Matt Vierling
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #137, Philadelphia Phillies | Notre Dame
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 77 71 11 23 2 2 .324 .364 .479 .843
2022 357 325 41 80 6 7 .246 .297 .351 .648
2023 484 438 54 114 9 6 .260 .327 .374 .701
3 Seasons 918 834 106 217 17 15 .260 .318 .374 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .324 2 2 .843
2022 .246 6 7 .648
2023 .260 9 6 .701
3 Seasons .260 17 15 .692
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
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 1941 335 15 4.5 3.1 89.0 113.0 8.5 31.3 .261 .382 .309 .315 .366 42.3 21.7 8.1
Player 3645 648 30 4.6 3.3 90.1 113.0 9.8 32.9 .269 .393 .304 .319 .373 45.2 21.2 7.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 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 50.1 20.0 23.3 6.6 31.9 34.3 33.7 3.3 38.8 21.2 25.7 5.1 4.5 3.1
Player 46.9 21.1 25.3 6.6 30.7 37.7 31.6 2.6 35.3 22.1 28.4 6.2 4.6 3.3
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 716 36.9 147 .258 .398 .339 17.2 23.1 15.2 .247 .388 .328 46.8
2023 Slider 0.7 2 375 19.3 100 .277 .404 .338 26.2 21.0 17.1 .269 .420 .321 39.7
2023 Sinker -2.1 -6 294 15.1 80 .257 .351 .331 9.3 15.0 19.4 .280 .365 .307 36.5
2023 Curveball -0.8 -1 155 8.0 41 .194 .278 .265 30.8 39.0 22.5 .177 .257 .249 35.0
2023 Changeup -0.4 -1 146 7.5 51 .239 .326 .282 16.9 9.8 8.1 .312 .402 .341 45.2
2023 Cutter -2.4 -3 132 6.8 30 .250 .286 .268 19.5 16.7 13.2 .286 .416 .330 47.8
2023 Sweeper 2.8 2 78 4.0 20 .368 .579 .423 24.2 25.0 17.2 .269 .432 .321 35.7
2023 Splitter 2.0 1 29 1.5 10 .222 .222 .250 37.5 60.0 33.3 .236 .278 .276 66.7
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 1 456 32.5 92 .304 .443 .369 18.4 22.8 14.2 .287 .458 .366 54.2
2022 Sinker -1.2 -4 306 21.8 76 .258 .288 .299 8.7 14.5 16.7 .286 .342 .318 53.4
2022 Slider -2.2 -6 273 19.4 80 .143 .260 .191 28.7 25.0 22.2 .214 .338 .256 40.4
2022 Curveball -2.1 -3 120 8.5 33 .167 .200 .189 20.9 18.2 11.8 .254 .402 .303 44.0
2022 Changeup 0.6 1 107 7.6 35 .333 .485 .393 19.6 14.3 16.1 .328 .442 .378 39.3
2022 Cutter -1.8 -2 88 6.3 28 .296 .481 .321 14.6 14.3 14.8 .316 .535 .380 45.8
2022 Sweeper -0.6 0 35 2.5 8 .250 .375 .269 40.0 25.0 18.2 .348 .427 .338 66.7
2022 Splitter 3.0 0 11 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 16.7 .393 .459 .379 0.0
2022 Slurve 10.9 0 3 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .823 .955 .788 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -1.8 -2 118 39.3 22 .263 .421 .350 24.1 36.4 25.0 .195 .370 .303 36.4
2021 Slider -1.4 -1 63 21.0 22 .238 .238 .236 24.1 22.7 25.0 .276 .333 .287 68.8
2021 Sinker 1.9 1 44 14.7 8 .375 .625 .425 26.3 37.5 37.5 .180 .194 .168 80.0
2021 Changeup 5.6 2 32 10.7 10 .500 .900 .595 25.0 10.0 12.5 .501 .754 .539 44.4
2021 Curveball 4.3 1 30 10.0 11 .400 .600 .473 23.1 18.2 25.0 .455 .584 .407 55.6
2021 Cutter 1.0 0 7 2.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sweeper 13.4 1 4 1.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .095 .105 .087 0.0
2021 Splitter 4.0 0 2 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 480 1,928 -16 -12 11 8 -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 %
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 1,941 51.7 59.2 86.6 29.1 65.7 42.2 20.5 44.7 19.4 8.0 73.4
Player 3,645 51.8 59.6 86.5 28.6 63.9 41.8 19.2 44.7 19.8 8.5 70.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2021 80 95
2022 61 88 54 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 80 58 97 46 80
2023 36 63 27 17 56 16 14 41 84 57 54 46 82 42 91 48 78
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Expected Home Runs

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 9 10.8 -2 3 8 5 55.6
Player 22.0 17 18.7 -2 10 11 10 58.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 9 6 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 5
2023 9 9 10 6 11 12 12 10 10 8 11 11 10 10 13 11 12 9 13 12 11 13 13 14 8 9 11 11 12 12 11
Player 17 16 18 13 18 19 20 16 16 15 18 22 21 18 20 21 20 16 21 19 20 22 22 23 15 16 18 19 21 20 18
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.5 91.2 -0.3 ↓ 89.0 -2.2 ↓
Launch Angle 6.3 12.0 5.7 ↑ 8.5 -3.5 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 5.0 1.2 ↑ 4.5 -0.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 53.8 47.1 -6.7 ↓ 42.3 -4.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 30.8 35.2 4.4 ↑ 31.3 -3.9 ↓
xBA .292 .275 -0.017 ↓ .261 -0.014 ↓
BA .324 .246 -0.078 ↓ .260 0.014 ↑
xwOBA .320 .324 0.004 ↑ .315 -0.009 ↓
wOBA .356 .285 -0.071 ↓ .309 0.024 ↑
xSLG .411 .404 -0.007 ↓ .382 -0.022 ↓
SLG .479 .351 -0.128 ↓ .374 0.023 ↑
K% 26.0 19.6 -6.4 ↓ 21.7 2.1 ↑
BB% 5.2 6.4 1.2 ↑ 8.1 1.7 ↑
Swing % 44.7 44.6 -0.1 ↓ 44.7 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 24.6 19.5 -5.1 ↓ 19.4 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 52.7 51.6 -1.1 ↓ 51.7 0.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.3 48.4 1.1 ↑ 48.3 -0.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 28.3 1.5 ↑ 29.1 0.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 17.4 -2.3 ↓ 20.5 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 64.7 -2.4 ↓ 65.2 0.5 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 68 3 4.4 .378 .293
2022 Shifts R 357 5 1.4 .289 .000
2023 Shades R 479 14 2.9 .300 .555
! 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 487 14.7 54.8% 0.4% 317 18.8 7.3% 0.3%
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