Kyle
Matheny

Maryland Top Prospect Games West

Body: 5’11’’, 185 pounds. Strong body type. 
Hit: RHH. Hits from a tall, balanced, slightly open stance at the plate. Smooth, minimal back load with some hand separation. Attacks the ball with intent and stays behind the ball well with quick hands through the zone. Creates solid extension through the zone and past contact with some lower half involvement. Strong two handed finish with an uphill swing path. Gap-to-gap line drive approach, squaring up several balls to the pull side. 
Power: 84 mph exit velocity per TrackMan during BP. Present strength and power to the pull side. 
Arm: RH. C - 71 mph. Throws with short arm action from a high three-quarter slot. 
Defense: Pop times ranged 1.98 - 2.16. Gets out of the crouch quickly and replaces feet well. Gains ground and creates momentum to second base with clean exchanges and accurate throws to second base. 
Run: 7.53 60-yard time.

Maryland Summer Trials

Body: 5’11’’, 185 pounds. Strong, solid body type. 
Hit: RHH. Hits from an upright, balanced, open stance at the plate. Creates some hand separation with a smooth, minimal back load and attacks the ball with intent. Stays behind the ball well with quick hands and fast bat speed through the zone. Gap-to-gap line drive approach with a more level swing path. Excellent extension past contact with strong lower half involvement. Middle to pull side approach during BP, squaring up several balls with loud contact. 
Power: 90 mph exit velocity from the tee. Ball explodes off the bat with present strength and power to the pull side. 
Arm: RH. C - 71 mph. Pop times ranged 2.02-2.08.Throws with short arm action from a high three-quarter slot. 
Defense: Gets out of crouch quickly and gains ground on throws to second base. Replaces feet well with clean exchanges and accurate throws on a line to the bag. 
Run: 4.49 home-to-first time.

Preseason All-State Session I

Positional Profile: C/OF
Body: 5’11”, 185 pounds. Strong, solid body type.
Hit: RHH. Hits from a tall, balanced, open stance. Creates some hand separation and attacks the ball with intent. Controlled stride and stays behind the ball well with explosive lower half involvement. Short to the ball with quick hands and fast bat speed through the zone. Showed a more level swing path and gets excellent extension past contact. Strong two-handed finish. Middle to pull side approach during BP squaring several balls up throughout. 
Power: 90 mph exit velocity from the tee. Ball explodes off the bat showing present strength and power. 
Arm: RH. C - 69 mph. Throws with short arm action from a high three-quarter slot. 
Defense: 2.02 - 2.07 pop times. Gains ground on throws to second base and showed quick, clean exchanges. Throws were on a line and accurate around the bag.

Solid frame at 5-foot-10, 187-pounds. Upright open stance at the plate. Stride forward landing slightly closed, hands make minimal load, and displayed a short quick path to the ball. Level path through the zone with a high complete finish. Lower half is aggressive getting through and Matheny finishes in an upright position. Displayed some gap to gap power potential at the plate and posted an exit velocity of 90 mph. Behind the plate the feet got in line with the throw, finished over the front side, and stayed in line with the throw. Clean exchange, short arm action, and throws from a high three-quarter arm slot. Positional velocity was 72 mph and pops ranged from 2.13-2.25. 60 time was 7.40.

West Virginia Winter Review

5-foot 10, 180-pound right-handed hitter starts from a slightly open, athletic stance and incorporates a short stride to begin. Displayed advanced feel for the barrel and an ability to stay behind the baseball and create tons of backspin during a very good round of batting practice. Loudest round of the day. Registered an event best 88 mph bat exit velocity and ran a 7.87 60-yard dash. Flashed pop times of 2.16-2.19 on throws of 69 mph from the crouch and displayed a soft glove hand defensively. Matheny will be a player to keep an eye on in the Maryland class of 2021.

MD Winter Update

Strong, solid body type and 5’10’’, 180 pound frame. Hits from a tall, balanced, slightly open stance at the plate. Short, controlled load and average stride length. Stays short to the ball with a level swing path. Generates strong lower half involvement and gets good extension through contact. Stays behind the ball well with a strong uphill finish with two hands. Showed quick bat speed through the zone. Gap-to-gap power type hitter with present strength. Recorded an 86 mph exit velocity.

MD Top Prospect Games II

Strong, solid body type and 5’10’’, 190 pound frame. Hits from a tall, relaxed, balanced, square stance at the plate. Small leg kick load and short, level swing path. Showed quick hands and quick bat speed through the hitting zone. Stays behind the ball well and generates some lower half involvement. Gets uphill through contact with good extension and finishes strong. Pull-side approach with power and strength present in the swing. Recorded an 80 mph exit velocity. Gains ground on throws to second and showed quick, clean exchanges. Throws with short arm action from a high three-quarter slot at 71 mph. Throws were accurate around the bag. Ran a 7.89 60-yard time.