Matt Boyd

Bats L Throws L6'3" 223 lbBorn 1991 Bellevue, USADebut 2015Team CHCDraft 2012 R13 #412 Cincinnati Reds, Oregon StateContract 2 y/$29M (25-26)+27 m opt 2026: $17,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	597	20.0	6.2	3.01	20.9	6.46	103.8
2027							102.3
2028							100.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Kyle Lohse	2013	100.1	104.3	817
2	Charlie Morton	2018	97.7	114.7	790
3	Ervin Santana	2017	101.4	65.5	114
4	J. A. Happ	2017	100.4	107.2	733
5	Wade Miley	2021	98.5	108.6	159
6	Nathan Eovaldi	2024	100.8	122.2	496
7	Randy Wolf	2011	99.3	84.2	699
8	Alex Cobb	2022	102.3	96.9	646
9	Lance Lynn	2021	104.7	102.3	512
10	Tim Hudson	2010	106.4	110.6	884

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	31	0	0	0	0
2024	CLE	8	0	0	0	0
2023	DET	15	0	0	0	0
2022	SEA	10	0	0	0	0
2021	DET	15	5	1	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833	157.6
2020	DET	12	0	0	0	0
2019	DET	32	2	1	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	169.4
2018	DET	31	2	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.5
2017	DET	26	3	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	74.9
2016	DET	20	0	0	0	0
2015	DET	13	0	0	0	0
Career		213	12	3	1	4	0.300	0.364	0.300	0.664	92.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									597				102.3
2026*									354				98.8	99.3	98.2
2025	CHC	14	8	3.21	31	31	0	179.7	718	19	42	154	108.4	102.7	111.1
2024	CLE	2	2	2.72	8	8	0	39.7	166	4	13	46	110.6	97.4	108.0
2023	DET	5	5	5.45	15	15	0	71.0	303	11	25	73	100.1	102.2	102.3
2022	SEA	2	0	1.35	10	0	0	13.3	53	0	8	13	132.6	105.2	137.7
2021	DET	3	8	3.89	15	15	0	78.7	337	9	23	67	100.8	102.8	103.6
2020	DET	3	7	6.71	12	12	0	60.3	271	15	22	60	83.7	97.3	81.0
2019	DET	9	12	4.56	32	32	0	185.3	788	39	50	238	101.6	100.9	102.5
2018	DET	9	13	4.39	31	31	0	170.3	709	27	51	159	103.4	99.1	102.5
2017	DET	6	11	5.27	26	25	0	135.0	605	18	53	110	93.0	98.6	91.6
2016	DET	6	5	4.53	20	18	0	97.3	412	17	29	82	98.0	98.2	96.2
2015	DET	1	6	7.53	13	12	0	57.3	252	17	20	43	68.8	100.3	69.1
Career		60	77	4.57	213	199	0	1088.0	4614	176	336	1045	99.2		99.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	5	93.3	14.8	0.0	0.0	14.3	25.0	0.609	0.729	0.612
2019	2	96.0	3.5	0.0	100.0	20.0	66.7	0.234	0.280	0.219
2018	2					25.0	33.3	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	3	79.5	-29.0	0.0	33.3	25.0	0.0	0.091	0.109	0.091

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	31	180	7	27	4	2	0.895	+2.4
2024	CLE	P	8	40	1	3	1	0	0.800	-0.5
2023	DET	P	15	71	1	11	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2022	SEA	P	10	13	2	2	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2021	DET	P	15	79	4	9	0	1	1.000	+1.2
2020	DET	P	12	60	1	3	0	1	1.000	-0.9
2019	DET	P	32	185	7	19	1	0	0.963	+0.9
2018	DET	P	31	170	9	8	2	1	0.895	-0.8
2017	DET	P	26	135	3	15	2	0	0.900	-1.0
2016	DET	P	20	97	1	5	1	0	0.857	-0.9
2015	DET	P	13	57	1	7	1	0	0.889	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	55	12.2 IP, 24% K	7.38
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	32	9.2 IP, 38% K	0.98
2024	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	32	9.0 IP, 25% K	1.00
2022	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	29	8.0 IP, 48% K	2.25
2021	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	31	9.1 IP, 35% K	0.00
2017	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	199	51.0 IP, 27% K	2.82
2016	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	259	64.0 IP, 22% K	2.25
2015	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Pit	273	73.2 IP, 26% K	1.11
2015	AAA	nan	Pit	162	41.0 IP, 23% K	2.63
2015	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	153	39.0 IP, 24% K	2.77
2014	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Pit	197	42.2 IP, 22% K	7.04
2014	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Pit	357	90.2 IP, 29% K	1.40
2013	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Pit	37	10.0 IP, 30% K	5.40
2013	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Pit	51	14.0 IP, 24% K	0.64

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021	0.000	0.533	0.400
2019		0.450	0.450
2018		0.000	0.000
2017		0.300	0.300

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	1	2.93	3	3	9.2	10	5	9	1.63
2024	0	0.80	3	3	11.2	7	6	14	1.16
2022	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	1	1	0	20.00
Career	1	1.76	7	6	20.5	18	12	23	1.46