Steven Matz
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 2, #72, New York Mets | Ward Melville HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 3 5.25 15 10 0 48 54 1.25
2023 4 7 3.86 25 17 0 105 98 1.33
2024 1 2 5.94 8 7 0 36.1 28 1.51
10 Seasons 55 60 4.32 189 170 0 919.2 876 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 15 5-3 5.25 48 54 1.25
2023 25 4-7 3.86 105 98 1.33
2024 8 1-2 5.94 36.1 28 1.51
10 Seasons 189 55-60 4.32 919.2 876 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2015 24 576 104 1 1.0 0.7 87.5 108.5 10.4 27.9 .213 .283 .288 .251 .287 31.7 22.8 6.7 2.27 2.57
2016 25 2153 382 17 4.5 3.1 88.7 115.3 7.1 26.4 .228 .343 .299 .275 .334 36.1 23.6 5.7 3.40 3.14
2017 26 1170 228 15 6.6 5.0 88.4 110.5 9.0 31.1 .285 .469 .363 .346 .389 37.7 16.1 6.4 6.08 5.27
2018 27 2693 434 32 7.4 4.9 89.1 112.2 8.1 29.0 .227 .375 .317 .302 .349 36.6 23.2 8.9 3.97 3.84
2019 28 2702 479 41 8.6 5.9 88.9 113.6 10.3 31.9 .255 .450 .325 .326 .390 38.6 22.1 7.5 4.21 4.73
2020 29 633 96 13 13.5 9.2 91.5 114.7 15.2 42.7 .304 .577 .439 .392 .509 49.0 25.4 7.0 9.69 6.99
2021 30 2557 454 32 7.0 4.9 87.8 111.9 9.6 32.2 .253 .396 .315 .309 .366 37.9 22.3 6.6 3.82 4.03
2022 31 849 141 13 9.2 6.3 88.4 111.9 13.9 39.7 .253 .377 .318 .297 .378 36.2 26.1 4.8 5.25 3.64
2023 32 1866 316 15 4.7 3.3 89.1 111.4 11.8 31.3 .252 .381 .316 .304 .355 38.0 21.8 7.1 3.86 3.87
2024 33 635 116 9 7.8 5.7 88.1 115.8 14.4 44.8 .274 .433 .363 .339 .374 31.0 17.6 8.2 5.95 4.82
Player 15834 2750 188 6.8 4.8 88.7 115.8 10.0 31.8 .249 .401 .324 .310 .367 37.3 22.2 7.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Matz relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(58.3%) ,
Changeup
(26.6%) ,
Slider
(7.6%) ,
Curveball
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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
2015 49.0 21.2 24.0 5.8 40.4 36.5 22.1 4.8 35.6 27.9 25.0 4.8 1.0 0.7
2016 54.2 17.3 23.0 5.5 29.6 38.5 31.9 3.1 39.8 20.2 24.1 4.2 4.5 3.1
2017 48.7 21.5 23.7 6.1 30.7 40.4 28.5 5.3 32.9 19.3 28.5 5.7 6.6 5.0
2018 50.5 23.5 21.2 4.8 37.1 35.5 27.0 2.1 39.2 22.4 21.0 5.8 7.4 4.9
2019 48.2 22.8 22.8 6.3 36.1 36.3 27.6 4.4 34.4 21.1 25.9 4.8 8.6 5.9
2020 34.4 28.1 32.3 5.2 37.5 32.3 30.2 4.2 21.9 21.9 32.3 5.2 13.5 9.2
2021 46.3 24.4 24.0 5.3 35.7 34.8 29.5 4.2 36.8 21.6 25.6 4.8 7.0 4.9
2022 38.3 24.1 29.8 7.8 39.0 33.3 27.7 1.4 29.8 29.1 25.5 5.0 9.2 6.3
2023 45.9 23.7 24.4 6.0 35.1 35.4 29.4 3.5 32.9 24.7 27.8 6.3 4.7 3.3
