Phil Maton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 206LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 20, #597, San Diego Padres | Louisiana Tech
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 6 0 4.73 65 1 0 66.2 85 1.46
2022 0 2 3.84 67 0 0 65.2 73 1.25
2023 4 3 3.00 68 0 1 66 74 1.12
7 Seasons 16 12 4.25 344 1 2 347 398 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 65 6-0 4.73 66.2 85 1.46
2022 67 0-2 3.84 65.2 73 1.25
2023 68 4-3 3.00 66 74 1.12
7 Seasons 344 16-12 4.25 347 398 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2017 24 730 119 9 7.6 5.0 87.9 111.4 9.4 29.4 .229 .411 .331 .305 .377 35.7 25.6 7.8 4.19 3.98
2018 25 849 134 3 2.2 1.4 85.8 109.2 18.4 32.8 .204 .306 .331 .273 .311 27.7 25.7 10.7 4.37 3.11
2019 26 608 116 6 5.2 3.7 86.8 107.4 11.6 37.1 .266 .421 .338 .324 .373 28.4 20.2 7.4 6.14 4.66
2020 27 379 54 1 1.9 1.0 82.7 106.6 13.2 33.3 .204 .270 .314 .254 .328 27.8 33.3 6.3 4.57 2.68
2021 28 1174 174 13 7.5 4.4 88.0 112.4 12.9 37.4 .209 .342 .335 .294 .350 32.8 28.6 10.8 4.72 3.63
2022 29 1089 176 11 6.3 3.9 85.1 110.2 14.2 39.2 .246 .382 .321 .320 .385 29.5 25.8 9.2 3.84 4.28
2023 30 1040 166 12 7.2 4.4 84.5 108.0 11.7 31.9 .192 .324 .284 .275 .315 23.5 27.0 9.1 3.00 3.14
Player 5869 939 55 5.9 3.6 86.1 112.4 13.1 34.8 .220 .354 .321 .295 .350 29.3 26.4 9.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Maton relies on 4 pitches.
Curveball
(40.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(32.1%) ,
Sweeper
(23.4%) ,
Sinker
(4.1%) ,


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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
2017 47.1 26.9 21.0 5.0 34.5 33.6 31.9 3.4 34.5 23.5 23.5 4.2 7.6 5.0
2018 37.3 26.1 25.4 11.2 42.5 30.6 26.9 4.5 26.9 33.6 20.9 7.5 2.2 1.4
2019 46.6 23.3 25.9 4.3 36.2 34.5 29.3 2.6 35.3 24.1 25.9 5.2 5.2 3.7
2020 44.4 18.5 25.9 11.1 27.8 33.3 38.9 13.0 27.8 24.1 27.8 5.6 1.9 1.0
2021 39.7 28.2 27.0 5.2 35.6 33.3 31.0 3.4 31.6 29.3 21.8 6.3 7.5 4.4
2022 38.6 25.0 29.0 7.4 44.9 31.8 23.3 6.8 26.1 27.8 29.0 4.0 6.3 3.9
2023 43.4 27.7 21.7 7.2 38.0 38.6 23.5 6.6 31.3 28.9 21.1 4.8 7.2 4.4
Player 41.9 25.9 25.2 7.0 38.2 33.8 28.0 5.2 30.5 27.9 24.0 5.3 5.9 3.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 334 89.0 24.3 -4.8 -25 4.2 -10.0 -173
2023 Sinker HOU R 43 88.3 24.7 -3.4 -12 9.7 -5.1 -34
2023 Sweeper HOU R 243 79.7 40.6 -1.0 -2 18.9 3.7 24
2023 Curveball HOU R 420 73.8 62.2 1.9 3 18.5 4.9 36
2022 Sweeper HOU R 196 80.9 37.6 -2.1 -5 17.8 1.7 10
2022 Sinker HOU R 72 90.2 24.6 -1.5 -6 15.1 -0.1 -1
2022 Cutter HOU R 7 82.4 31.1 1.7 5 9.3 5.7 160
2022 Changeup HOU R 1 84.2 21.3 -15.9 -43 4.9 -10.1 -67
2022 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 468 91.0 16.8 0.6 3 1.3 -6.7 -84
2022 Curveball HOU R 344 74.5 58.9 0.0 0 19.9 6.1 44
2021 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 577 91.5 19.1 -2.3 -14 0.8 -7.9 -111
2021 Sweeper HOU R 58 81.3 39.8 -1.7 -4 16.8 0.0 0
2021 Slider HOU R 170 82.3 47.5 8.0 20 15.0 7.0 87
2021 Curveball HOU R 284 76.0 57.6 2.2 4 19.0 6.1 47
2021 Cutter HOU R 85 88.0 32.8 -5.4 -20 6.3 4.2 198
