OF Tate Matheny, 2015 4th round pick

Cesar Crespo

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DOB: 2/9/94 St. Louis, MO
6'0 185lbs Throws Right Bats Right
Missouri State

Tate Matheny was the Redsox 4th round pick in 2015. He projects to have the arm and range to play any outfield position. He struggled out of the gate in Lowell to a tune of .181/.233/218 with a 24.4% k rate and 4.2% bb rate. He would fair better in Greenville in 2016, slashing .277/.324/.382 with a 22.9% K rate and 6.2% bb rate. He also stole 21 bases but got caught 11 times.

He started the first game this year but then missed over a week of action. He returned on 4/14. In his 40 PA this year, he is slashing .429/.500/.629 with 5bb/11k. Much like Austin Rei, he is 23 and a year or two older than you would like for Salem. So far this year, he's played CF exclusively. The last 2 seasons, he played more in RF.
 

Cesar Crespo

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Tate Matheny has continued his hot start into Mid may, slashing .311/.410/.467 in 105 PA. He has 15bb/28k. That's a walk rate of 14.3% and K rate of 26.7%. He is also 9/11 from SB.

Looking deeper into the numbers
in 42 AB vs L, he's slashing .405/.479/.667 with 6bb/13k
in 48 AB vs R, he's slashing .229/.351/.292 with 9bb/15k.
 

Cesar Crespo

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And his hot start is over. Since the last update, he's slashing .164/.230/.209 in 78 PA with 6 walks and 27 strike outs. His overall line has plummeted to .248/.335/.357 in 183 PA. His walk rate this year is 11.5%, so that's good since his career rate before this year was 5.5%. However, his K rate is up to 30.1%, up from his career rate of 23.4%.
 

Cesar Crespo

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Last 33 games: 144 PA .198/.271/.254 on a .321 BAbip. A fringe prospect at best heading into the year, it's mostly safe to completely write him off too.
 

Cesar Crespo

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Since June 18th, Matheny is hitting .265/.339/.422 on a .286 BAbip. Over the course of those 117 PA, he has 11bb/16k and 9 extra base hits.

Breaking it down more, since July 3th he is slashing .315/.377/.519 on a .341 BAbip with 5bb/9k in 61 PA.

Season splits
VS L .310/.402/.464 in 99 PA
VS R .232/.305/.336 in 240 PA.