J.J. Matijevic

J.J. Matijevic

27-Year-Old DHDH
Houston Astros
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Matijevic received his first taste of the big leagues last season and had a .209/.254/.328 and 35.2 percent strikeout rate in 71 plate appearances. Conclusions can't be drawn from such a small sample size, but the 27-year-old had the same swing-and-miss issues he's exhibited in the minors. Despite those problems he has an .878 OPS with 32 home runs at Triple-A over the past two seasons. Matijevic may have a tough time opening the 2023 campaign on the big-league roster, but he should receive some opportunities given that Houston's projected starters in left and center field, (Chas McCormick and Jake Meyers), haven't exactly established themselves as everyday players. Any outfield additions via trade or free agency would hurt Matijevic's outlook as a result. Read Past Outlooks
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#601
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in April of 2022.
Optioned out to Triple-A
DHHouston Astros  AAA
March 28, 2023
The Astros optioned Matijevic to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
ANALYSIS
Matijevic struggled to a .626 OPS in 40 plate appearances in the Grapefruit League this spring after batting just .209/.254/.328 over his first 71 major-league plate appearances last year. He'll serve as minor-league depth for Houston leading into the 2023 season.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
7
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2020
 
 
+59%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+59%
OPS vs RHP
2021
No Stats
2020
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2020vs Left .384 11 2 0 0 0 .111 .273 .111
Since 2020vs Right .612 60 5 2 5 1 .224 .250 .362
2022vs Left .384 11 2 0 0 0 .111 .273 .111
2022vs Right .612 60 5 2 5 1 .224 .250 .362
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2020
 
 
+49%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+49%
OPS at Home
2021
No Stats
2020
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2020Home .701 35 4 1 3 0 .226 .314 .387
Since 2020Away .472 36 3 1 2 1 .194 .194 .278
2022Home .701 35 4 1 3 0 .226 .314 .387
2022Away .472 36 3 1 2 1 .194 .194 .278
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does J.J. Matijevic 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
0.08
 
BB Rate
2.8%
 
K Rate
35.2%
 
BABIP
.300
 
ISO
.119
 
AVG
.209
 
OBP
.254
 
SLG
.328
 
OPS
.582
 
wOBA
.260
 
Exit Velocity
88.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
1.4%
 
Expected BA
.213
 
Expected SLG
.325
 
Sprint Speed
24.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
57.1%
 
Line Drive %
16.7%
 
Fly Ball %
26.2%
 
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Chance to make roster
DHHouston Astros  AAA
March 19, 2023
Matijevic has gone 8-for-28 with a double and a home run during Cactus League action.
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Optioned to Triple-A
DHHouston Astros  AAA
September 13, 2022
Matijevic was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Tallies fifth RBI
DHHouston Astros  AAA
September 3, 2022
Matijevic went 1-for-3 with an RBI on Saturday against the Angels.
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Returns to big leagues
DHHouston Astros  AAA
August 29, 2022
Matijevic was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land on Monday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Sent back to Triple-A
DHHouston Astros  AAA
August 20, 2022
Matijevic was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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