Matt Waldron
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 18, #550, Cleveland Indians | Nebraska
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 3 4.35 8 6 0 41.1 31 1.23
2024 7 11 4.91 27 26 0 146.2 133 1.26
2 Seasons 8 14 4.79 35 32 0 188 164 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 8 1-3 4.35 41.1 31 1.23
2024 27 7-11 4.91 146.2 133 1.26
2 Seasons 35 8-14 4.79 188 164 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 26 673 130 14 10.8 8.1 86.7 113.4 14.2 33.1 .258 .446 .328 .325 .368 38.5 17.9 6.9 4.36 4.48
2024 27 2450 440 31 7.0 5.0 88.1 113.4 16.4 33.9 .246 .406 .323 .313 .364 35.0 21.3 6.4 4.91 4.11
Player 3123 570 45 7.9 5.6 87.7 113.4 15.9 33.7 .249 .415 .324 .316 .365 35.8 20.6 6.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Waldron relies on 5 pitches.
Knuckleball
(38.2%) ,
Sweeper
(19.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.1%) ,
Sinker
(14.3%) ,
Cutter
(8.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 40.0 26.9 22.3 10.8 40.8 35.4 23.8 6.2 30.0 30.8 17.7 4.6 10.8 8.1
2024 39.1 28.9 22.5 9.5 38.6 40.2 21.1 5.5 25.7 28.6 26.6 6.4 7.0 5.0
Player 39.3 28.4 22.5 9.8 39.1 39.1 21.8 5.6 26.7 29.1 24.6 6.0 7.9 5.6
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sweeper SD R 486 79.3 39.0 -2.7 13.3GLV -1.4 4.6 -3.0 13.3GLV -1.0
2024 Knuckleball SD R 936 77.6 49.6 0.0 5.6ARM 0.1 -3.4 0.5 5.6ARM -0.2
2024 Cutter SD R 211 87.0 26.4 2.4 0.8GLV -2.1 9.5 1.2 0.8GLV -1.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 467 90.7 19.1 -1.4 9.1ARM 1.3 14.2 -1.6 9.1ARM 1.6
2024 Sinker SD R 349 90.0 25.8 0.0 15.7ARM 0.6 8.0 -0.7 15.7ARM 0.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD R 137 91.3 17.6 -0.4 7.5ARM 0.3 15.4 -0.4 7.5ARM 0.1
2023 Knuckleball SD R 180 76.6 50.1 0.2 3.6ARM 0.2 -2.7 0.8 3.6ARM 0.1
2023 Cutter SD R 88 86.7 27.7 1.9 3.0GLV 0.0 8.5 0.6 3.0GLV 0.4
2023 Sinker SD R 159 91.3 24.4 -0.5 16.1ARM 1.0 8.5 -0.9 16.1ARM 1.1
2023 Sweeper SD R 108 79.8 39.4 -2.4 15.4GLV 0.2 3.8 -2.3 15.4GLV 1.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Knuckleball -1.1 -10 936 38.2 223 .246 .394 .307 27.5 30.5 20.6 .227 .338 .278 28.3
2024 Sweeper 1.1 5 486 19.8 107 .227 .454 .335 20.1 15.0 16.2 .214 .386 .296 32.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -7 467 19.1 128 .265 .513 .357 22.4 26.6 19.9 .247 .449 .327 45.2
2024 Sinker 0.2 1 350 14.3 109 .303 .404 .361 6.7 9.2 12.5 .316 .499 .381 40.4
2024 Cutter 1.1 2 211 8.6 58 .231 .385 .309 14.4 8.6 12.5 .247 .433 .333 29.8
2023 Knuckleball -0.6 -1 180 26.7 33 .242 .485 .306 24.7 15.2 9.6 .210 .346 .235 32.1
2023 Sinker 1.7 3 159 23.6 47 .239 .457 .322 9.5 17.0 22.2 .298 .502 .348 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 138 20.5 31 .259 .519 .374 21.7 22.6 13.7 .264 .457 .355 40.0
2023 Sweeper 0.0 0 108 16.0 30 .269 .500 .352 20.4 13.3 13.8 .319 .546 .393 26.1
2023 Cutter 0.7 1 88 13.1 32 .214 .464 .336 19.3 21.9 23.3 .184 .371 .291 38.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 209 87.0 56 8.6 12:45 11:45 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 463 90.7 90 16.5 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Knuckleball 49 78.3 66 4.0 5:45 6:15 -30
2024 Sinker 346 90.0 86 17.9 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Sweeper 469 79.3 44 14.5 8:45 9:30 -45
2023 Cutter 84 86.7 47 8.3 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 138 91.3 87 16.6 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Knuckleball 20 77.5 42 4.9 6:15 6:30 -15
2023 Sinker 152 91.3 85 18.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Sweeper 101 79.8 53 16.4 8:15 9:15 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 173 673 2 3 -2 -2 2
2024 625 2,450 6 11 -17 -9 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 673 52.7 67.6 84.2 25.8 72.0 46.2 63.6 47.8 18.9 7.4 76.0
2024 2,450 50.9 65.0 83.2 25.0 67.1 43.2 62.9 45.3 20.8 8.1 81.9
Player 3,123 51.3 65.5 83.4 25.2 68.1 43.8 63.0 45.9 20.4 8.0 80.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2023 13 7 65
2024 45 37 36 35 53 23 65 71 79 36 75 11 12 7 6 71
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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 %
2023 24.0 9 6.7 2 1 6 3 33.3
2024 24.0 21 19.1 2 10 12 9 42.9
Player 24.0 30 25.8 4 11 18 12 40.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 9 5 5 5 7 5 8 5 7 5 7 7 6 6 9 7 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 5 5 8 7 8 9 6
2024 21 18 17 20 17 21 22 19 15 17 19 22 19 18 19 17 17 17 20 25 20 16 26 21 16 18 17 20 21 20 18
Player 30 23 22 25 24 26 30 24 22 22 26 29 25 24 28 24 24 23 27 33 27 24 34 29 21 23 25 27 29 29 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.2 89.7 -0.5
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 77.8 78.2 0.4
Exit Velocity 86.7 88.1 1.4
Launch Angle 14.2 16.4 2.2
Barrel % 10.8 7.0 -3.8
Hard Hit % 38.5 35.0 -3.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.1 33.9 0.8
xBA .258 .246 -0.012
BA .244 .255 0.011
xwOBA .325 .313 -0.012
wOBA .328 .323 -0.005
xSLG .446 .406 -0.040
SLG .481 .430 -0.051
K% 17.9 21.3 3.4
BB% 6.9 6.4 -0.5
Swing % 47.8 45.3 -2.5
Whiff% 18.9 20.8 1.9
In Zone % 52.7 50.9 -1.8
Out of Zone % 47.3 49.1 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 25.8 25.0 -0.8
First Pitch Swing % 32.9 27.5 -5.4
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 62.9 -0.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 173 .328 88 0 0.0 85 38 44.7
2024 Shades 623 .325 302 6 2.0 321 188 58.6
! 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 %
2023 215 15.2 47.0% 0.0% 90 23.2 0.0% 2.2%
2024 752 16.4 33.0% 0.4% 369 22.5 0.0% 2.7%

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Pitch Distribution