2024 36.2 23.3 31.0 9.5 32.8 37.1 30.2 2.6 31.0 29.3 23.3 6.0 7.8 5.7
Player 47.4 22.6 24.1 5.9 34.9 36.2 28.7 3.6 35.2 22.5 25.3 5.2 6.8 4.8
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2024 Curveball STL L 48 77.8 52.7 -2.5 -5 13.7 3.7 37
2024 Slider STL L 48 88.2 30.1 -3.0 -9 0.1 -4.1 -101
2024 Changeup STL L 169 83.3 38.9 5.4 16 14.8 1.2 9
2024 Sinker STL L 370 93.9 19.2 -3.6 -16 15.3 0.3 2
2023 Curveball STL L 266 78.5 50.0 -4.4 -8 13.9 3.9 39
2023 Sinker STL L 1,023 94.1 19.3 -3.1 -14 14.6 -0.6 -4
2023 Slider STL L 33 88.9 28.3 -3.7 -12 1.4 -5.5 -134
2023 Changeup STL L 494 84.1 38.0 4.6 14 13.6 -0.5 -4
2022 Sinker STL L 402 94.5 18.3 -3.1 -14 15.4 0.1 1
2022 Slider STL L 22 89.6 25.9 -5.1 -17 2.2 -5.9 -162
2022 Curveball STL L 168 78.0 54.6 -0.4 -1 14.9 4.9 49
2022 Changeup STL L 238 85.1 35.8 4.4 14 15.2 1.0 7
2021 Curveball TOR L 425 77.6 54.8 -0.8 -1 13.3 3.4 35
2021 Changeup TOR L 595 85.0 34.6 3.4 11 15.9 1.9 13
2021 Slider TOR L 209 88.9 28.9 -2.5 -8 1.2 -4.8 -132
2021 Sinker TOR L 1,328 94.5 18.4 -2.3 -11 15.0 0.2 1
2020 Curveball NYM L 95 77.7 55.6 0.8 2 14.1 3.5 33
2020 Changeup NYM L 168 84.8 36.1 4.3 14 16.3 2.8 21
2020 Slider NYM L 30 89.6 28.7 -2.2 -7 1.6 -5.0 -146
2020 Sinker NYM L 340 94.5 18.0 -2.7 -13 14.9 0.1 1
2019 Changeup NYM L 542 84.3 36.1 4.7 15 16.8 3.0 22
2019 Sinker NYM L 1,367 93.3 20.7 -1.2 -5 15.8 1.1 8
2019 Curveball NYM L 401 78.5 53.0 -2.1 -4 12.3 1.9 19
2019 Slider NYM L 391 89.5 29.0 -0.8 -3 3.1 -5.7 -217
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 15 93.6 14.6 1.0 6 10.6 3.1 41
2018 Changeup NYM L 426 84.1 33.2 1.4 4 16.9 3.2 24
2018 Sinker NYM L 1,600 93.4 20.5 -0.8 -4 15.2 0.7 5
2018 Slider NYM L 229 88.2 30.3 -0.7 -2 0.8 -3.9 -124
2018 Curveball NYM L 422 78.5 54.9 0.5 1 10.0 0.4 4
2017 Sinker NYM L 687 93.1 19.7 -0.6 -3 13.1 -1.6 -11
2017 Changeup NYM L 157 83.6 30.9 0.5 2 15.7 2.2 16
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 3 92.5 16.6 -1.5 -10 5.5 -2.4 -30
2017 Curveball NYM L 272 78.2 52.5 -0.2 0 9.2 0.0 0
2017 Slider NYM L 50 85.7 33.6 0.7 2 2.4 -0.9 -27
2016 Curveball NYM L 359 78.8 54.5 -0.3 -1 8.5 -1.7 -16
2016 Sinker NYM L 1,315 94.3 20.1 -0.7 -3 15.3 1.4 10
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 4 92.0 19.8 -2.6 -15 2.6 -4.5 -63
2016 Changeup NYM L 253 83.8 31.2 -0.7 -2 17.5 4.9 39
2016 Slider NYM L 206 87.9 32.1 0.4 1 1.2 -2.9 -71
2015 Changeup NYM L 57 84.1 32.8 0.9 3 17.1 4.1 32
