P | Minnesota Twins
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 225 lbs | Age: 26
Draft: 2022 | Rd. 8, No. 234, Minnesota Twins | Western Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 1 4 6.69 9 9 0 37.2 43 1.65
2025 5 6 5.56 16 16 0 79.1 88 1.49
2026 9 8 4.58 19 19 0 112 93 1.26
3 Seasons 15 18 5.27 44 44 0 229 224 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 9 1-4 6.69 37.2 43 1.65
2025 16 5-6 5.56 79.1 88 1.49
2026 19 9-8 4.58 112 93 1.26
3 Seasons 44 15-18 5.27 229 224 1.40
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
2024 24 717 121 17 14.0 9.6 90.5 109.4 14.1 38.0 .275 .538 .397 .371 .469 42.1 24.3 6.2 6.69 5.88
2025 25 1353 242 24 9.9 6.8 89.2 113.5 16.5 44.2 .265 .447 .338 .333 .419 38.8 24.9 6.8 5.56 4.67
2026 26 1778 338 36 10.7 7.7 90.6 112.8 12.6 34.9 .258 .430 .327 .326 .376 41.7 19.9 6.9 4.58 4.51
Player 3848 701 77 11.0 7.7 90.1 113.5 14.2 38.7 .263 .455 .343 .337 .407 40.8 22.4 6.7
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Matthews relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(36.3%) ,
Slider
(21.9%) ,
Changeup
(12.9%) ,
Curveball
(11.9%) ,
Cutter
(11.9%) ,
Sinker
(5.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 38.0 62.0 29.8 23.1 9.1 43.0 29.8 27.3 18.2 13.2 6.6 24.8 16.5 20.7
2025 33.1 66.9 30.6 29.3 7.0 36.4 36.4 27.3 15.7 14.0 3.3 20.7 22.3 24.0
2026 44.4 55.6 25.1 24.9 5.6 42.3 33.4 24.3 24.3 14.2 5.9 18.0 19.2 18.3
Player 39.4 60.6 27.8 26.1 6.7 40.4 33.8 25.8 20.3 14.0 5.1 20.1 19.8 20.7
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.2 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.8 19.8 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 0.8 28.9 24.0 26.4 5.8 14.0 9.6
2025 5.8 21.5 26.9 29.8 6.2 9.9 6.8
2026 3.0 32.5 23.7 24.6 5.3 10.7 7.7
Player 3.6 28.1 24.8 26.7 5.7 11.0 7.7
MLB 4.0 32.2 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! 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
2026 Changeup MIN R 230 86.8 31.8 -0.3 14.7ARM 0.6 4.4 -0.6 14.7ARM 0.5
2026 Sinker MIN R 90 95.1 19.1 -2.7 15.5ARM 0.3 11.2 -3.6 15.5ARM 0.5
2026 Curveball MIN R 212 79.9 51.8 -1.6 8.3GLV -0.6 -9.0 -1.2 8.3GLV -0.8
2026 Cutter MIN R 212 90.7 23.6 1.5 0.3GLV -1.8 9.4 1.4 0.3GLV -1.9
2026 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 645 95.2 14.1 0.0 9.0ARM 1.6 16.1 0.5 9.0ARM 1.2
2026 Slider MIN R 389 87.2 33.0 -1.5 3.4GLV -0.4 2.8 -1.4 3.4GLV -0.2
2025 Cutter MIN R 175 91.7 21.7 2.1 1.9GLV 0.0 10.7 2.4 1.9GLV -0.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 557 96.2 13.0 0.7 9.0ARM 1.6 16.6 0.8 9.0ARM 1.4
2025 Slider MIN R 342 88.3 33.6 0.8 2.3GLV -1.4 1.4 0.4 2.3GLV -1.9
2025 Changeup MIN R 143 87.5 29.0 -2.5 13.0ARM -1.3 6.8 -2.7 13.0ARM -1.5
2025 Curveball MIN R 78 82.8 47.4 -3.2 2.9GLV -4.3 -7.6 -2.6 2.9GLV -6.1
2025 Sinker MIN R 58 95.8 16.9 -4.7 15.4ARM 0.1 13.0 -5.6 15.4ARM 0.3
! 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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 645 36.3 159 .277 .445 .370 13.5 14.5 12.8 .291 .464 .375 43.0
2026 Slider 1.7 7 389 21.9 130 .185 .331 .242 34.9 31.5 23.0 .193 .358 .256 39.8
2026 Changeup -2.5 -6 230 12.9 67 .323 .516 .367 17.8 11.9 15.4 .284 .443 .328 42.1
2026 Curveball -0.8 -2 212 11.9 42 .171 .415 .254 34.6 38.1 21.3 .159 .280 .199 52.0
2026 Cutter -0.8 -2 212 11.9 51 .319 .574 .391 15.7 7.8 12.9 .330 .547 .396 34.1
