Matt Vierling
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 28
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 567 518 80 133 16 6 .257 .312 .423 .735
4 Seasons 1,531 1,393 195 361 34 21 .259 .317 .397 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .246 6 7 .648
2023 .261 10 6 .717
2024 .257 16 6 .735
4 Seasons .259 34 21 .714
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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 2312 402 30 7.5 5.3 89.8 111.2 11.7 34.1 .256 .393 .317 .309 .362 40.9 21.3 7.2
Player 6149 1084 62 5.7 4.0 90.0 113.0 10.6 33.6 .266 .397 .311 .318 .371 43.7 21.1 7.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

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 %
2021 53.8 46.2 17.3 26.9 1.9 34.6 34.6 30.8 15.4 23.1 15.4 19.2 11.5 15.4
2022 41.4 58.6 23.4 27.6 7.7 28.4 42.5 29.1 14.9 19.2 7.3 13.4 23.4 21.8
2023 49.1 50.9 20.3 23.8 6.8 32.0 34.4 33.6 19.8 20.1 9.2 12.2 14.4 24.4
2024 42.0 58.0 23.6 26.4 8.0 36.8 37.6 25.6 22.4 16.7 3.0 14.4 20.9 22.6
Player 44.8 55.2 22.1 25.8 7.2 33.0 37.5 29.4 19.4 18.7 6.7 13.7 18.8 22.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 5.8 30.8 15.4 38.5 5.8 3.8 2.6
2022 1.1 31.8 24.5 29.9 7.7 5.0 3.6
2023 3.0 38.2 21.7 26.0 5.1 4.6 3.2
2024 3.5 33.8 25.1 23.9 5.5 7.5 5.3
Player 2.9 34.7 23.3 26.8 5.9 5.7 4.0
MLB 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.

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 -0.4 -3 816 35.3 166 .271 .438 .358 17.1 22.9 16.2 .267 .423 .345 50.5
2024 Sinker -0.7 -3 407 17.6 112 .269 .407 .316 10.1 18.8 22.1 .269 .385 .293 48.9
2024 Slider 1.2 4 327 14.1 90 .250 .450 .344 25.5 20.0 16.5 .292 .455 .357 36.5
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 193 8.3 49 .209 .302 .265 28.7 18.4 13.4 .217 .308 .275 28.6
2024 Sweeper -1.1 -2 185 8.0 46 .178 .289 .196 33.8 39.1 25.0 .144 .244 .167 25.0
2024 Cutter 0.8 1 178 7.7 41 .297 .568 .398 17.6 7.3 8.8 .279 .488 .364 29.4
2024 Curveball 3.3 5 142 6.1 46 .304 .565 .387 14.5 21.7 17.5 .290 .424 .305 44.4
2024 Split-Finger -0.3 0 31 1.3 8 .250 .250 .225 20.0 37.5 13.0 .097 .110 .089 0.0
2024 Slurve 1.8 0 15 0.6 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .277 .310 .254 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -4 779 36.5 164 .252 .413 .340 18.3 23.8 16.3 .257 .412 .338 50.0
2023 Slider 0.5 2 390 18.3 100 .255 .394 .323 25.7 21.0 16.5 .257 .394 .304 41.1
2023 Sinker -1.2 -4 325 15.2 87 .263 .362 .337 9.3 13.8 17.6 .261 .336 .290 34.8
2023 Changeup 0.1 0 168 7.9 59 .245 .396 .311 16.8 8.5 7.5 .336 .471 .377 44.9
2023 Curveball 0.2 0 159 7.5 40 .200 .286 .271 30.8 40.0 22.9 .172 .257 .248 36.8
2023 Cutter -2.1 -3 145 6.8 33 .258 .290 .271 20.0 15.2 11.4 .327 .455 .359 42.3
2023 Sweeper 2.2 3 116 5.4 31 .379 .517 .411 21.6 22.6 17.5 .286 .487 .351 31.8
2023 Split-Finger 1.7 1 34 1.6 11 .300 .300 .309 31.6 54.5 30.0 .272 .327 .302 75.0
