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Steven Matz

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: May 29, 1991 in Stony Brook, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ward Melville HS (East Setauket, NY).

High School: Ward Melville HS (East Setauket, NY)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 4 yrs/$44M (22-25)

Service Time (01/2024): 8.099 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Icon Sports Management

Full Name: Steven Jakob Matz

Nicknames: Rend, Reno or Matzy

Twitter: @Smatz88

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

10.0

ERA

5.08

4.29

193

170

44.1

927.2

881

WHIP

1.444

1.326

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2012	21	0.5	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	NYM	2	1	.667	1.55	3.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	16	10	5	1	17	0	34	1	0	0	119	1.138	5.0	0.3	5.3	10.6	2.00
2013	22	0.3	Savannah	SALL	A	NYM	5	6	.455	2.62	3.05	21	21	0	1	1	0	106.1	86	36	31	4	38	0	121	5	0	1	428	1.166	7.3	0.3	3.2	10.2	3.18
2014	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	NYM	10	9	.526	2.24	2.82	24	24	0	1	0	0	140.2	132	44	35	3	35	0	131	7	0	2	576	1.187	8.4	0.2	2.2	8.4	3.74
2014	23	-1.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	6	5	.545	2.27	2.90	12	12	0	1	0	0	71.1	66	23	18	3	14	0	69	2	0	0	287	1.121	8.3	0.4	1.8	8.7	4.93
2014	23	-0.2	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	4	4	.500	2.21	2.73	12	12	0	0	0	0	69.1	66	21	17	0	21	0	62	5	0	2	289	1.255	8.6	0.0	2.7	8.0	2.95
2015	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	NYM	8	4	.667	2.05	2.31	19	18	0	0	0	0	105.1	78	27	24	6	34	0	107	1	0	1	414	1.063	6.7	0.5	2.9	9.1	3.15
2015	24	-2.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	7	4	.636	2.19	2.49	15	14	0	0	0	0	90.1	69	25	22	6	31	0	94	1	0	0	359	1.107	6.9	0.6	3.1	9.4	3.03
2015	24	-0.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	37	0.353	1.6	0.0	1.6	7.9	5.00
2015	24	1.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		4.91	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	18	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
2015	24	-4.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	0	1.000	2.27	2.27	6	6	0	0	0	0	35.2	34	9	9	4	10	0	34	1	0	0	149	1.234	8.6	1.0	2.5	8.6	3.40
2016	25	-3.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	9	8	.529	3.40	3.60	22	22	0	0	0	0	132.1	129	53	50	14	31	2	129	5	1	3	547	1.209	8.8	1.0	2.1	8.8	4.16
2017	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	NYM	0	1	.000	6.06	6.06	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.1	15	11	11	3	4	0	20	0	0	0	66	1.163	8.3	1.7	2.2	11.0	5.00
2017	26	-0.6	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	10	10	3	2	0	17	0	0	0	53	1.125	8.8	2.0	1.4	11.5	8.50
2017	26	2.9	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	13	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
2017	26	-2.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	7	.222	6.08	6.21	13	13	0	0	0	0	66.2	83	46	45	12	19	2	48	3	0	1	298	1.530	11.2	1.6	2.6	6.5	2.53
2018	27	-1.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	11	.313	3.97	4.50	30	30	0	0	0	0	154.0	134	77	68	25	58	2	152	10	0	0	654	1.247	7.8	1.5	3.4	8.9	2.62
2019	28	-0.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	11	10	.524	4.21	4.66	32	30	0	1	1	0	160.1	163	83	75	27	52	7	153	7	0	3	691	1.341	9.1	1.5	2.9	8.6	2.94
2020	29	0.6	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	5	.000	9.68	9.68	9	6	1	0	0	0	30.2	42	33	33	14	10	0	36	0	0	2	142	1.696	12.3	4.1	2.9	10.6	3.60
2021	30	1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	14	7	.667	3.82	4.18	29	29	0	0	0	0	150.2	158	70	64	18	43	0	144	6	1	5	647	1.334	9.4	1.1	2.6	8.6	3.35
2022	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	STL	0	0		2.65	2.65	8	6	0	0	0	0	17.0	12	5	5	1	7	0	22	1	0	0	71	1.118	6.4	0.5	3.7	11.6	3.14
2022	31	4.0	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	0	0		1.84	1.84	6	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	19	1	0	0	56	0.818	5.5	0.6	1.8	11.7	6.33
2022	31	6.5	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	15	3.000	11.6	0.0	15.4	11.6	0.75
2022	31	1.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	3	.625	5.25	5.25	15	10	1	0	0	0	48.0	50	28	28	8	10	0	54	2	0	1	207	1.250	9.4	1.5	1.9	10.1	5.40
2023	32	2.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	7	.364	3.86	4.11	25	17	2	0	0	0	105.0	108	48	45	11	32	0	98	3	2	2	449	1.333	9.3	0.9	2.7	8.4	3.06
2024	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	STL	0	2	.000	3.25	5.20	9	9	0	0	0	0	27.2	27	16	10	2	6	0	27	1	0	0	116	1.193	8.8	0.7	2.0	8.8	4.50
2024	33	6.0	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	0	1	.000	3.91	4.30	7	7	0	0	0	0	23.0	24	11	10	2	5	0	19	1	0	0	96	1.261	9.4	0.8	2.0	7.4	3.80
2024	33	8.7	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	1	.000	0.00	9.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	5	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	20	0.857	5.8	0.0	1.9	15.4	8.00
2024	33	3.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	2	.333	5.08	5.68	12	7	2	0	0	0	44.1	49	28	25	7	15	1	33	2	0	1	190	1.444	9.9	1.4	3.0	6.7	2.20
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		55	60	.478	4.29	4.61	193	170	6	1	1	0	927.2	950	475	442	140	280	14	881	39	4	18	3974	1.326	9.2	1.4	2.7	8.5	3.15
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		25	23	.521	2.46	3.03	91	88	0	2	1	0	442.1	366	149	121	20	141	0	462	16	0	4	1790	1.146	7.4	0.4	2.9	9.4	3.28
All Levels (13 Seasons)							80	83	.491	3.70	4.10	284	258	6	3	2	0	1370.0	1316	624	563	160	421	14	1343	55	4	22	5764	1.268	8.6	1.1	2.8	8.8	3.19

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	2.87	3.12	31	28	0	0	0	0	141.1	115	49	45	12	41	0	149	3	0	0	564	1.104	7.3	0.8	2.6	9.5	3.63
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	2.01	3.01	18	18	0	1	0	0	89.2	74	30	20	3	21	0	90	2	0	0	359	1.059	7.4	0.3	2.1	9.0	4.29
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		4	4	.500	2.37	2.84	15	15	0	0	0	0	76.0	75	24	20	0	24	0	68	5	0	3	320	1.303	8.9	0.0	2.8	8.1	2.83
A (1 season)					Minors		5	6	.455	2.62	3.05	21	21	0	1	1	0	106.1	86	36	31	4	38	0	121	5	0	1	428	1.166	7.3	0.3	3.2	10.2	3.18
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.55	3.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	16	10	5	1	17	0	34	1	0	0	119	1.138	5.0	0.3	5.3	10.6	2.00