Tyler Matzek

Bats L Throws L6'3" 230 lbBorn 1990 Mission Viejo, USADebut 2014Team NYYDraft 2009 R1 #11 Colorado Rockies, Capistrano Valley HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	109	21.9	9.9	2.70	20.5	6.33	101.6
2027							103.7
2028							104.1

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 126 PITCH+ the next season; 3 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	Rich Hill	2014	102.7	139.9	106
2	John Axford	2017	103.4	98.7	233
3	Fernando Rodney	2011	103.2	138.7	282
4	Will Ohman	2012	104.3	did not play
5	J. P. Howell	2017	104.0	did not play
6	Mike Dunn	2019	100.2	did not play
7	Joe Beimel	2011	102.6	did not play
8	Cory Gearrin	2020	103.0	did not play
9	Matt Barnes	2024	104.5	did not play
10	Fernando Salas	2019	104.0	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYY	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	ATL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	ATL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ATL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	ATL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	COL	6	9	3	3	1	0	1	0.375	0.375	0.500	0.875	123.0
2014	COL	21	43	2	7	1	2	13	0.184	0.225	0.211	0.436	-0.5
Career		177	52	5	10	2	2	14	0.217	0.250	0.261	0.511	20.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									109				103.7
2026*									0
2025	NYY	0	0	4.26	7	0	0	6.3	35	0	5	7	64.6	91.5	56.1
2024	ATL	0	0	9.90	11	0	0	10.0	48	3	3	10	61.5	98.3	59.8
2022	ATL	4	2	3.50	42	0	1	43.7	184	3	29	36	109.8	99.6	109.5
2021	ATL	0	4	2.57	69	0	0	63.0	264	3	37	77	115.2	102.4	117.6
2020	ATL	4	3	2.79	21	0	0	29.0	121	1	10	43	119.7	101.2	120.9
2015	COL	2	1	4.09	5	5	0	22.0	102	2	19	15	86.2	98.1	84.3
2014	COL	6	11	4.05	20	19	0	117.7	503	9	44	91	97.4
Career		16	21	3.73	175	24	1	291.7	1257	21	147	279	101.9		102.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2015	9	98.1	2.2	0.0	50.0	11.1	37.5	0.295	0.397	0.300	23.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	7	6	0	0	0	0		-0.4
2024	ATL	P	11	10	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2022	ATL	P	42	44	0	3	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2021	ATL	P	69	63	2	6	0	2	1.000	+0.8
2020	ATL	P	21	29	0	4	1	0	0.800	+0.2
2015	COL	P	5	22	1	4	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2014	COL	P	20	118	10	15	2	1	0.926

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	20	4.2 IP, 25% K	2.14
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	22	4.2 IP, 14% K	6.43
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	23	5.2 IP, 22% K	5.19
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	45	10.1 IP, 18% K	5.35
2019	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	46	10.0 IP, 28% K	9.00
2019	AA	nan	Pit	22	5.0 IP, 36% K	3.60
2016	A+	Modesto Nuts	Pit	97	21.0 IP, 29% K	4.71
2016	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Pit	40	5.2 IP, 12% K	15.58
2015	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	57	11.1 IP, 26% K	8.92
2014	AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pit	303	66.2 IP, 20% K	4.08
2013	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Pit	627	142.1 IP, 15% K	3.80
2012	A+	Modesto Nuts	Pit	649	142.1 IP, 24% K	4.62
2011	A+	Modesto Nuts	Pit	178	33.0 IP, 21% K	9.82
2011	A	Asheville Tourists	Pit	279	64.0 IP, 27% K	4.36

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2015	1.250	0.257	0.717	0.180

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	3	1.72	13	15.7	10	0	4	24	0.89
2020	1	1.04	7	8.7	6	1	3	14	1.04
Career	4	1.48	20	24.3	16	1	7	38	0.95

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	COL	$509,500
2016	MIN	$545,000
2015	COL	$509,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.