SS Matt Blair #18
New York Knights SPBC
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
12/31/2023
BNN Index | SPBC | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
SS MATT BLAIR #18 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
147 514 141 17 2 4 47 34 124 .274 .322 .339 43 2.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 5 4 5
Gap 4 5 4 4
Power 3 3 3 3
Eye 4 4 4 4
Avoid K's 5 6 5 5
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 60 45
Errors: - 65 45
Arm: 30 75 50
Turn DP: - 75 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 60
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 20
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 65
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/28/2023 ALB Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/2023 ALB Loss, 11-12 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/25/2023 NEW Win, 5-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
09/24/2023 NEW Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
09/23/2023 NEW Win, 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/2023 @ ALN Loss, 2-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/21/2023 @ ALN Loss, 6-12 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2023 @ ALN Win, 8-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
09/17/2023 DCP Loss, 3-7 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
09/16/2023 DCP Win, 6-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Matt is an extremely hard worker and has a high baseball IQ. Blair is well-regarded by everyone.
Birthday:04/10/1992
Born in:Arlington, MA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$21,400
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 6 Days
Service This Yr:178 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, 91 Days
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2015, 8th Pick in Round 1
SEMI-PRO BASEBALL CIRCUIT 2023 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 147 514 141 17 2 4 47 66 34 124 .274 .322 .339 .661 .293 .064 73
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 147 573 3 0 0 6 21 1 174 23 43 13 76.8 60.3 3.93 2.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   101 26 4 0 2 12 10 6 30 0 5 1 .257 .306 .356 .662
Versus Right   413 115 13 2 2 35 56 28 94 1 16 2 .278 .327 .334 .661
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   93 30 5 1 0 3 15 3 23 0 3 1 .323 .351 .398 .748
May   89 16 4 0 0 6 8 6 24 0 2 0 .180 .232 .225 .456
June   94 25 1 1 0 9 10 8 22 0 5 0 .266 .324 .298 .621
July   85 28 3 0 4 17 16 6 21 0 2 0 .329 .374 .506 .880
August   87 24 1 0 0 5 9 5 20 0 5 1 .276 .323 .287 .610
September   66 18 3 0 0 7 8 6 14 1 4 1 .273 .338 .318 .656
Spring Training   44 14 0 0 0 2 8 4 7 1 3 0 .318 .367 .318 .686
Postseason   7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .143 .250 .286 .536
Last Year   531 126 17 2 3 37 67 32 123 4 7 6 .237 .286 .294 .580
2 Years Ago   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .100 .308 .100 .408
Career   1055 268 34 4 7 84 133 69 248 5 29 9 .254 .304 .314 .618
Home   248 65 9 0 1 22 32 17 62 0 10 3 .262 .317 .310 .628
Road   266 76 8 2 3 25 34 17 62 1 11 0 .286 .327 .365 .692
Grass   456 121 12 2 1 37 54 30 111 1 20 3 .265 .314 .307 .621
Turf   58 20 5 0 3 10 12 4 13 0 1 0 .345 .387 .586 .973
Day   170 38 4 1 4 20 19 11 43 0 3 1 .224 .275 .329 .604
Night   344 103 13 1 0 27 47 23 81 1 18 2 .299 .346 .343 .689
As Starter   514 141 17 2 4 47 66 34 124 1 21 3 .274 .322 .339 .661
Close/Late   125 36 2 0 2 14 20 7 36 0 6 0 .288 .326 .352 .678
Inning 1-3   143 41 5 0 1 14 23 13 32 1 8 2 .287 .352 .343 .695
Inning 4-6   184 47 5 1 1 14 18 12 39 0 7 1 .255 .305 .310 .614
Inning 7-9   176 51 7 1 2 19 24 9 50 0 4 0 .290 .324 .375 .699
Extra Innings   11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
0 Outs   177 55 5 0 2 8 39 18 43 0 13 1 .311 .378 .373 .750
1 Outs   160 37 5 0 0 15 15 6 38 1 8 2 .231 .266 .263 .529
2 Outs   177 49 7 2 2 24 12 10 43 0 0 0 .277 .316 .373 .688