2023 Slurve 4.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 76 300 1 -3 1 2 2
2022 357 1,404 -16 -6 7 5 -10
2023 526 2,120 -15 -10 12 8 -6
2024 562 2,299 -5 -21 19 8 2
Player 1,521 6,123 -35 -39 39 -35 -12
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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 19.4 7.7 72.0
2024 2,312 51.9 62.1 87.0 22.0 60.5 42.1 18.5 42.8 19.5 8.5 72.8
Player 6,149 51.7 60.5 86.7 25.9 63.1 42.1 18.6 43.8 19.7 8.4 70.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2021 80 94
2022 61 88 55 32 64 13 24 86 82 85 58 25 81 58 96 46 81
2023 45 70 31 19 64 19 13 44 84 60 56 47 83 46 91 56 76 38 39 28
2024 41 64 45 34 44 56 46 62 74 54 50 38 78 89 87 78 50 37 85 38
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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 4 9 6 60.0
2024 21.7 16 13.7 2 4 14 5 31.3
Player 21.9 34 33.8 0 15 26 16 47.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2021 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 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 13 8 12 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 11 14 13 13 10 14 14 13 14 15 16 9 10 12 13 14 13 12
2024 16 8 11 13 13 15 18 10 15 9 15 17 13 10 16 12 10 8 14 19 14 14 21 16 8 15 15 15 14 16 17
Player 34 25 32 28 32 35 39 28 32 26 34 39 36 29 37 35 31 25 36 40 36 37 45 41 24 32 34 36 37 37 36
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 -0.3 ↓ 91.2 -2.1 ↓ 89.1 0.7 ↑ 89.8
Launch Angle 6.3 5.7 ↑ 12.0 -2.9 ↓ 9.1 2.6 ↑ 11.7
Barrel % 3.8 1.2 ↑ 5.0 -0.4 ↓ 4.6 2.9 ↑ 7.5
Hard Hit % 53.8 -6.7 ↓ 47.1 -4.3 ↓ 42.8 -1.9 ↓ 40.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 4.4 ↑ 35.2 -3.0 ↓ 32.2 1.9 ↑ 34.1
xBA .292 -0.017 ↓ .275 -0.009 ↓ .266 -0.010 ↓ .256
BA .324 -0.078 ↓ .246 0.015 ↑ .261 -0.004 ↓ .257
xwOBA .320 0.004 ↑ .324 -0.002 ↓ .322 -0.013 ↓ .309
wOBA .356 -0.071 ↓ .285 0.030 ↑ .315 0.002 ↑ .317
xSLG .411 -0.007 ↓ .404 -0.008 ↓ .396 -0.003 ↓ .393
SLG .479 -0.128 ↓ .351 0.037 ↑ .388 0.035 ↑ .423
K% 26.0 -6.4 ↓ 19.6 1.5 ↑ 21.1 0.2 ↑ 21.3
BB% 5.2 1.2 ↑ 6.4 1.9 ↑ 8.3 -1.1 ↓ 7.2
Swing % 44.7 -0.1 ↓ 44.6 -0.3 ↓ 44.3 -1.5 ↓ 42.8
Whiff% 24.6 -5.1 ↓ 19.5 -0.1 ↓ 19.4 0.1 ↑ 19.5
In Zone % 52.7 -1.1 ↓ 51.6 -0.1 ↓ 51.5 0.4 ↑ 51.9
Out of Zone % 47.3 1.1 ↑ 48.4 0.1 ↑ 48.5 -0.4 ↓ 48.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 1.5 ↑ 28.3 0.2 ↑ 28.5 -6.5 ↓ 22.0
First Pitch Swing % 19.7 -2.3 ↓ 17.4 2.1 ↑ 19.5 -1.0 ↓ 18.5
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 -2.4 ↓ 64.7 -0.4 ↓ 64.3 -6.5 ↓ 57.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 76 0 0.0 .356
2022 Shifts R 356 3 0.8 .288 .000
2023 Shades R 525 14 2.7 .306 .556
2024 Shades R 559 22 3.9 .321 .340
! 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 675 15.0 50.5% 0.1% 407 18.4 5.2% 1.2%
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