2015 Sinker NYM L 387 95.0 20.8 -0.1 0 15.3 1.5 11
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 2 94.8 14.6 1.0 7 7.9 0.9 13
2015 Curveball NYM L 114 77.6 58.3 2.2 4 10.9 0.1 1
2015 Slider NYM L 11 87.6 34.6 2.6 8 0.9 -3.0 -76
! 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 %
2024 Sinker 0.4 1 370 58.3 75 .250 .441 .344 16.2 17.3 13.7 .260 .421 .328 30.9
2024 Changeup -4.6 -8 169 26.6 59 .314 .569 .407 30.0 20.3 14.8 .278 .468 .362 37.5
2024 Curveball 0.1 0 48 7.6 12 .333 .333 .300 5.3 16.7 11.1 .305 .355 .288 30.0
2024 Slider -2.1 -1 48 7.6 13 .417 .500 .427 20.0 7.7 9.1 .303 .435 .345 9.1
2023 Sinker 0.7 8 1,046 56.1 230 .240 .397 .323 24.7 23.0 16.1 .226 .354 .296 40.8
2023 Changeup 0.4 2 511 27.4 155 .291 .405 .326 28.9 21.9 16.5 .268 .390 .301 36.0
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 276 14.8 60 .259 .407 .329 20.0 18.3 12.8 .286 .449 .333 30.4
2023 Slider -1.8 -1 33 1.8 4 .500 .750 .538 10.0 0.0 0.0 .483 .546 .444 75.0
2022 Sinker -1.2 -5 412 48.5 84 .303 .539 .402 31.5 34.5 19.1 .285 .420 .343 44.7
2022 Changeup 0.7 2 245 28.9 78 .200 .307 .248 25.5 20.5 20.3 .228 .319 .256 37.3
2022 Curveball -1.7 -3 170 20.0 39 .256 .462 .328 24.7 20.5 12.5 .243 .417 .285 25.8
2022 Slider -7.9 -2 22 2.6 6 .400 .400 .417 10.0 16.7 20.0 .231 .263 .299 0.0
2021 Sinker 0.5 7 1,328 51.9 326 .296 .422 .355 18.7 21.8 19.1 .276 .426 .340 42.2
2021 Changeup 2.0 12 595 23.3 192 .209 .341 .274 24.6 19.3 17.4 .236 .393 .291 34.5
2021 Curveball -1.3 -5 425 16.6 83 .256 .410 .313 31.4 33.7 21.4 .220 .319 .255 35.3
2021 Slider -2.6 -5 209 8.2 46 .302 .558 .426 21.1 17.4 16.3 .222 .345 .275 28.6
2020 Sinker -2.8 -9 340 53.7 67 .322 .678 .466 20.6 19.4 14.9 .305 .563 .405 47.8
2020 Changeup -3.2 -5 168 26.5 51 .298 .681 .434 32.6 29.4 22.7 .325 .621 .419 47.1
2020 Curveball -2.9 -3 95 15.0 20 .400 .750 .533 17.5 35.0 14.9 .267 .534 .335 61.5
2020 Slider -2.6 -1 30 4.7 4 .250 1.000 .500 0.0 25.0 12.5 .237 .500 .305 33.3
2019 Sinker -0.1 -1 1,367 50.6 312 .276 .442 .349 20.2 23.7 20.8 .261 .433 .327 45.0
2019 Changeup 0.8 4 542 20.1 156 .255 .510 .366 26.9 12.8 14.5 .316 .634 .414 40.0
2019 Curveball -1.3 -5 401 14.8 122 .214 .411 .310 26.2 39.3 23.1 .177 .314 .235 25.4
2019 Slider -0.8 -3 391 14.5 93 .282 .459 .354 19.7 10.8 16.1 .236 .376 .304 30.3
2018 Sinker -0.1 -2 1,600 59.4 355 .235 .437 .352 18.2 21.4 17.8 .222 .393 .323 39.0
2018 Changeup 0.4 2 426 15.8 114 .250 .490 .340 29.5 21.9 24.0 .266 .417 .319 29.6
