .387 14.5 21.7 17.5 .290 .424 .305 44.4
2024 Split-Finger -0.3 0 31 1.3 8 .250 .250 .225 20.0 37.5 13.0 .097 .110 .089 0.0
2024 Slurve 1.8 0 15 0.6 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .277 .310 .254 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 76 300 1 -3 1 2 2
2022 357 1,404 -16 -6 7 5 -10
2023 526 2,120 -15 -10 12 8 -6
2024 562 2,299 -5 -21 19 8 2
2025 47 204 -3 -2 1 1 -3
Player 1,568 6,327 -38 -42 40 -38 -15
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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
2025 204 56.4 61.7 90.1 23.6 61.9 38.7 25.5 45.1 16.3 11.8 83.3
Player 6,353 51.9 60.5 86.8 25.9 63.0 42.0 18.8 43.9 19.6 8.5 71.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 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
2021 80 94
2022 61 88 55 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 81 58 96 46 81
2023 46 70 32 19 64 19 13 44 84 60 56 47 83 46 91 56 76 38 39 28
2024 41 64 45 34 44 56 46 62 74 54 50 38 78 89 87 74 50 37 85 38
2025 27 56
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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 21.22 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 20.76 6 5.9 0 6 2 4 66.7
2023 22.96 10 12.1 -2 3 9 6 60.0
2024 21.66 16 13.7 2 4 14 5 31.3
2025 -- 0 1.1 -1 1 2 0 --
Player 21.86 34 34.7 -1 14 28 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 2 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 8 6 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 8 6 5 5 5 6 7 5 5
2023 10 10 13 8 12 13 14 12 11 9 12 11 12 11 14 13 12 9 14 14 13 13 15 16 9 10 12 13 14 13 12
2024 16 9 11 13 13 15 18 10 15 9 15 17 13 10 16 12 10 8 14 19 14 14 21 16 9 14 14 15 14 16 17
2025 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2
Player 34 28 34 28 32 36 40 29 32 25 35 40 37 32 38 35 32 24 37 41 38 38 47 42 26 32 33 37 39 37 38
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

2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .324 -.078 .246 +.015 .261 -.004 .257 -.099 .158
xBA .292 -.017 .275 -.009 .266 -.010 .256 -.057 .199
OBP .364 -.067 .297 +.032 .329 -.017 .312 -.014 .298
xOBP .334 -.006 .328 +.007 .335 -.022 .313 +.024 .337
SLG .479 -.128 .351 +.037 .388 +.035 .423 -.239 .184
xSLG .411 -.007 .404 -.008 .396 -.003 .393 -.055 .338
ISO .155 -.050 .105 +.022 .127 +.039 .166 -.140 .026
xISO .119 +.010 .129 +.001 .130 +.007 .137 +.003 .140
BABIP .420 -.130 .290 +.031 .321 -.018 .303 -.103 .200
wOBA .356 -.071 .285 +.030 .315 +.002 .317 -.077 .240
xwOBA .320 +.004 .324 -.002 .322 -.013 .309 +.005 .314
wOBACON .466 -.145 .321 +.039 .360 +.013 .373 -.184 .189
xwOBACON .415 -.041 .374 -.003 .371 -.009 .362 -.056 .306
BACON .442 -.135 .307 +.033 .340 -.009 .331 -.131 .200
xBACON .398 -.050 .348 .000 .348 -.016 .332 -.071 .261
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 53.8 -6.7 47.1 -4.3 42.8 -1.9 40.9 +2.4 43.3
Avg Exit Velocity 91.5 -0.3 91.2 -2.1 89.1 +0.7 89.8 +2.4 92.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 30.8 +4.4 35.2 -3.0 32.2 +1.9 34.1 -14.1 20.0
Barrel % 3.8 +1.2 5.0 -0.4 4.6 +2.9 7.5 +2.5 10.0
Avg Launch Angle 6.3 +5.7 12.0 -2.9 9.1 +2.6 11.7 +9.4 21.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- 71.3 -0.2 71.1 +0.1 71.2
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- +2° -1°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- 41.0 +9.8 50.8 -14.5 36.3
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -1° +3°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- 30° -1° 30° +2° 31°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- 7.5 -0.1 7.4 -0.1 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 -0.3 93.1 +0.2 93.3 0.0 93.3 +0.4 93.7
