Steven Matz

Bats R Throws L6'2" 201 lbBorn 1991 Stony Brook, USADebut 2015Team BOSDraft 2009 R2 #72 New York Mets, Ward Melville HSContract 2 y/$15M (26-27) 2026: $7,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	261	19.8	6.1	3.03	21.6	6.41	101.7
2027							100.8
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 85 PITCH+ the next season; 7 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	Brandon McCarthy	2018	100.3	did not play
2	Matt Moore	2023	97.1	94.5	210
3	Vicente Padilla	2012	97.5	did not play
4	Wandy Rodriguez	2013	101.1	57.9	125
5	Bartolo Colon	2007	99.6	102.8	173
6	Brett Tomko	2007	97.7	92.4	307
7	Chris Capuano	2013	97.9	96.6	429
8	Ross Stripling	2024	100.6	did not play
9	Ian Kennedy	2019	99.1	64.5	69
10	Jorge De La Rosa	2015	99.3	89.1	614

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BOS	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	STL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	STL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	STL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	TOR	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-114.9
2020	NYM	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	NYM	36	61	4	13	0	0	1	1	0	17	0.228	0.228	0.281	0.509	34.7
2018	NYM	30	53	2	5	1	0	2	4	3	13	0.109	0.163	0.261	0.424	15.4
2017	NYM	17	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286	-34.6
2016	NYM	24	45	0	5	1	1	0	2	4	11	0.139	0.220	0.222	0.442	13.3
2015	NYM	6	14	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	1	0.286	0.286	0.357	0.643	76.1
Career		256	199	8	30	3	1	3	13	7	50	0.170	0.201	0.250	0.451	17.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									261				100.8
2026*									282				94.0	99.2	93.2
2025	BOS	5	2	3.05	53	2	2	76.7	309	8	11	59	107.3	100.5	107.7
2024	STL	1	2	5.08	12	7	0	44.3	190	7	15	33	85.9	103.1	89.0
2023	STL	4	7	3.86	25	17	0	105.0	449	11	32	98	102.0	103.6	105.6
2022	STL	5	3	5.25	15	10	0	48.0	207	8	10	54	97.7	105.9	103.6
2021	TOR	14	7	3.82	29	29	0	150.7	647	18	43	144	100.7	104.5	105.2
2020	NYM	0	5	9.68	9	6	0	30.7	142	14	10	36	62.5	97.5	60.1
2019	NYM	11	10	4.21	32	30	0	160.3	691	27	52	153	97.2	101.3	98.5
2018	NYM	5	11	3.97	30	30	0	154.0	654	25	58	152	97.4	101.7	99.1
2017	NYM	2	7	6.07	13	13	0	66.7	298	12	19	48	86.2	99.5	85.7
2016	NYM	9	8	3.40	22	22	0	132.3	547	14	31	129	106.1	102.6	108.8
2015	NYM	4	0	2.27	6	6	0	35.7	149	4	10	34	107.0	103.8	110.8
Career		60	62	4.19	246	172	2	1004.3	4283	148	291	940	98.1		100.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	70.7	-15.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.034	0.035	0.048
2019	61	83.6	8.1	2.6	18.2	26.5	44.4	0.253	0.372	0.267	28.8
2018	53	79.2	9.7	3.2	8.1	18.7	31.3	0.208	0.305	0.250	28.6
2017	24	87.9	-3.1	0.0	29.4	30.0	40.5	0.191	0.247	0.187	27.9
2016	45	83.8	0.4	3.8	16.7	26.0	39.7	0.217	0.341	0.278	27.6
2015	14	85.1	-4.3	0.0	30.8	18.5	16.7	0.202	0.268	0.208	27.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	53	77	8	6	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2024	STL	P	12	44	2	7	1	2	0.900	+0.7
2023	STL	P	25	105	10	12	1	1	0.957	+2.0
2022	STL	P	15	48	2	7	1	0	0.900	+1.5
2021	TOR	P	29	151	5	22	1	1	0.964	+3.6
2020	NYM	P	9	31	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2019	NYM	P	32	160	5	22	0	2	1.000	+1.1
2018	NYM	P	30	154	2	25	3	2	0.900	+1.3
2017	NYM	P	13	67	1	13	1	1	0.933	-0.2
2016	NYM	P	22	132	4	27	1	3	0.969	+1.8
2015	NYM	P	6	36	0	6	0	1	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
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.304	0.608
2026	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	28	6.0 IP, 18% K	4.50
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	96	23.0 IP, 20% K	3.91
2024	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	20	4.2 IP, 40% K	0.00
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	56	14.2 IP, 34% K	1.90
2017	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	53	13.1 IP, 32% K	6.87
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	359	90.1 IP, 26% K	2.20
2015	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	37	11.1 IP, 27% K	0.00
2014	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	287	71.1 IP, 24% K	2.28
2014	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	289	69.1 IP, 21% K	2.21
2013	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	428	106.1 IP, 28% K	2.63
2012	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	119	29.0 IP, 29% K	1.55

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000
2019	0.309	0.206	0.232	0.257
2018	0.054	0.235	0.178	0.194
2017	0.180	0.113	0.450	0.000
2016	0.381	0.121	0.163	0.262
2015		0.282	0.610	0.100

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
2015	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0.00	2	0	2.0	3	0	2	1.50
2015	1	3.68	3	3	14.7	17	4	13	1.43
Career	1	3.24	5	3	16.7	20	4	15	1.44

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYM	$515,750

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