2018 Curveball -0.1 -1 422 15.7 122 .207 .371 .279 30.0 33.6 21.8 .199 .305 .238 31.6
2018 Slider 0.5 1 229 8.5 59 .236 .291 .279 25.8 15.3 14.8 .239 .346 .283 45.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 0 15 0.6 2 .000 .000 .350 40.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2017 Sinker -1.1 -8 687 58.7 171 .281 .536 .375 18.1 19.3 15.7 .279 .531 .371 46.0
2017 Curveball -0.9 -2 272 23.2 65 .338 .431 .352 11.2 13.8 11.5 .302 .406 .305 26.8
2017 Changeup -1.1 -2 157 13.4 47 .341 .523 .412 25.3 8.5 10.8 .288 .386 .314 32.5
2017 Slider -1.1 -1 50 4.3 12 .300 .400 .371 17.4 16.7 13.3 .250 .305 .313 12.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball -8.5 0 3 0.3 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! 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
2024 Changeup 169 83.3 82 15.7 9:15 8:45 30
2024 Curveball 48 77.8 82 17.5 4:45 4:15 30
2024 Sinker 369 93.9 100 19.6 10:15 10:15 0
2024 Slider 48 88.2 33 4.3 10:45 12:00 -75
2023 Changeup 485 84.1 83 14.4 9:00 8:45 15
2023 Curveball 263 78.5 77 16.7 4:30 4:00 30
2023 Sinker 1,009 94.1 99 18.7 10:00 10:15 -15
2023 Slider 33 88.9 45 5.7 10:30 11:30 -60
2022 Changeup 238 85.1 83 16.1 9:15 9:00 15
2022 Curveball 168 78.0 85 19.8 4:45 4:15 30
2022 Sinker 401 94.5 99 19.8 10:15 10:15 0
2022 Slider 21 89.6 57 8.2 10:45 11:30 -45
2021 Changeup 594 85.0 86 16.9 9:15 9:15 0
2021 Curveball 425 77.6 82 18.3 4:45 4:15 30
2021 Sinker 1,322 94.5 99 19.5 10:15 10:15 0
2021 Slider 207 88.9 40 5.7 11:00 11:45 -45
2020 Changeup 163 84.8 85 17.2 9:15 9:00 15
2020 Curveball 93 77.7 86 19.6 4:45 4:15 30
2020 Sinker 330 94.4 99 19.6 10:15 10:15 0
2020 Slider 29 89.5 40 5.2 10:45 11:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 212 817 7 6 -2 -2 9
2016 545 2,145 20 1 -6 -5 10
2017 296 1,169 0 0 -8 -4 -13
2018 652 2,692 13 19 -20 -11 1
2019 684 2,702 6 18 -19 -10 -5
2020 142 633 -5 -3 -8 -2 -18
2021 647 2,557 9 25 -15 -10 8
2022 207 849 3 -5 -4 -2 -8
2023 449 1,866 8 12 -7 -5 8
2024 159 635 -7 6 -4 -2 -7
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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 %
2015 576 55.4 59.9 82.7 28.4 65.8 43.6 61.7 45.8 20.8 8.3 79.2
2016 2,153 55.3 63.4 82.2 27.4 59.1 44.1 64.9 47.3 22.3 8.1 73.6
2017 1,170 51.8 63.4 85.2 23.8 68.7 46.4 59.3 44.3 18.0 8.0 72.3
2018 2,693 54.2 62.4 80.7 21.2 58.2 43.8 56.6 43.5 23.0 8.3 70.5
2019 2,702 50.6 66.4 81.6 26.3 62.2 45.5 56.5 46.6 22.8 7.0 72.9