2026 Sinker -0.7 -1 90 5.1 18 .375 .625 .485 23.1 5.6 12.5 .421 .697 .504 46.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -8 557 41.2 123 .357 .616 .431 22.4 24.4 19.4 .303 .570 .394 49.4
2025 Slider 0.3 1 342 25.3 114 .148 .250 .214 38.6 43.9 24.4 .183 .326 .243 30.5
2025 Cutter -0.5 -1 175 12.9 53 .341 .439 .418 24.5 5.7 8.3 .322 .484 .420 43.6
2025 Changeup -1.2 -2 143 10.6 32 .355 .548 .377 26.3 3.1 5.3 .317 .426 .346 32.3
2025 Curveball -1.1 -1 78 5.8 14 .357 .429 .346 32.1 14.3 10.5 .304 .487 .338 41.7
2025 Sinker -1.0 -1 58 4.3 18 .471 .471 .424 7.7 11.1 50.0 .263 .320 .255 12.5
! 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
2026 Changeup 230 86.8 97 15.8 2:15 2:45 -30
2026 Curveball 212 79.9 73 14.5 7:30 7:15 15
2026 Cutter 212 90.7 51 8.8 12:30 12:00 30
2026 4-Seam Fastball 645 95.2 94 18.1 1:15 1:00 15
2026 Sinker 89 95.2 95 19.3 1:15 2:00 -45
2026 Slider 389 87.2 23 4.4 11:00 9:45 75
2025 Changeup 143 87.5 99 14.8 1:45 2:15 -30
2025 Curveball 78 82.8 50 10.3 7:30 6:30 60
2025 Cutter 175 91.7 53 10.2 12:30 11:30 60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 557 96.2 96 18.7 1:00 1:00 0
2025 Sinker 58 95.8 96 20.2 1:15 1:45 -30
2025 Slider 342 88.3 18 3.3 10:30 9:00 90
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 177 717 -4 -2 -4 -4 -13
2025 354 1,353 -5 5 -7 -4 -11
2026 467 1,778 -1 15 -8 -7 -2
Player 998 3,848 -11 19 -19 -11 -26
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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 %
2024 717 50.8 72.0 84.7 27.2 52.1 40.6 58.2 49.9 24.0 9.5 88.2
2025 1,353 53.2 69.6 81.6 30.2 48.7 42.4 65.8 51.1 27.5 9.2 76.8
2026 1,778 48.7 68.2 85.9 27.9 58.8 41.6 66.2 47.5 22.2 8.1 75.7
Player 3,848 50.6 69.4 84.1 28.5 54.1 41.7 64.6 49.2 24.5 8.8 78.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2024 63 45 25 53
2025 15 9 45 34 18 80 65 26 50 73 68 68 71 22 64 9 60
2026 34 36 82 4 30 61 56 19 7 22 27 31 77 6 24 60 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 %
2024 23.32 11 11.1 0 4 6 6 54.5
2025 24.45 12 12.6 -1 10 15 2 16.7
2026 23.77 19 20.9 -2 5 21 7 36.8
Player 23.85 42 44.6 -3 19 42 15 35.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2024 11 12 8 11 10 12 13 10 9 10 12 12 11 9 10 10 11 11 11 13 11 12 14 12 11 11 9 13 12 13 10
2025 12 16 10 13 14 13 11 12 8 8 11 12 15 21 13 9 15 11 13 15 12 13 15 17 11 8 11 15 17 10 9
2026 19 24 15 19 20 24 20 17 23 21 15 23 16 26 24 21 23 18 19 30 19 22 26 25 17 16 14 24 23 19 23
Player 42 52 33 43 44 49 44 39 40 39 38 47 42 56 47 40 49 40 43 58 42 47 55 54 39 35 34 52 52 42 42
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024
Results
BA .255 -.036 .291 -.020 .311
xBA .258 -.007 .265 -.010 .275
OBP .310 -.025 .335 -.027 .362
xOBP .316 -.001 .317 -.011 .328
SLG .440 -.009 .449 -.118 .567
xSLG .430 -.017 .447 -.091 .538
ISO .185 +.027 .158 -.098 .256
xISO .172 -.011 .183 -.081 .264
BABIP .282 -.078 .360 -.004 .364
wOBA .327 -.011 .338 -.059 .397
xwOBA .326 -.007 .333 -.038 .371
wOBAcon .376 -.050 .426 -.080 .506
xwOBAcon .376 -.043 .419 -.050 .469
BACON .322 -.070 .392 -.029 .421
xBACON .330 -.035 .365 -.007 .372
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.7 +2.9 38.8 -3.3 42.1
Avg Exit Velocity 90.6 +1.4 89.2 -1.3 90.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.9 -9.3 44.2 +6.2 38.0
