Nick Maton

Nick Maton

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Detroit Tigers
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Maton opened last season in the minors and didn't make his first big-league appearance of the year until June. He homered in his season debut but suffered a shoulder sprain less than a week later, an injury which kept him out for around two months. He spent the final third of the season in the majors, mainly filling a bench role. While his .250/.341/.514 slash line in 85 trips to the plate may suggest he deserved more opportunities, his role looks fair when his performance is examined more closely. He didn't make contact very often, posting a 34.1 K%, and that contact wasn't of particularly good quality, as his 6.7% barrel rate and 31.1% hard hit rate indicate. He's unlikely to continue producing similar results if those underlying numbers remain the same, and his .230/.350/.391 line in 121 career Triple-A games tells a similar story. Maton's defensive flexibility should continue to earn him a bench spot, but don't expect much more than that. Being traded to the Tigers should better his chances of increased playing time, though his fantasy potential remains limited. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#589
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in March of 2023.
Retreats to bench Wednesday
OFDetroit Tigers
May 24, 2023
Maton is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.
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Maton will exit the lineup to clear a spot at designated hitter for Andy Ibanez, who re-enters the starting nine after a two-game break. Ibanez appeared to supplant Maton as a regular in the Detroit starting nine last week, but Ibanez may be back on the outs for a regular role after going 1-for-31 over his past nine games. Maton, meanwhile, started in each of Detroit's last three contests and went 3-for-8 with a solo home run and three walks.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
10
1
9
12
3
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+477%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2021
 
 
+42%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .766 74 7 3 8 0 .265 .324 .441
Since 2021vs Right .683 301 37 9 40 2 .204 .310 .373
2023vs Left .111 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000
2023vs Right .641 150 15 5 17 0 .175 .300 .341
2022vs Left .798 23 3 1 3 0 .250 .348 .450
2022vs Right .877 62 10 4 14 0 .250 .339 .538
2021vs Left .882 42 4 2 5 0 .325 .357 .525
2021vs Right .619 89 12 0 9 2 .221 .307 .312
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+19%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+72%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+93%
OPS at Home
2021
 
 
+59%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .637 182 22 5 26 0 .188 .293 .344
Since 2021Away .758 193 22 7 22 2 .243 .332 .426
2023Home .444 78 7 1 7 0 .109 .256 .188
2023Away .764 81 8 4 10 0 .214 .321 .443
2022Home 1.122 45 8 4 15 0 .306 .400 .722
2022Away .581 40 5 1 2 0 .194 .275 .306
2021Home .536 59 7 0 4 0 .204 .259 .278
2021Away .851 72 9 2 10 2 .302 .375 .476
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Stat Review
How does Nick Maton compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.56
 
BB Rate
14.5%
 
K Rate
25.8%
 
BABIP
.191
 
ISO
.157
 
AVG
.164
 
OBP
.289
 
SLG
.321
 
OPS
.610
 
wOBA
.277
 
Exit Velocity
86.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.7%
 
Barrels/PA
5.7%
 
Expected BA
.188
 
Expected SLG
.342
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
35.5%
 
Line Drive %
15.1%
 
Fly Ball %
49.5%
 
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Goes deep in loss
OFDetroit Tigers
May 21, 2023
Maton went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Nationals.
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Takes seat versus lefty
OFDetroit Tigers
May 17, 2023
Maton is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates.
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Serving as DH again Sunday
OFDetroit Tigers
May 14, 2023
Maton is starting at designated hitter and batting fifth in Sunday's game against the Mariners.
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Remains out of lineup
OFDetroit Tigers
May 12, 2023
Maton isn't starting Friday against the Mariners.
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Takes seat for series finale
OFDetroit Tigers
May 10, 2023
Maton is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
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