2020 633 50.1 67.5 82.7 26.9 61.2 44.2 61.3 47.2 23.4 7.3 76.1
2021 2,557 53.5 65.5 83.3 25.4 60.3 44.5 59.2 46.9 22.3 8.3 74.5
2022 849 55.1 67.9 75.8 26.8 60.8 46.8 64.3 49.5 27.6 8.6 72.6
2023 1,866 51.9 66.3 80.8 27.8 58.0 44.8 61.2 47.8 25.3 8.2 71.9
2024 635 53.4 69.9 84.0 23.6 67.1 42.4 61.6 48.3 19.9 7.9 78.0
Player 15,834 53.1 64.9 81.8 25.5 61.0 44.7 59.9 46.4 22.8 8.0 73.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2015 81 25 59 88
2016 86 74 81 84 87 42 76 44 34 70 85 42 31 72 14 50 82
2017 17 8 15 26 22 47 36 19 12 15 83 10 13 52 17 38 83
2018 56 64 56 51 51 13 30 25 38 56 39 37 1 58 17 40 83
2019 35 36 29 26 46 6 22 42 31 45 60 30 18 49 18 41 72
2020 4 2 2 2 19 11 4 5 3 62 70 28 42 71 45 34 57
2021 53 30 50 66 56 17 61 72 58 39 76 21 21 68 39 31 62
2022 58 29 51 74 62 62 18 52 64 70 91 65 22 62 59 31 53
2023 61 37 64 78 59 60 91 47 58 37 70 44 37 52 48 21 59
2024 48 36 48
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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 %
2016 22.8 14 14.6 -1 5 12 5 35.7
2017 22.7 12 10.2 2 4 8 4 33.3
2018 22.2 25 21.4 4 7 18 7 28.0
2019 22.9 27 30.3 -3 11 18 15 55.6
2020 24.0 14 10.9 3 4 7 5 35.7
2021 24.6 18 20.6 -3 4 14 10 55.6
2022 23.0 8 7.0 1 3 8 1 12.5
2023 22.6 11 10.7 0 8 5 6 54.5
2024 22.7 6 5.3 1 1 5 2 33.3
Player 23.1 135 131.0 4 47 95 55 40.7
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
2016 14 16 7 17 14 12 16 16 13 13 12 16 15 14 16 17 11 15 15 13 15 10 17 17 15 16 14 18 18 17 12
2017 12 10 10 12 11 11 11 9 7 7 10 12 10 9 10 11 9 9 13 9 10 10 14 12 8 7 9 13 13 11 8
2018 25 26 18 19 23 19 24 20 19 15 21 27 23 20 20 24 20 19 25 24 25 21 28 24 16 13 22 20 26 23 19
2019 27 33 24 33 30 30 33 30 26 22 30 31 39 31 31 31 29 28 30 32 32 30 37 32 28 29 29 32 36 29 23
2020 14 12 12 12 11 12 12 9 10 8 9 13 9 10 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 11 13 10 8 8 11 10 12 12 10
2021 18 23 18 19 20 21 23 20 13 17 20 21 21 19 22 24 21 20 23 22 21 21 24 22 21 18 22 22 22 20 18
2022 8 4 8 7 7 6 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 9 6 6 9 6 8 6 8 8 5 5 8 10 10 6 7
2023 11 9 10 14 11 11 11 7 10 11 12 13 9 11 12 9 11 10 10 13 11 11 14 12 8 10 10 11 9 11 11
2024 6 5 5 6 4 7 6 3 4 4 4 5 7 5 5 3 5 5 6 6 7 4 8 7 5 6 4 6 6 5 5
Player 135 138 112 139 131 129 144 122 107 102 123 146 141 127 134 139 123 123 143 137 142 124 163 144 114 112 129 142 152 134 113
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.