Barrel % 10.7 +0.8 9.9 -4.1 14.0
Avg Launch Angle 12.6 -3.9 16.5 +2.4 14.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.5 +0.7 71.8 +0.3 71.5
Attack Angle 11° 10° +1° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % 49.9 -3.5 53.4 -3.8 57.2
Attack Direction -2° -1° -1° +1° -1°
Swing Path - Tilt 33° 33° +2° 31°
Swing Length 7.3 0.0 7.3 0.0 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.2 -1.0 95.2 +1.4 93.8
Breaking Velocity 84.6 -2.7 87.3 +1.3 86.0
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 -0.7 87.5 +1.7 85.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 36 +12 24 +7 17
Popup % 5.6 -1.4 7.0 -2.1 9.1
Flyball % 25.1 -5.5 30.6 +0.8 29.8
Line Drive % 24.9 -4.4 29.3 +6.2 23.1
Groundball % 44.4 +11.3 33.1 -4.9 38.0
Pull % 42.3 +5.9 36.4 -6.6 43.0
Straight Away % 33.4 -3.0 36.4 +6.6 29.8
Opposite Field % 24.3 -3.0 27.3 0.0 27.3
Weak Contact % 3.0 -2.8 5.8 +5.0 0.8
Pull Airball % 18.0 -2.7 20.7 -4.1 24.8
Topped Contact % 32.5 +11.0 21.5 -7.4 28.9
Under Contact % 23.7 -3.2 26.9 +2.9 24.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.6 -5.2 29.8 +3.4 26.4
Solid Contact % 5.3 -0.9 6.2 +0.4 5.8
HR/FB % 22.4 +6.2 16.2 -14.4 30.6
Popups 19 +2 17 +6 11
Flyballs 85 +11 74 +38 36
Line Drives 84 +13 71 +43 28
Groundballs 150 +70 80 +34 46
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.7 -4.5 53.2 +2.4 50.8
Out of Zone % 51.3 +4.5 46.8 -2.4 49.2
Edge % 41.6 -0.8 42.4 +1.8 40.6
Zone Swing % 68.2 -1.4 69.6 -2.4 72.0
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 -2.3 30.2 +3.0 27.2
In Zone Contact % 85.9 +4.3 81.6 -3.1 84.7
Out of Zone Contact % 58.8 +10.1 48.7 -3.4 52.1
Whiff % 22.2 -5.3 27.5 +3.5 24.0
First Strike % 66.2 +0.4 65.8 +7.6 58.2
First Pitch Swing % 35.8 -1.8 37.6 +9.4 28.2
Swing % 47.5 -3.6 51.1 +1.2 49.9
Meatball Swing % 75.7 -1.1 76.8 -11.4 88.2
Meatball % 8.1 -1.1 9.2 -0.3 9.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.1 -4.3 18.4 +3.1 15.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 41.2 -10.1 51.3 +3.4 47.9
In Zone 865 +145 720 +356 364
Out of Zone 913 +280 633 +280 353
Edge 739 +166 573 +282 291
In Zone Swings 590 +89 501 +239 262
Out of Zone Swings 255 +64 191 +95 96
In Zone Swing & Misses 83 -9 92 +52 40
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 105 +7 98 +52 46
Basic
Pitches 1,778 +425 1,353 +636 717
PA 467 +113 354 +177 177
AB 427 +104 323 +159 164
Hits 109 +15 94 +43 51
Singles 69 +2 67 +36 31
Doubles 20 +5 15 +6 9
Triples 1 +1 0 0 0
Home Runs 19 +7 12 +1 11
Walks 32 +8 24 +13 11
Strikeouts 93 +5 88 +45 43
K% 19.9 -5.0 24.9 +0.6 24.3
BB% 6.9 +0.1 6.8 +0.6 6.2
HBP 4 +4 0 -2 2
Batted Balls 338 +96 242 +121 121
Fastball Percent 53.3 -5.1 58.4 -0.6 59.0
Offspeed Percent 12.9 +2.3 10.6 +2.7 7.9
Breaking Percent 33.8 +2.8 31.0 -2.1 33.1
Number of Fastballs 947 +157 790 +367 423
Number of Offspeed 230 +87 143 +86 57
Number of Breaking 601 +181 420 +183 237
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 177 .397 75 2 2.7 102 36 35.3
2025 Shades 354 .338 178 30 16.9 176 151 85.8
2026 Shades 467 .327 202 8 4.0 265 128 48.3
! 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 %
2024 213 12.9 83.1% 0.0% 98 16.7 15.3% 1.0%
2025 311 12.6 83.3% 0.6% 236 17.8 6.4% 2.1%
2026 501 13.5 74.9% 1.4% 221 19.0 2.3% 4.1%

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Pitch Distribution