Brice Matthews

Bats R Throws R5'11" 190 lbBorn 2002 Houston, USADebut 2025Team HOUDraft 2023 R1 #28 Houston Astros, NebraskaContract 1 y/$782,400 (26) 2026: $782,400

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 90.8FIELD+ 100.7 at CFTotal 0.43 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	234	205	45	8	1	9	23	76	11	0.221	0.309	0.398	0.707	0.177	0.311	32.3	10.0	96.5	0.63
2027	217	191	42	7	1	7	20	66	7	0.217	0.298	0.374	0.672	0.157	0.297	30.6	9.2	87.0	0.33

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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 101 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mike Brown	1983	82.3	136.3	163
2	Adolfo Phillips	1965	85.2	123.1	476
3	Ike Eichrodt	1926	72.9	45.8	293
4	Dick Williams	1952	72.9	60.1	60
5	Bernie Williams	1972	72.5	did not play
6	Roberto Kelly	1988	81.1	126.2	496
7	Henry Cotto	1984	70.7	100.0	60
8	Franklin Gutierrez	2006	67.2	103.0	301
9	Kevin McReynolds	1983	71.6	114.3	571
10	Felix Chouinard	1911	63.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			217		42	7	1	7		7	20	66	0.217	0.298	0.374	0.672	87.0
2026*	HOU	82	226	23	41	5	1	7		4	15	71	0.197	0.250	0.332	0.582	57.2
2025	HOU	13	47	6	7	0	0	4	9	1	2	20	0.167	0.222	0.452	0.675	78.4
Career		13	47	6	7	0	0	4	9	1	2	20	0.167	0.222	0.452	0.675	78.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	226	86.8	12.0	8.6	37.1	35.3	25.3	0.192	0.341	0.260	28.6
2025	47	88.6	14.4	26.1	41.7	50.6	31.8	0.178	0.462	0.294	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	2B	13	109	18	28	1	9	0.979	+0.3
2025	HOU	3B	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.7

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	498	17 HR, 41 SB	0.260	0.829
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	48	0 HR, 3 SB	0.143	0.440
2024	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	181	9 HR, 16 SB	0.252	0.873
2024	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	97	6 HR, 10 SB	0.321	1.003
2023	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	150	4 HR, 16 SB	0.217	0.740

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.280	0.265	0.161	0.339
2025	0.064	0.394	0.050	0.492

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