2020 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 176 93.5 17.5 -2.0 -13 0.5 -7.2 -94
2020 Cutter CLE R 118 85.4 38.2 -7.5 -25 10.2 7.2 235
2020 Sinker CLE R 6 92.4 23.4 0.9 4 10.7 -4.1 -28
2020 Slider CLE R 2 82.2 51.3 10.7 26 15.9 9.2 137
2020 Curveball CLE R 77 76.7 57.6 2.8 5 17.9 5.5 45
2019 Slider CLE R 44 81.5 49.4 8.6 21 15.0 6.9 86
2019 Curveball CLE R 115 77.0 52.6 -2.6 -5 17.8 5.4 44
2019 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 347 91.0 20.4 -2.7 -16 1.1 -8.7 -115
2019 Cutter CLE R 101 85.0 39.9 -8.6 -27 9.8 7.0 250
2018 Curveball SD R 304 78.2 49.9 -3.8 -7 17.4 6.4 58
2018 Cutter SD R 20 85.6 39.6 -9.9 -34 9.3 6.4 221
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD R 509 91.0 19.6 -2.3 -13 0.8 -7.5 -112
2017 Curveball SD R 162 80.4 44.9 -3.7 -8 14.1 4.7 50
2017 4-Seam Fastball SD R 541 92.7 17.5 -2.1 -14 6.1 -1.9 -24
2017 Changeup SD R 10 83.6 32.4 1.5 5 17.4 4.0 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Curveball 0.0 0 420 40.4 132 .169 .280 .237 36.4 36.4 27.3 .154 .279 .230 18.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 334 32.1 75 .226 .387 .337 32.3 22.7 23.6 .243 .396 .345 35.6
2023 Sweeper 0.5 1 243 23.4 59 .288 .423 .358 29.9 13.6 17.8 .210 .328 .275 15.6
2023 Sinker 1.6 1 43 4.1 5 .000 .000 .140 0.0 0.0 0.0 .294 .543 .424 75.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 468 43.0 112 .245 .367 .322 29.6 28.6 25.2 .238 .373 .313 29.4
2022 Curveball 0.7 2 344 31.6 101 .165 .341 .286 32.0 29.7 23.8 .199 .293 .287 23.2
2022 Sweeper 0.1 0 196 18.0 52 .319 .553 .390 33.7 17.3 20.5 .324 .517 .384 33.3
2022 Sinker -0.3 0 72 6.6 13 .308 .385 .442 8.7 15.4 40.0 .288 .322 .269 45.5
2022 Cutter -20.2 -1 7 0.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .470 1.879 .976 50.0
2022 Changeup -32.0 0 1 0.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 577 49.1 130 .206 .412 .338 37.8 33.1 24.0 .197 .355 .323 30.6
2021 Curveball -0.7 -2 284 24.2 87 .237 .362 .294 40.4 35.6 23.7 .204 .295 .253 24.5
2021 Slider -1.0 -2 170 14.5 41 .378 .541 .410 30.5 19.5 23.5 .237 .423 .308 40.0
2021 Cutter 2.3 2 85 7.2 16 .231 .385 .356 18.2 0.0 0.0 .320 .478 .400 50.0
2021 Sweeper -5.0 -3 58 4.9 23 .364 .545 .446 17.6 13.0 21.4 .165 .231 .194 36.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 3 176 46.4 48 .295 .341 .317 38.1 41.7 29.4 .214 .257 .247 33.3
2020 Cutter -1.2 -1 118 31.1 26 .227 .364 .321 37.7 26.9 29.2 .204 .323 .298 33.3
2020 Curveball -3.2 -2 77 20.3 21 .250 .450 .317 32.4 23.8 20.8 .184 .239 .208 13.3
2020 Sinker -0.2 0 6 1.6 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Slider 1.6 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -5 348 57.2 83 .329 .592 .424 19.1 20.5 20.2 .299 .491 .356 35.0
2019 Curveball 0.3 0 115 18.9 38 .161 .323 .284 36.8 26.3 23.8 .215 .324 .304 9.1
2019 Cutter 1.3 1 101 16.6 29 .250 .429 .334 29.4 10.3 9.4 .279 .431 .318 32.0
2019 Slider 2.6 1 44 7.2 13 .083 .333 .208 27.3 23.1 15.8 .157 .208 .201 22.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 509 60.0 123 .284 .471 .381 26.1 20.3 18.2 .225 .371 .324 32.9
