His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Maton's cutter averages 89.4 mph, and has touched 91.9.
104 thrown, 45.4% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Maton goes to the curveball: 43.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 21.9% the rest of the time.
83 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Maton's curveball moves 18.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
68 thrown, averaging 75.5 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Maton averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
229 pitches in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 522nd in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .418 expected average against them, against .332 on his fastballs.
109 of his breaking balls thrown.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Maton's stuff spins at 2,721 rpm, 99th percentile in the league.
229 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 8th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Maton releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
229 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Maton throws a strike on the first pitch 69.6% of the time.
56 plate appearances started in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Maton's curveball spins at 3,088 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
68 thrown in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Maton's cutter leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 84.3 off his curveball.
104 and 68 of them thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Maton throws a fastball 62.5% of the time, against 45.7% when he is ahead.
48 pitches behind in the count, 81 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Maton projects a .367 average, 16th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 451st in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Maton lives in the strike zone: 45% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 143rd in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Maton lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.28 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
229 located pitches in 2026.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Maton releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
169 tracked pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.9 mph separates Maton's cutter from his curveball, 89.4 against 75.5.
104 and 68 of them respectively.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Maton puts 62.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42% when he is ahead.
48 located pitches behind, 81 ahead.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Maton lands 50.8% of his fastballs in the zone and only 38.5% of his breaking balls.
120 of his fastballs, 109 of his breaking balls.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Maton's cutter carries 10.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
104 thrown, averaging 89.4 mph.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Maton works with 4 pitches: Cutter, Curveball, Sweeper and Sinker. The cutter is 45.4% of everything he throws.
229 classified pitches in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate
Maton works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
229 located pitches in 2026.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
43.8% of the contact Maton gives up is hit hard, 32nd percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 364th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Maton throws the cutter 55.1% of the time against left-handers and 40.4% against right-handers.
151 pitches to right-handers, 78 to left-handers.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Maton is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 65th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 190th in MLB.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Maton's cutter averages 89.4 mph, and has touched 91.9.
104 thrown, 45.4% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Maton's curveball spins at 3,088 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
68 thrown in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Maton's cutter leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 84.3 off his curveball.
104 and 68 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.9 mph separates Maton's cutter from his curveball, 89.4 against 75.5.
104 and 68 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Maton works with 4 pitches: Cutter, Curveball, Sweeper and Sinker. The cutter is 45.4% of everything he throws.
229 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Maton throws the cutter 55.1% of the time against left-handers and 40.4% against right-handers.
151 pitches to right-handers, 78 to left-handers.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Maton goes to the curveball: 43.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 21.9% the rest of the time.
83 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Maton throws a strike on the first pitch 69.6% of the time.
56 plate appearances started in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Maton throws a fastball 62.5% of the time, against 45.7% when he is ahead.
48 pitches behind in the count, 81 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Maton puts 62.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42% when he is ahead.
48 located pitches behind, 81 ahead.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Maton's curveball moves 18.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
68 thrown, averaging 75.5 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Maton's cutter carries 10.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
104 thrown, averaging 89.4 mph.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Maton averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
229 pitches in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 522nd in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .418 expected average against them, against .332 on his fastballs.
109 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Maton lands 50.8% of his fastballs in the zone and only 38.5% of his breaking balls.
120 of his fastballs, 109 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Maton's stuff spins at 2,721 rpm, 99th percentile in the league.
229 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 8th in MLB.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Maton releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
229 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Maton releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
169 tracked pitches in 2026.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Maton projects a .367 average, 16th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 451st in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
43.8% of the contact Maton gives up is hit hard, 32nd percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 364th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Maton is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 65th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 190th in MLB.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Maton lives in the strike zone: 45% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
229 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 143rd in MLB.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Maton lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.28 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
229 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate
Maton works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
229 located pitches in 2026.
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