Breaking Velocity 81.9 +1.2 83.1 0.0 83.1 0.0 83.1 -1.3 81.8
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 +1.7 85.8 -0.9 84.9 +0.1 85.0 +0.3 85.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 2 +11 13 +4 17 +13 30 -27 3
Popup % 1.9 +5.8 7.7 -0.9 6.8 +1.2 8.0 -4.7 3.3
Flyball % 17.3 +6.1 23.4 -3.1 20.3 +3.3 23.6 +29.7 53.3
Line Drive % 26.9 +0.7 27.6 -3.8 23.8 +2.6 26.4 -16.4 10.0
Groundball % 53.8 -12.4 41.4 +7.7 49.1 -7.1 42.0 -8.7 33.3
Pull % 34.6 -6.2 28.4 +3.6 32.0 +4.8 36.8 -16.8 20.0
Straight Away % 34.6 +7.9 42.5 -8.1 34.4 +3.2 37.6 -4.3 33.3
Opposite Field % 30.8 -1.7 29.1 +4.5 33.6 -8.0 25.6 +21.1 46.7
Weak Contact % 5.8 -4.7 1.1 +1.9 3.0 +0.5 3.5 -3.5 0.0
Pull Airball % 19.2 -5.8 13.4 -1.2 12.2 +2.2 14.4 -4.4 10.0
Topped Contact % 30.8 +1.0 31.8 +6.4 38.2 -4.4 33.8 -10.5 23.3
Under Contact % 15.4 +9.1 24.5 -2.8 21.7 +3.4 25.1 +18.2 43.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 38.5 -8.6 29.9 -3.9 26.0 -2.1 23.9 -3.9 20.0
Solid Contact % 5.8 +1.9 7.7 -2.6 5.1 +0.4 5.5 -2.2 3.3
HR/FB % 22.2 -12.4 9.8 +3.5 13.3 +3.5 16.8 -16.8 0.0
Popups 1 +19 20 +5 25 +7 32 -31 1
Flyballs 9 +52 61 +14 75 +20 95 -79 16
Line Drives 14 +58 72 +16 88 +18 106 -103 3
Groundballs 28 +80 108 +73 181 -12 169 -159 10
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.7 -1.1 51.6 -0.1 51.5 +0.4 51.9 +4.5 56.4
Out of Zone % 47.3 +1.1 48.4 +0.1 48.5 -0.4 48.1 -4.5 43.6
Edge % 39.7 +2.0 41.7 +1.0 42.7 -0.6 42.1 -3.4 38.7
Zone Swing % 60.8 -0.9 59.9 -0.8 59.1 +3.0 62.1 -0.4 61.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 +1.5 28.3 +0.2 28.5 -6.5 22.0 +1.6 23.6
In Zone Contact % 84.4 +2.5 86.9 -0.4 86.5 +0.5 87.0 +3.1 90.1
Out of Zone Contact % 52.6 +10.9 63.5 +2.7 66.2 -5.7 60.5 +1.4 61.9
Whiff % 24.6 -5.1 19.5 -0.1 19.4 +0.1 19.5 -3.2 16.3
First Strike % 67.1 -2.4 64.7 -0.4 64.3 -6.5 57.8 -0.4 57.4
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 -2.3 17.4 +2.1 19.5 -1.0 18.5 +7.0 25.5
Swing % 44.7 -0.1 44.6 -0.3 44.3 -1.5 42.8 +2.3 45.1
Meatball Swing % 65.8 +1.7 67.5 +4.5 72.0 +0.8 72.8 +10.5 83.3
Meatball % 12.7 -4.4 8.3 -0.6 7.7 +0.8 8.5 +3.3 11.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 15.6 -3.6 12.0 +1.2 13.2 -0.4 12.8 -2.9 9.9
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 47.4 -10.9 36.5 -3.1 33.4 +6.1 39.5 -1.4 38.1
In Zone 158 +567 725 +367 1,092 +101 1,193 -1,078 115
Out of Zone 142 +537 679 +349 1,028 +78 1,106 -1,017 89
Edge 119 +466 585 +320 905 +62 967 -888 79
In Zone Swings 96 +338 434 +211 645 +96 741 -670 71
Out of Zone Swings 38 +154 192 +101 293 -50 243 -222 21
In Zone Swing & Misses 15 +37 52 +33 85 +10 95 -88 7
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 18 +52 70 +28 98 -2 96 -88 8
Basic
Pitches 300 +1,104 1,404 +729 2,133 +179 2,312 -2,108 204
PA 77 +280 357 +173 530 +37 567 -520 47
AB 71 +254 325 +154 479 +39 518 -480 38
Hits 23 +57 80 +45 125 +8 133 -127 6
Singles 17 +43 60 +29 89 -5 84 -79 5
Doubles 3 +9 12 +9 21 +7 28 -27 1
Triples 1 +1 2 +3 5 0 5 -5 0
Home Runs 2 +4 6 +4 10 +6 16 -16 0
Walks 4 +19 23 +21 44 -3 41 -35 6
Strikeouts 20 +50 70 +42 112 +9 121 -112 9
K% 26.0 -6.4 19.6 +1.5 21.1 +0.2 21.3 -2.2 19.1
BB% 5.2 +1.2 6.4 +1.9 8.3 -1.1 7.2 +5.6 12.8
HBP 1 +2 3 +2 5 -2 3 -1 2
Batted Balls 52 +209 261 +108 369 +33 402 -372 30
Number of Fastballs 170 +691 861 +388 1,249 +152 1,401 -1,272 129
Number of Offspeed 34 +84 118 +85 203 +21 224 -204 20
Number of Breaking 92 +286 378 +170 548 -87 461 -419 42
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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
2025 Shades R 47 2 4.3 .235 .346
! 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%
2025 50 13.8 68.0% 0.0% 30 19.0 6.7% 3.3%
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