Matt Vierling
Detroit Tigers · No. 8 · CF

Matt Vierling

6' 1", 205 lbs·Age 29·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL6 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2021–2026 · 1,331 batted balls
2026 · 58 G
.226
AVG
.633
OPS
4
HR
26
RBI
48
H
17
BB
41
SO
4
SB
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Career Highs
.735
Best OPS · 2024
16
Most HR · 2024
57
Most RBI · 2024
.261
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17420000.211
Jul 12300002.206
Jul 11330010.209
Jul 9410001.199
Jul 8500001.198
Jul 7410201.203
Jun 29510101.203
Jun 28410000.203
Jun 26410001.203
Jun 24310000.202

Career · Batting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2021347126
2022117325632
20231344791044
20241445181657
20253188111
202683246530
Career543172740180
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,326 BBE · 2021–2026 · 89.5 mph avg EV · 5.9% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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