Scoring Position   119 36 3 2 1 40 10 7 32 1 21 0 .303 .339 .387 .725
Bases Empty   304 81 10 0 1 1 45 22 72 0 0 3 .266 .322 .309 .631
Runner on 1st   91 24 4 0 2 6 11 5 20 0 0 0 .264 .302 .374 .676
Runner on 2nd   44 12 0 1 0 7 8 4 10 0 18 0 .273 .333 .318 .652
Runner on 3rd   10 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 .500 .545 .500 1.045
Runner on 1st & 2nd   34 10 2 1 0 10 1 0 11 0 1 0 .294 .294 .412 .706
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 6 1 0 1 10 1 0 4 0 0 0 .462 .462 .769 1.231
Bases Loaded   9 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 .111 .182 .111 .293
Two Strikes   227 42 5 0 3 16 20 17 124 0 0 1 .185 .245 .247 .492
First Pitch   96 37 1 1 1 10 12 0 0 1 9 0 .385 .381 .448 .829
Count 0-1   48 13 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 .271 .271 .354 .625
Count 0-2   53 9 2 0 2 7 4 0 29 0 0 1 .170 .185 .321 .506
Count 1-0   45 13 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 .289 .304 .311 .615
Count 1-1   45 18 1 1 0 6 8 0 0 0 2 1 .400 .413 .467 .880
Count 1-2   73 9 2 0 1 3 4 0 49 0 0 0 .123 .123 .192 .315
Count 2-0   17 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 .353 .353 .353 .706
Count 2-1   33 11 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .455 .788
Count 2-2   63 13 0 0 0 4 3 0 34 0 0 0 .206 .206 .206 .413
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 1 0 0 1 6 8 0 0 1 0 .333 .818 .667 1.485
Full Count   38 11 1 0 0 2 9 17 12 0 0 0 .289 .509 .316 .825
Behind in Count   174 31 8 0 3 13 11 0 78 0 5 1 .178 .183 .276 .459
Ahead in Count   98 31 6 0 0 12 23 17 0 0 5 1 .316 .422 .378 .800
Batting Leadoff   45 15 0 0 2 5 8 4 14 0 0 0 .333 .388 .467 .854
Batting 2nd   46 8 1 0 0 2 3 1 12 1 6 1 .174 .204 .196 .400
Batting 5th   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Batting 6th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   14 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 .357 .471 .357 .828
Batting 8th   147 36 6 1 0 9 18 7 41 0 4 0 .245 .279 .299 .579
Batting 9th   256 76 9 1 2 31 32 19 53 0 10 2 .297 .350 .363 .713
Low Leverage   239 57 10 1 1 14 21 12 58 0 0 2 .238 .281 .301 .582
Medium Leverage   186 56 5 0 0 5 34 17 43 0 17 1 .301 .363 .328 .691
High Leverage   86 28 2 1 3 28 11 5 22 1 4 0 .326 .359 .477 .835
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2017 Denver - PBC 25 36 112 27 5 0 1 8 12 7 0 1 34 10 4 .241 .283 .312 .596 61 52 0.6
2017 Toronto - PBC 25 36 110 23 6 1 0 7 13 7 2 0 26 5 2 .209 .269 .282 .551 50 40 0.3
2017 Total - PBC 25 72 222 50 11 1 1 15 25 14 2 1 60 15 6 .225 .276 .297 .573 55 46 0.9
2018 Toronto - PBC 26 12 37 9 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 10 1 0 .243 .263 .378 .642 71 50 0.1
2020 Toronto - PBC 28 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 -19 -0.0
2020 Dallas - PBC 28 30 76 20 3 1 1 10 8 1 0 0 19 14 0 .263 .273 .368 .641 72 70 0.7
2020 Total - PBC 28 33 82 21 3 1 1 10 8 1 0 0 23 14 0 .256 .265 .354 .619 66 64 0.7
Total PBC 117 341 80 16 2 3 28 37 16 2 1 93 30 6 .235 .272 .320 .592 60 50 1.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2015 Total - 23 53 218 67 23 10 5 38 59 37 5 3 36 29 12 .307 .414 .573 .988 100 100 2.4
2016 Tucson - AA 24 40 179 52 8 4 3 23 25 9 1 0 48 12 6 .291 .328 .430 .758 105 102 1.6
2016 Seattle - AAA 24 48 172 39 8 2 0 11 23 9 5 0 42 19 8 .227 .285 .297 .581 57 50 0.6
2017 Seattle - AAA 25 16 63 20 7 1 1 8 12 7 2 1 10 7 2 .317 .397 .508 .905 146 147 1.2
2018 Montreal - AAA 26 63 201 60 10 2 5 26 26 9 1 1 31 18 12 .299 .330 .443 .773 100 99 2.8
2019 Montreal - AAA 27 88 307 69 12 1 1 25 25 21 3 0 52 21 14 .225 .281 .280 .561 53 52 0.7
2021 New York - Semi 29 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .308 .100 .408 19 22 -0.1
2021 San Antonio - AAA 29 21 81 15 2 0 1 1 5 3 1 0 14 3 2 .185 .224 .247 .470 29 24 -0.3
2022 New York - Semi 30 152 531 126 17 2 3 37 67 32 6 4 123 29 9 .237 .286 .294 .580 65 58 3.1
2023 New York - Semi 31 147 514 141 17 2 4 47 66 34 3 1 124 43 13 .274 .322 .339 .661 83 73 2.5
