Bryan Mata
25-Year-Old
15-Day IL
Injury Hamstring
Est. Return 5/28/2024
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Mata, who has never pitched in the majors, enters spring training out of minor-league options and must make the 26-man roster or be designated for assignment. A team could potentially claim the 26-year-old righty, whose upper 90s fastball with movement will generate interest. Mata's trajectory was delayed by the pandemic and Tommy John elbow surgery before a bout of shoulder inflammation limited him to seven starts early in 2023. By the time he returned in September, the Red Sox seemed focused on turning him into a reliever, which is how he'll have to make the team in 2024. Mata's always had issues with walks, and the Red Sox feel he's best suited for shorter stints, which plays nicely with his velocity. Read Past Outlooks
Begins rehab at High-A
Mata (hamstring) allowed two runs on four hits and one walk over two innings in a rehab start for High-A Greenville on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Mata, whose rebab assignment moved from the Florida Complex League to Greenville, made his second rehab appearance. He worked a quick first inning but was knocked around in the second. "We just want him to throw strikes and hopefully the stuff is back," Boston manager Alex Cora told Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe. "It's hard. So we'll see what happens in the upcoming weeks. Hopefully he stays healthy." Mata is out of options and will need to be activated to the parent club or get designated for assignment.
Mata, whose rebab assignment moved from the Florida Complex League to Greenville, made his second rehab appearance. He worked a quick first inning but was knocked around in the second. "We just want him to throw strikes and hopefully the stuff is back," Boston manager Alex Cora told Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe. "It's hard. So we'll see what happens in the upcoming weeks. Hopefully he stays healthy." Mata is out of options and will need to be activated to the parent club or get designated for assignment.
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Could debut soon
Mata will travel with the Red Sox over the final week of the season and may get a chance to make his big-league debut, reports Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican.
ANALYSIS
The minor-league season has come to an end but Mata's year may not be over just yet. The 23-year-old played at four different levels in the minors this season and compiled a 2.49 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 105:46 K:BB in 83 innings across 19 appearances, including 18 starts. The Red Sox will have a couple of players ineligible for Friday's game in Toronto, the last day that Canada will require the COVID-19 vaccine to enter the country.
The minor-league season has come to an end but Mata's year may not be over just yet. The 23-year-old played at four different levels in the minors this season and compiled a 2.49 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 105:46 K:BB in 83 innings across 19 appearances, including 18 starts. The Red Sox will have a couple of players ineligible for Friday's game in Toronto, the last day that Canada will require the COVID-19 vaccine to enter the country.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The Red Sox seemingly have a half dozen unproven starting pitchers poised for some form of MLB work in 2023, and Mata is among those. The 6-foot-3 righty underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2021 and made 19 appearances while building up to 83 innings in 2022, primarily working at Double-A and Triple-A. He had an identical 29.4 K% at those levels and an 11.4 BB% at Double-A followed by a 14.7 BB% at Triple-A. Control can be the last skill to return when a pitcher first gets back from TJS, but Mata's strike throwing was suspect even before the procedure. He has had a groundball rate north of 50% at every stop above rookie ball, thanks to a devastating sinker/slider combo. Mata's changeup has emerged as a fine third pitch. It all comes down to his ability to throw enough strikes to start. Boston will surely use Mata in some big-league role this season, as he is on the 40-man roster and could at least help as a multi-inning reliever. The team's other swing men types, save Tanner Houck, can't match Mata's pure stuff, which makes him worth monitoring in spring training and early in the minor-league season.
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Works two innings in rehab outing
Mata (hamstring) began a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Monday and struck out two over two innings while allowing one run on three hits and no walks.
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Opens season on IL
The Red Sox placed Mata (hamstring) on the 15-day injured list Thursday.
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Throws bullpen
Mata (hamstring) threw a 15-pitch bullpen session Wednesday, Peter Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.
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Sidelined with hamstring injury
Mata is set to miss time after pulling his right hamstring Sunday, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.
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Out of options
Mata is out of minor-league options, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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