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 304 35.8 80 .257 .338 .296 43.9 35.0 27.5 .179 .227 .207 17.0
2018 Cutter -1.5 0 20 2.4 6 .167 .167 .150 50.0 33.3 33.3 .158 .172 .148 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -7 541 74.1 143 .262 .531 .373 23.0 23.1 18.1 .239 .453 .327 36.1
2017 Curveball 2.2 3 162 22.2 31 .138 .138 .161 49.3 41.9 22.8 .185 .231 .213 31.3
2017 Changeup 0.2 0 10 1.4 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .258 .276 .237 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Curveball 415 73.8 97 24.3 7:45 7:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 330 89.0 50 10.3 12:00 11:00 60
2023 Sinker 43 88.3 60 14.1 12:45 1:30 -45
2023 Sweeper 238 79.7 67 20.1 8:30 9:00 -30
2022 Curveball 320 74.5 94 24.4 7:45 8:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 449 91.0 66 15.6 12:45 12:15 30
2022 Sinker 72 90.2 77 17.9 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Sweeper 188 80.9 62 19.2 8:30 9:15 -45
2021 Curveball 270 76.0 92 23.7 7:45 8:00 -15
2021 Cutter 85 88.0 36 7.3 10:30 9:15 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 575 91.5 63 12.8 12:45 11:45 60
2021 Slider 169 82.3 69 18.4 8:15 8:00 15
2021 Sweeper 58 81.3 61 17.9 8:30 9:00 -30
2020 Curveball 61 76.7 92 23.3 7:45 7:45 0
2020 Cutter 100 85.6 53 10.8 8:30 8:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 158 93.5 72 12.9 12:45 12:00 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 176 713 5 -2 -5 -2 -4
2018 209 833 4 -1 -3 -4 -4
2019 163 608 0 6 -5 -4 -3
2020 107 412 0 6 -3 -1 2
2021 345 1,354 1 16 -8 -9 0
2022 281 1,088 1 13 -6 -9 -2
2023 291 1,112 13 7 -6 -10 4
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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 %
2017 730 54.8 68.3 74.9 28.0 55.6 46.4 60.6 49.9 28.3 7.6 81.5
2018 849 46.9 69.8 76.6 26.2 44.8 41.9 62.6 47.0 32.8 6.0 72.0
2019 608 50.8 70.2 83.9 30.4 53.8 38.7 65.0 50.7 24.7 6.7 78.0
2020 379 51.5 69.2 67.4 28.3 48.1 45.1 65.6 49.3 36.9 7.4 53.6
2021 1,174 48.5 67.8 74.9 31.7 45.3 40.2 61.6 49.2 34.8 7.8 79.3
2022 1,089 47.7 67.8 77.8 31.1 51.4 43.3 58.5 48.6 30.1 6.9 85.3
2023 1,040 48.5 71.0 75.7 30.2 48.1 42.8 65.2 50.0 32.9 7.6 74.7
Player 5,869 49.3 69.1 76.3 29.7 49.1 42.4 62.3 49.2 31.5 7.2 77.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2017 47 97 91 96
2018 86 85 93 92 63 99 98 94 95 71 16 92 28 23 99 84 98
2019 17 98 77 98
2020 93 82 97 99 76 97 98 99 93 91 78 94 55 53 89 92 95
2021 71 83 82 74 56 67 53 68 89 81 20 95 85 20 95 95 96
2022 31 40 49 56 18 72 69 97 98 69 30 80 68 11 95 97 98
2023 90 95 91 78 79 68 63 99 100 76 38 90 69 3 98 99 96
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.0 10 8.7 1 2 6 4 40.0
2018 23.9 3 4.4 -1 0 3 2 66.7
2019 22.6 7 5.5 2 2 5 3 42.9
2020 21.8 1 0.7 0 2 1 0 0.0
2021 23.2 7 7.9 -1 4 6 4 57.1
2022 24.0 10 9.3 1 0 5 6 60.0
2023 25.2 6 6.3 0 0 4 3 50.0
Player 23.5 44 42.8 1 10 30 22 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 10 9 10 8 10 8 10 8 8 6 9 11 7 9 8 8 7 6 10 9 9 9 12 8 7 5 10 12 9 10 8
2018 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