Total AAA 236 824 203 39 6 8 71 91 49 12 2 149 68 38 .246 .298 .337 .635 71 68
Total AA 40 179 52 8 4 3 23 25 9 1 0 48 12 6 .291 .328 .430 .758 105 102
Total SPBC 304 1055 268 34 4 7 84 133 69 9 5 248 72 24 .254 .304 .314 .618 73 65
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 New York - SPBC 31 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 48 44 1.6
Total SPBC 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 48 44
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2016 Seattle - AAA SS 48 48 76 154 19 231 1 .996 408.1 5.07 +8.7 1.119
2016 Tucson - AA SS 40 40 54 124 20 182 4 .978 349.2 4.58 +7.8 1.127
2017 Toronto - Pro SS 36 36 66 93 13 163 4 .975 308.0 4.65 +4.1 1.075
2017 Denver - Pro SS 36 36 67 118 19 188 3 .984 302.0 5.51 +6.0 1.103
2017 Seattle - AAA SS 16 16 32 59 11 94 3 .968 146.2 5.58 +2.8 1.076
2018 Toronto - Pro SS 12 12 17 37 3 55 1 .982 102.0 4.76 +1.0 1.068
2018 Montreal - AAA SS 63 60 94 217 30 316 5 .984 524.1 5.34 +20.4 1.194
2019 Montreal - AAA SS 88 88 132 315 54 464 17 .963 765.1 5.26 +10.7 1.059
2020 Toronto - Pro SS 3 2 3 8 4 11 0 1.000 18.0 5.50 +0.3 1.203
2020 Dallas - Pro SS 28 20 30 68 12 98 0 1.000 189.0 4.67 +2.8 1.092
2021 San Antonio - AAA SS 21 20 36 64 8 101 1 .990 174.0 5.17 +3.0 1.110
2021 New York - Semi SS 5 5 11 14 5 26 1 .962 36.0 6.25 +0.3 1.052
2022 New York - Semi SS 152 150 231 372 49 615 12 .980 1312.0 4.14 +21.7 1.120
2023 New York - Semi SS 147 147 180 415 53 610 15 .975 1306.0 4.10 +9.5 1.051
TOTAL SS 695 680 1029 2058 300 3154 67 .979 5941.1 4.68 +98.9 1.098
PLAYER HISTORY
10/24/2015 Drafted in the 2015 first-year player draft out of college (Eckerd College; St. Petersburg, FL) by the Denver Cutthroats. (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick).
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
05/12/2016 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Denver Cutthroats development complex.
06/12/2016 Named the #41 prospect in the PBC
08/06/2016 Named the #55 prospect in the PBC
08/19/2016 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
06/24/2017 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for one week.
08/04/2017 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for one week.
08/16/2017 Was traded by the Denver Cutthroats to the Toronto Titans, along with 2B Tom Abraham and SP Aaron Agajanian, in exchange for SS Luis Martinez and SP Jayden Roberson.
11/18/2017 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $100,000.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
05/02/2018 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Toronto Titans development complex.
10/05/2018 Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/26/2018 Wins the 2018 AAA Great Glove Award at SS.
11/15/2018 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $100,000.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (5).
11/19/2019 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $100,000.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (5).
06/17/2020 Was traded by the Toronto Titans to the Dallas Texans, along with $50,000, in exchange for $1.
11/19/2020 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $100,000.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
06/09/2021 Injured (foot contusion),out for 2 weeks.
07/10/2021 Injured (concussion),out for 4 weeks.
09/17/2021 Released by the Dallas Texans.
09/21/2021 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $76,600 with the New York Knights organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
10/31/2022 Wins the 2022 SPBC ESPC Great Glove Award at SS.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
03/02/2023 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
04/19/2023 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week.
08/23/2023 Injured (hand contusion),out for 4 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2022 150 3
2023 147 8
Year SB Rank
2022 29 7
2023 43 2
Year SH Rank
2023 21 3
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