Matt Vierling
3B | 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
2022 357 325 41 80 6 7 .246 .297 .351 .648
2023 530 479 63 125 10 6 .261 .329 .388 .717
2024 362 340 48 85 13 0 .250 .287 .444 .731
4 Seasons 1,326 1,215 163 313 31 15 .258 .311 .399 .710
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .246 6 7 .648
2023 .261 10 6 .717
2024 .250 13 0 .731
4 Seasons .258 31 15 .710
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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%
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 1466 259 25 9.7 6.9 90.5 111.2 13.7 36.3 .266 .437 .314 .319 .395 42.8 23.0 4.7
Player 5303 941 57 6.1 4.3 90.2 113.0 11.0 34.1 .270 .411 .309 .322 .381 44.6 21.5 6.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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
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 49.1 20.3 23.8 6.8 32.0 34.4 33.6 3.0 38.2 21.7 26.0 5.1 4.6 3.2
2024 38.2 25.1 27.8 8.9 40.9 33.6 25.5 3.1 31.3 25.5 23.2 6.6 9.7 6.9
Player 44.2 22.3 26.1 7.3 33.6 36.5 30.0 2.7 34.1 23.2 27.0 6.3 6.1 4.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -1.4 -7 501 34.2 106 .250 .406 .314 15.7 22.6 16.0 .266 .434 .330 49.3
2024 Sinker -0.7 -2 281 19.2 75 .270 .459 .328 11.1 20.0 20.3 .309 .470 .339 50.8
2024 Slider 0.7 2 234 16.0 65 .250 .467 .337 29.8 24.6 19.8 .302 .484 .354 37.8
2024 Changeup -0.4 0 113 7.7 28 .231 .385 .293 29.6 25.0 16.7 .196 .306 .248 42.1
2024 Cutter 1.7 2 112 7.6 27 .280 .560 .380 20.8 11.1 13.6 .289 .565 .385 27.3
2024 Sweeper -2.1 -2 99 6.8 22 .136 .182 .139 34.2 45.5 26.3 .106 .174 .117 33.3
2024 Curveball 5.7 6 97 6.6 32 .290 .677 .417 14.3 21.9 17.5 .271 .509 .328 36.0
2024 Split-Finger 5.6 1 12 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .071 .131 .085 0.0
2024 Slurve 1.9 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 790 37.0 166 .243 .403 .334 18.0 23.5 16.1 .251 .403 .334 48.6
2023 Slider 0.6 2 409 19.2 107 .267 .396 .327 25.5 20.6 16.7 .267 .401 .310 39.2
2023 Sinker -1.7 -5 314 14.7 85 .278 .380 .348 8.8 14.1 18.2 .272 .353 .297 36.8
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 171 8.0 59 .245 .396 .311 16.8 8.5 7.4 .336 .471 .377 44.9
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 163 7.6 40 .200 .286 .271 30.8 40.0 22.2 .172 .257 .248 36.8
2023 Cutter -2.4 -3 140 6.6 32 .267 .300 .280 19.5 15.6 12.2 .315 .446 .351 44.0
2023 Sweeper 2.5 2 98 4.6 25 .348 .522 .402 22.0 24.0 17.1 .266 .495 .350 35.3
2023 Split-Finger 3.1 1 32 1.5 11 .300 .300 .309 31.6 54.5 30.0 .272 .327 .302 75.0
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 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 -1.8 -5 258 18.4 76 .151 .274 .201 30.1 26.3 23.5 .215 .335 .257 39.6
2022 Curveball -2.1 -3 122 8.7 34 .161 .194 .184 20.0 17.6 11.3 .262 .422 .312 46.2
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 -2.3 -2 97 6.9 30 .276 .448 .300 13.7 13.3 13.8 .302 .514 .365 46.2
2022 Sweeper -1.7 -1 39 2.8 9 .222 .333 .239 38.1 22.2 16.7 .312 .384 .304 57.1
2022 Split-Finger 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-Seam Fastball -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 Split-Finger 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 526 2,120 -20 -8 12 8 -8
2024 358 1,457 -5 -10 11 4 -1
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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 19.3 7.7 72.0
2024 1,466 52.9 64.3 86.9 22.3 58.2 41.5 19.7 44.6 19.9 8.9 73.6
Player 5,303 52.0 60.9 86.6 26.7 62.9 41.9 19.0 44.5 19.8 8.5 70.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2021 80 94
2022 61 88 54 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 80 58 96 47 80
2023 45 69 31 19 64 19 13 44 84 60 56 47 83 46 91 56 76
2024 49 71 64 56 26 72 67 71 75 64 38 13 75 86 90 29 60 44 36
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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 21.2 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 20.8 6 6.0 0 7 2 4 66.7
2023 23.0 10 12.3 -2 3 9 6 60.0
2024 21.7 13 11.8 1 3 12 4 30.8
Player 21.9 31 32.0 -1 13 24 15 48.4
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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 9 6 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 5
2023 10 10 12 8 12 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 11 14 13 14 10 15 14 13 14 15 16 9 10 12 13 14 13 12
2024 13 7 9 12 12 14 15 10 12 9 13 15 10 9 13 11 9 7 12 16 12 12 16 14 7 13 11 13 14 14 14
Player 31 24 29 27 31 34 36 28 29 26 32 38 33 28 34 34 31 24 35 37 34 35 40 39 23 30 30 34 37 35 33
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.5 91.2 -0.3 89.1 -2.1 90.5 1.4
Launch Angle 6.3 12.0 5.7 9.1 -2.9 13.7 4.6
Barrel % 3.8 5.0 1.2 4.6 -0.4 9.7 5.1
Hard Hit % 53.8 47.1 -6.7 42.8 -4.3 42.8 0.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 35.2 4.4 32.2 -3.0 36.3 4.1
xBA .292 .275 -0.017 .266 -0.009 .266 0.000
BA .324 .246 -0.078 .261 0.015 .251 -0.010
xwOBA .320 .324 0.004 .322 -0.002 .319 -0.003
wOBA .356 .285 -0.071 .315 0.030 .314 -0.001
xSLG .411 .404 -0.007 .396 -0.008 .437 0.041
SLG .479 .351 -0.128 .388 0.037 .445 0.057
K% 26.0 19.6 -6.4 21.1 1.5 23.0 1.9
BB% 5.2 6.4 1.2 8.3 1.9 4.7 -3.6
Swing % 44.7 44.6 -0.1 44.3 -0.3 44.6 0.3
Whiff% 24.6 19.5 -5.1 19.3 -0.2 19.9 0.6
In Zone % 52.7 51.6 -1.1 51.5 -0.1 52.9 1.4
Out of Zone % 47.3 48.4 1.1 48.5 0.1 47.1 -1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 28.3 1.5 28.5 0.2 22.3 -6.2
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 17.4 -2.3 19.5 2.1 19.7 0.2
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 64.7 -2.4 64.3 -0.4 59.8 -4.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 76 3 3.9 .358 .293
2022 Shifts R 356 5 1.4 .290 .000
2023 Shades R 525 14 2.7 .306 .556
2024 Shades R 357 14 3.9 .315 .384
! 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 395 14.4 57.0% 0.0% 235 18.2 6.8% 0.0%
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