Matt Wallner

Bats L Throws R6'5" 220 lbBorn 1997 Forest Lake, USADebut 2022Team MINDraft 2016 R32 #963 Minnesota Twins, Forest Lake HSContract 1 y/$799,350 (26) 2026: $496,064

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.8FIELD+ 96.0 at RFTotal 0.76 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	375	323	72	15	1	18	41	115	4	0.222	0.325	0.442	0.766	0.220	0.334	30.7	11.0	110.5	1.65
2027	293	254	54	10	1	13	28	97	2	0.211	0.309	0.413	0.722	0.202	0.317	33.0	9.6	103.5	1.04

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 114 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Wes Covington	1959	127.9	98.2	299
2	Matt Joyce	2012	123.2	111.8	481
3	Brian Giles	1998	123.7	154.5	627
4	Al Wingo	1925	135.2	98.3	360
5	Jesse Winker	2021	131.4	110.6	547
6	J. D. Drew	2003	126.6	163.4	645
7	Hank Edwards	1946	128.6	103.0	427
8	Milt Byrnes	1944	122.5	115.1	540
9	Bernie Carbo	1975	130.7	106.1	282
10	David Peralta	2015	127.7	81.4	183

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			293		54	10	1	13		2	28	97	0.211	0.309	0.413	0.722	103.5
2026*	MIN	34	135	14	20	3	0	4		0	10	53	0.167	0.259	0.292	0.551	53.0
2025	MIN	104	392	47	68	16	3	22	40	4	46	114	0.202	0.311	0.464	0.776	111.5
2024	MIN	75	261	26	57	17	1	13	37	3	24	95	0.259	0.372	0.523	0.894	152.8
2023	MIN	76	254	42	53	11	1	14	41	2	28	80	0.249	0.370	0.507	0.877	141.6
2022	MIN	18	65	4	13	3	0	2	10	1	6	25	0.228	0.323	0.386	0.709	104.6
Career		273	972	119	191	47	5	51	128	10	104	314	0.231	0.344	0.485	0.829	130.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2024	MIN	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.3	6	0	0	0
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.3	6	0	0	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	135	88.4	8.1	10.4	40.3	44.0	31.6	0.200	0.333	0.281	26.0
2025	392	91.0	21.1	13.9	45.5	35.5	28.4	0.202	0.435	0.325	26.8
2024	261	92.8	21.6	17.5	53.2	38.4	25.9	0.230	0.479	0.359	27.5
2023	254	91.9	21.0	18.8	48.1	36.3	26.9	0.228	0.525	0.375	28.0
2022	65	87.5	12.9	9.4	53.1	38.1	24.1	0.173	0.272	0.247	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIN	OF	85	654	144	3	3	0	0.980
2024	MIN	OF	58	424	109	4	0	1	1.000
2024	MIN	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	MIN	OF	72	488	97	2	1	0	0.990
2022	MIN	OF	16	139	29	0	2	0	0.935

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	321	23 HR, 6 SB	0.270	0.947
2025	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	27	5 HR, 0 SB	0.320	1.330
2024	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	297	19 HR, 5 SB	0.259	0.887
2023	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	305	11 HR, 0 SB	0.291	0.927
2022	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	229	6 HR, 1 SB	0.247	0.839
2022	AA	Wichita Wind Surge	Bat	342	21 HR, 8 SB	0.299	1.033
2021	A+	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	294	15 HR, 0 SB	0.264	0.858
2019	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	53	2 HR, 0 SB	0.205	0.795

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.228	0.264	0.240	0.263
2025	0.341	0.342	0.330	0.354
2024	0.280	0.405	0.365	0.400
2023	0.214	0.427	0.425	0.343
2022	0.158	0.370	0.278	0.325

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
2023	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333
Career	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333