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Steven Matz

Age: 35
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #32

Born: May 29, 1991 in Stony Brook, NY, United States
MLB debut: June 28, 2015
Drafted: 2009, round 2
High school: Ward Melville
Salary, 2026: $7.5M

dbWAR: 12.0
IP: 79.1
ERA: 5.56
FIP: 5.07
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 121

Steven Matz is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 60 batters over 79.1 innings across 35 appearances, going 5-6. His ERA of 5.56 is 33.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 14th of 16 on his team, and 454th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.07 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.7% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.7%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP5.07

K/96.8

WHIP1.25

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	TB	35	11	79.1	5	6	1	74	49	60	25	5.56	5.07	1.25	6.8	2.8	133	121	-0.2
2025	STL/BOS	53	2	76.2	5	2	2	73	26	59	11	3.05	3.46	1.10	6.9	1.3	73	83	1.1
2024	STL	12	7	44.1	1	2	0	49	25	33	15	5.08	4.88	1.44	6.7	3.0	124	120	-0.0
2023	STL	25	17	105.0	4	7	0	108	45	98	32	3.86	3.75	1.33	8.4	2.7	89	87	1.8
2022	STL	15	10	48.0	5	3	0	50	28	54	10	5.25	3.78	1.25	10.1	1.9	132	95	0.6
2021	TOR	29	29	150.2	14	7	0	158	64	144	43	3.82	3.79	1.33	8.6	2.6	90	89	2.8
2020	NYM	9	6	30.2	0	5	0	42	33	36	10	9.68	7.76	1.70	10.6	2.9	217	174	-0.8
2019	NYM	32	30	160.1	11	10	0	163	75	153	52	4.21	4.60	1.34	8.6	2.9	93	102	1.6
2018	NYM	30	30	154.0	5	11	0	134	68	152	58	3.97	4.62	1.25	8.9	3.4	96	111	0.7
2017	NYM	13	13	66.2	2	7	0	83	45	48	19	6.07	5.05	1.53	6.5	2.6	139	116	0.2
2016	NYM	22	22	132.1	9	8	0	129	50	129	31	3.40	3.39	1.21	8.8	2.1	81	81	2.8
2015	NYM	6	6	35.2	4	0	0	34	9	34	10	2.27	3.61	1.23	8.6	2.5	57	91	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	TOR	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-116	-0.0
2019	NYM	31	61	13	1	1	0	17	.228	.228	.281	.053	.308	0.0%	27.9%	.218	-5.5	30	0.4
2018	NYM	28	53	5	2	4	3	13	.109	.163	.261	.152	.097	5.7%	24.5%	.188	-5.6	11	0.2
2017	NYM	14	24	3	0	1	0	7	.143	.143	.143	.000	.214	0.0%	29.2%	.125	-4.0	-38	-0.0
2016	NYM	20	45	5	0	2	4	11	.139	.220	.222	.083	.192	8.9%	24.4%	.202	-4.3	20	0.1
2015	NYM	6	14	4	0	5	0	1	.286	.286	.357	.071	.308	0.0%	7.1%	.280	-0.4	77	0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	117	108	22	3	6	17	.204	.250	.333	.258	14.5%
vs RHB	222	200	52	12	19	43	.260	.324	.510	.359	19.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Steven Matz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	50.0%	668	93.6	2,192	50.6%	18.5%	139	.266	.902
Changeup	28.5%	380	83.0	2,347	37.9%	23.0%	111	.216	.633
Curveball	13.3%	178	78.8	2,268	50.6%	26.2%	34	.147	.408
Slider	7.9%	106	82.4	2,307	42.5%	18.6%	24	.333	.818

Steven Matz's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Tobias MyersNYM

ERA: 5.64
FIP: 4.75
SO: 39
WAR: -0.0

Very close

JP SearsSD

ERA: 4.68
FIP: 5.15
SO: 25
WAR: -0.1

Colin ReaCHC

ERA: 4.40
FIP: 4.84
SO: 100
WAR: 0.3

Robby AhlstromTEX

ERA: 6.08
FIP: 5.18
SO: 34
WAR: -0.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.