Matt Vierling

Bats R Throws R6'3" 205 lbBorn 1996 St. Louis, USADebut 2021Team DETDraft 2015 R30 #911 St. Louis Cardinals, Christian Brothers College (MO) HSContract 1 y/$3.255M (26) 2026: $3,255,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.0FIELD+ 101.6 at CFTotal 0.76 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	240	215	54	10	1	6	21	51	4	0.250	0.321	0.394	0.715	0.144	0.314	21.4	8.7	96.2	0.64
2027	301	273	68	13	2	8	22	60	4	0.248	0.306	0.394	0.700	0.147	0.306	20.0	7.3	91.3	0.62

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 28

His ten closest age-28 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	Ethan Allen	1932	92.0	53.2	281
2	Leon Culberson	1947	99.2	60.3	37
3	Frank Welch	1926	93.4	53.4	34
4	Chad Pinder	2020	98.5	98.6	233
5	George Thomas	1966	90.1	43.8	95
6	Lou Clinton	1966	97.8	292.2	5
7	Bill Barrett	1928	97.2	96.8	439
8	Yasmany Tomas	2019	93.5	did not play
9	George Whitted	1918	93.7	111.5	452
10	Edward Olivares	2024	94.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			301		68	13	2	8		4	22	60	0.248	0.306	0.394	0.700	91.3
2026*	DET	92	291	24	55	13	3	5		4	19	49	0.207	0.255	0.335	0.590	58.3
2025	DET	31	100	6	21	3	0	1	11	2	7	24	0.239	0.310	0.307	0.617	74.4
2024	DET	144	567	80	133	28	5	16	57	6	41	121	0.257	0.312	0.423	0.735	106.3
2023	DET	134	530	63	125	21	5	10	44	6	44	112	0.261	0.329	0.388	0.717	97.1
2022	PHI	117	357	41	80	12	2	6	32	7	23	70	0.246	0.297	0.351	0.648	81.1
2021	PHI	34	77	11	23	3	1	2	6	2	4	20	0.324	0.364	0.479	0.843	123.3
Career		460	1631	201	382	67	13	35	150	23	119	347	0.258	0.317	0.392	0.708	96.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	291	87.9	17.4	5.0	37.2	18.2	32.4	0.256	0.381	0.304	28.3
2025	100	92.2	20.4	12.1	45.5	18.5	25.2	0.250	0.436	0.338	27.7
2024	567	89.8	11.7	7.5	40.9	19.5	22.0	0.252	0.402	0.312	28.8
2023	530	89.1	9.1	4.7	42.8	19.4	28.7	0.263	0.397	0.322	29.1
2022	357	91.2	12.0	5.0	47.1	19.5	28.3	0.273	0.409	0.325	29.5
2021	77	91.5	6.3	3.8	53.8	24.6	26.8	0.289	0.412	0.322	29.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	OF	29	203	54	1	0	0	1.000
2025	DET	3B	3	3	0	0	0	0		-0.3
2024	DET	OF	106	739	202	3	2	1	0.990
2024	DET	3B	51	369	34	74	2	6	0.982	+1.3
2024	DET	1B	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2023	DET	OF	130	868	228	6	1	0	0.996
2023	DET	3B	35	228	18	54	1	5	0.986	-1.3
2023	DET	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2022	PHI	OF	106	756	182	2	0	1	1.000
2022	PHI	3B	5	42	3	9	1	1	0.923	-1.1
2022	PHI	2B	4	19	2	8	0	1	1.000	+0.7
2022	PHI	1B	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2021	PHI	OF	17	87	13	0	0	0	1.000
2021	PHI	1B	9	55	45	2	0	6	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	OPS
2025	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	69	2 HR, 1 SB	0.200	0.637
2022	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	95	2 HR, 8 SB	0.271	0.806
2021	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	236	5 HR, 5 SB	0.248	0.690
2021	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Bat	102	6 HR, 5 SB	0.345	1.066
2019	A+	Clearwater Threshers	Bat	483	5 HR, 22 SB	0.232	0.626
2018	A	Lakewood BlueClaws	Bat	204	6 HR, 5 SB	0.293	0.815

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.347	0.209	0.273	0.257
2025	0.329	0.244	0.282	0.278
2024	0.316	0.334	0.333	0.325
2023	0.321	0.327	0.310	0.340
2022	0.336	0.269	0.309	0.280
2021	0.363	0.385	0.353	0.387

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	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	7	28	1	4	1	2	4	14	0.143	0.242	0.179	0.421
2022	12	13	2	2	1	1	1	4	0.154	0.214	0.231	0.445
Career	19	41	3	6	2	3	5	18	0.146	0.234	0.195	0.429