Matt Sauer

Bats R Throws R6'4" 230 lbBorn 1999 Santa Maria, USADebut 2024Team LADDraft 2017 R2 #54 New York Yankees, Righetti (CA) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	178	18.8	7.8	3.45	21.4	6.31	96.8
2027							99.6
2028							98.7

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 82 PITCH+ the next season; 9 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	Cody Bolton	2024	79.6	75.5	10
2	Eric Surkamp	2014	80.2	37.1	16
3	Cody Martin	2016	75.4	51.8	13
4	David Carpenter	2012	79.1	119.4	256
5	J. C. Ramirez	2015	80.9	103.5	335
6	Sean Henn	2007	76.7	83.6	47
7	Ethan Roberts	2024	77.2	72.9	39
8	Jacob Rhame	2019	77.2	did not play
9	Brett de Geus	2024	80.1	105.3	10
10	Glenn Sparkman	2018	81.1	86.5	606

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									178				99.6
2026*									0
2025	LAD	2	1	6.37	10	1	1	29.7	129	6	8	24	83.9	99.2	83.1
2024	KC	0	0	7.71	14	0	0	16.3	84	3	11	9	71.8	101.8	73.6
Career		2	1	6.85	24	1	1	46.0	213	9	19	33	79.2		79.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	P	10	30	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2024	KC	P	14	16	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	40	7.1 IP, 15% K	11.41
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	372	83.0 IP, 21% K	5.86
2024	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	53	8.1 IP, 17% K	16.67
2024	AA	Somerset Patriots	Pit	94	24.0 IP, 22% K	2.62
2023	AA	Somerset Patriots	Pit	281	68.1 IP, 30% K	3.44
2022	AA	Somerset Patriots	Pit	92	20.2 IP, 37% K	8.02
2022	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Pit	377	88.1 IP, 27% K	3.78
2021	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Pit	193	45.0 IP, 26% K	5.20
2021	A	Tampa Tarpons	Pit	297	66.1 IP, 26% K	4.36
2019	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Pit	39	8.2 IP, 21% K	2.20
2017	Rk	GCL Yankees West	Pit	57	11.2 IP, 21% K	5.62

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.460	0.311	0.326	0.417
2024	0.404	0.416	0.415	0.402

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