Phil Maton
31-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
3-3
ERA
3.66
WHIP
1.11
K
60
SV
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The 2023 campaign was Maton's best season to date as the right-hander posted an impressive 3.00 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 74:25 K:BB over 66 innings with Houston. His standout season earned him a nice raise, as the veteran reliever signed a one-year, $6.25 million deal with Tampa Bay. While Maton is unlikely to see many save chances with the Rays, his impressive strikeout rate should keep him in their high-leverage mix. Maton doesn't throw hard - his fastball averages just 89 mph - but his curveball has been outstanding and even became his primary offering (40.4 percent pitch usage in 2023). The 30-year-old can be prone to the long ball (1.1 HR/9 for his career), but Maton is talented enough to draw consideration as a late round pick in AL-only and 50-round draft-and-hold formats. Read Past Outlooks
Option not picked up
The Mets declined Maton's $7.75 million club option for 2025 on Monday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
Maton will be given a $250,000 buyout instead and is now a free agent. The 31-year-old was terrific for the Mets after being acquired via trade from the Rays, collecting a 2.51 ERA and 30:6 K:BB over 28.2 regular-season innings. However, the club didn't feel he was worth bringing back at a $7.75 million price tag.
Maton will be given a $250,000 buyout instead and is now a free agent. The 31-year-old was terrific for the Mets after being acquired via trade from the Rays, collecting a 2.51 ERA and 30:6 K:BB over 28.2 regular-season innings. However, the club didn't feel he was worth bringing back at a $7.75 million price tag.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
21
Last 5 Games
23
How many pitches does Phil Maton generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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111-120
121+
What part of the game does Phil Maton generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-13%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-17%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .232 | 80 | 41 | 77 | 14 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .202 | 127 | 32 | 77 | 9 | |||
2024vs Left | .182 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 4 | |||
2024vs Right | .220 | 36 | 13 | 29 | 3 | |||
2023vs Left | .265 | 30 | 17 | 30 | 5 | |||
2023vs Right | .153 | 44 | 8 | 19 | 1 | |||
2022vs Left | .242 | 26 | 13 | 29 | 5 | |||
2022vs Right | .232 | 47 | 11 | 29 | 5 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-32%
ERA on Road
2024
-62%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 4.15 | 1.13 | 99.2 | 9.7 | 3.3 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.81 | 1.19 | 96.0 | 9.4 | 3.5 | ||||
2024Home | 5.23 | 1.19 | 32.2 | 7.2 | 4.1 | ||||
2024Away | 2.01 | 1.02 | 31.1 | 9.8 | 2.6 | ||||
2023Home | 4.05 | 1.26 | 33.1 | 10.5 | 3.5 | ||||
2023Away | 1.93 | 0.98 | 32.2 | 9.6 | 3.3 | ||||
2022Home | 3.21 | 0.95 | 33.2 | 11.2 | 2.1 | ||||
2022Away | 4.50 | 1.56 | 32.0 | 8.7 | 4.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Phil Maton compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. 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, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.50K/9
8.4BB/9
3.4HR/9
1.0Fastball
88.5 mphERA
3.66WHIP
1.11BABIP
.249GB/FB
1.54Left On Base
71.9%Exit Velocity
78.7 mphBarrels/BBE
3.7%Spin Rate
2731 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.6%Swinging Strike
11.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2021
2019
2018
Cleveland acquired Maton's services from San Diego in July of 2019 in exchange for international bonus pool allotments. His 2020 season appears underwhelming at a glance, but below the surface Maton looks like a potential stud reliever in the making. The right-hander struck out exactly one-third of the 96 batters he faced, with his four-seamer, cutter and curveball all registering whiff rates north of 32%, per Statcast. While they should not be taken as gospel, the estimators all agree Maton deserved an ERA of 3.00 or lower. His velocity is not overpowering, but regardless Maton gets enough strikeouts to profile as a late-inning arm for Cleveland. James Karinchak looks like a shoo-in at closer. If that does not work out for whatever reason, Maton may even be considered for the ninth.
More Fantasy News
Picks up save Monday
Maton earned a save against the Red Sox on Monday, striking out two batters in a perfect ninth inning.
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Nabs extra-inning win
Maton (2-2) picked up the win Thursday in a 3-2 extra-inning victory over Atlanta, throwing a scoreless 10th inning without a walk or a strikeout.
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Shipped to Mets
The Rays traded Maton to the Mets on Tuesday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.
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Registers second save
Maton earned a save against the Twins on Wednesday, striking out one batter in a perfect 10th inning.
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Picks up first save
Maton picked up the save over the Mets on Saturday, pitching a scoreless ninth inning while issuing one walk.
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Yankees in mix
The Yankees have had discussions with Maton's representation, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
Maton is one of a handful of relievers the Yankees are connected to, but Heyman says that, to this point, the team is making "low offers." The 30-year-old Maton should be able to net a multi-year contract this winter after posting a 3.42 ERA and 147:49 K:BB over 131.2 frames across the last two seasons with the Astros.
Maton is one of a handful of relievers the Yankees are connected to, but Heyman says that, to this point, the team is making "low offers." The 30-year-old Maton should be able to net a multi-year contract this winter after posting a 3.42 ERA and 147:49 K:BB over 131.2 frames across the last two seasons with the Astros.