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Brian Matusz

Orioles Career team 2009–2016
Number #15
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 6' 5"
Weight 190 lbs
Birth Place Grand Junction, CO
Born Feb 11, 1987

Key Insights

2016
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Matusz's 4-seam fastball averages 89.5 mph, and has touched 92.1.

100 thrown, 48.8% of his pitches.
He falls behind hitters far too often

Matusz throws a strike on the first pitch 47.2% of the time.

53 plate appearances started in 2016.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .492 expected average against them, against .399 on his fastballs.

68 of his breaking balls thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Matusz throws a fastball 59.7% of the time, against 39.6% when he is ahead.

62 pitches behind in the count, 48 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Matusz projects a .436 average, 4th percentile.

205 pitches in 2016. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 664th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Matusz averages 85.9 mph across his arsenal, 21st percentile in the league.

205 pitches in 2016. 21st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 548th in MLB.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 11, 1987
Birth Place Grand Junction, CO
Height 6' 5"
Weight 190 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft San Diego