2019 7 8 5 5 8 5 8 4 6 3 4 8 4 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 4 8 8 6 3 3 6 8 7 5 5
2020 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2021 7 11 5 8 8 7 10 7 5 5 7 11 8 6 7 10 7 6 9 9 7 10 11 10 6 6 11 9 6 6 8
2022 10 11 8 9 9 10 10 10 8 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 11 8 11 11 10 7 9 10 10 8 9
2023 6 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 5 7 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
Player 44 50 36 42 46 43 51 41 37 32 37 52 38 40 43 43 39 39 46 48 42 46 56 47 37 32 47 49 43 41 41
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 90.8 -1.9 89.6 -1.2 90.3 0.7 91.1 0.8 90.8 -0.3 88.9 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 80.4 78.2 -2.2 78.3 0.1 76.8 -1.5 78.7 1.9 76.8 -1.9 75.9 -0.9
Exit Velocity 87.9 85.8 -2.1 86.8 1.0 82.7 -4.1 88.0 5.3 85.1 -2.9 84.5 -0.6
Launch Angle 9.4 18.4 9.0 11.6 -6.8 13.2 1.6 12.9 -0.3 14.2 1.3 11.7 -2.5
Barrel % 7.6 2.2 -5.4 5.2 3.0 1.9 -3.3 7.5 5.6 6.3 -1.2 7.2 0.9
Hard Hit % 35.7 27.7 -8.0 28.4 0.7 27.8 -0.6 32.8 5.0 29.5 -3.3 23.5 -6.0
Sweet Spot % 29.4 32.8 3.4 37.1 4.3 33.3 -3.8 37.4 4.1 39.2 1.8 31.9 -7.3
xBA .229 .204 -0.025 .266 0.062 .204 -0.062 .209 0.005 .246 0.037 .192 -0.054
BA .248 .269 0.021 .259 -0.010 .267 0.008 .256 -0.011 .237 -0.019 .207 -0.030
xwOBA .305 .273 -0.032 .324 0.051 .254 -0.070 .294 0.040 .320 0.026 .275 -0.045
wOBA .331 .331 0.000 .338 0.007 .314 -0.024 .335 0.021 .321 -0.014 .284 -0.037
xSLG .411 .306 -0.105 .421 0.115 .270 -0.151 .342 0.072 .382 0.040 .324 -0.058
SLG .467 .403 -0.064 .483 0.080 .372 -0.111 .425 0.053 .408 -0.017 .333 -0.075
K% 25.6 25.7 0.1 20.2 -5.5 33.3 13.1 28.6 -4.7 25.8 -2.8 27.0 1.2
BB% 7.8 10.7 2.9 7.4 -3.3 6.3 -1.1 10.8 4.5 9.2 -1.6 9.1 -0.1
Swing % 49.9 47.0 -2.9 50.7 3.7 49.3 -1.4 49.2 -0.1 48.6 -0.6 50.0 1.4
Whiff% 28.3 32.8 4.5 24.7 -8.1 36.9 12.2 34.8 -2.1 30.1 -4.7 32.9 2.8
In Zone % 54.8 46.9 -7.9 50.8 3.9 51.5 0.7 48.5 -3.0 47.7 -0.8 48.5 0.8
Out of Zone % 45.2 53.1 7.9 49.2 -3.9 48.5 -0.7 51.5 3.0 52.3 0.8 51.5 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 26.2 -1.8 30.4 4.2 28.3 -2.1 31.7 3.4 31.1 -0.6 30.2 -0.9
First Pitch Swing % 30.0 34.1 4.1 33.1 -1.0 31.3 -1.8 35.0 3.7 28.7 -6.3 34.4 5.7
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 62.6 2.0 65.0 2.4 65.6 0.6 61.6 -4.0 58.5 -3.1 65.2 6.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 177 .331 103 6 5.8 74 11 14.9
2018 Shifts 209 .333 117 1 0.9 92 26 28.3
2019 Shifts 163 .338 98 4 4.1 65 25 38.5
2020 Shifts 93 .321 46 5 10.9 47 34 72.3
2021 Shifts 297 .335 163 15 9.2 134 100 74.6
2022 Shifts 281 .321 145 38 26.2 136 111 81.6
2023 Shades 270 .286 136 4 2.9 134 73 54.5
! 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 %
2017 194 20.3 0.0% 1.0% 131 23.1 0.0% 6.9%
2018 195 18.0 1.0% 1.0% 186 22.4 0.0% 6.5%
2019 162 18.4 5.6% 1.9% 95 21.4 0.0% 4.2%
2020 90 17.8 8.9% 1.1% 79 21.7 0.0% 3.8%
2021 282 19.8 1.8% 2.8% 232 24.1 0.0% 14.7%
2022 237 20.2 0.4% 2.1% 263 23.0 0.0% 6.5%
2023 219 15.6 33.3% 0.0% 224 18.7 2.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution