Steven Matz

Relief pitcher for Tampa Bay

Age: 34, 205 lbs, 6'2"

Born: 5/29/1991, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Sal: N/A

Will get another chance to start.

Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said Tuesday that Matz will be given a chance to open the season in the rotation.

Seasons	City	GP	CG	IP	ERA	W	L	ShO	Sv	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	HB	BB	WP	Bk	R	ER	NH	WHIP	K/9	PPts	PPts/GP
2025	TB	53	0	76.7	3.05	5	2	0	2	73	13	3	8	59	2	11	3	0	31	26	0	1.10	6.93	31.0	0.6
2024	STL	12	0	44.3	5.08	1	2	0	0	49	10	0	7	33	2	15	1	0	28	25	0	1.44	6.70	5.0	0.4
2023	STL	25	0	105.0	3.86	4	7	0	0	108	23	1	11	98	3	32	2	2	48	45	0	1.33	8.40	20.0	0.8
2022	STL	15	0	48.0	5.25	5	3	0	0	50	10	0	8	54	2	10	1	0	28	28	0	1.25	10.13	25.0	1.7
2021	STL	29	0	150.7	3.82	14	7	0	0	158	24	3	18	144	6	43	5	1	70	64	0	1.33	8.60	70.0	2.4
2020	TOR	9	0	30.7	9.68	0	5	0	0	42	0	0	14	36	0	10	2	0	33	33	0	1.70	10.57	0.0	0.0
2019	NYM	36	1	160.3	4.21	11	10	1	0	163	0	0	27	153	7	52	3	0	83	75	0	1.34	8.59	55.0	1.5
2018	NYM	30	0	154.0	3.97	5	11	0	0	134	0	0	25	152	10	58	0	0	77	68	0	1.25	8.88	25.0	0.8
2017	NYM	17	0	66.7	6.07	2	7	0	0	83	0	0	12	48	3	19	1	0	46	45	0	1.53	6.48	10.0	0.6
2016	NYM	24	0	132.3	3.40	9	8	0	0	129	0	0	14	129	5	31	3	0	53	50	0	1.21	8.77	45.0	1.9
2015	NYM	6	0	35.7	2.27	4	0	0	0	34	0	0	4	34	1	10	0	0	9	9	0	1.23	8.58	20.0	3.3

		256	1	1004.3	4.61	60	62	1	2	1023	80	7	148	940	41	291	21	3	506	468	0	1.34	8.42	306.0	1.3

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Date	Visit.	Home	Time
2/21/2026	Braves	Rays	1:05 PM
2/22/2026	Rays	Pirates	1:05 PM
2/23/2026	Red Sox	Rays	1:05 PM

Player	Pos	City	Injured date	Type	Description	+

Player	Pos	City	Transaction date	Description
S. Matz	RP	TB	12/8/2025	Latches on with Tampa Bay.
S. Matz	RP	TB	7/30/2025	Moving to Boston.
S. Matz	RP	TB	9/1/2024	Activated, may fill bullpen role.
S. Matz	RP	TB	5/3/2024	Lands on IL with lower-back strain.
S. Matz	RP	TB	8/14/2023	Goes on IL with lat strain.
S. Matz	RP	TB	9/17/2022	Returns from injured list.
S. Matz	RP	TB	7/17/2022	Comes off IL.
S. Matz	RP	TB	5/6/2022	Returns from bereavement list.
S. Matz	RP	TB	11/24/2021	Inks deal with St. Louis.
S. Matz	RP	TB	6/30/2021	Reinstated for Wednesday's start.

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Player	Pos	City	Game Date	Corr. Date	Corr.	Description	Game log
S. Matz	RP	TB	9/3/2025	9/6/2025	+1	Hits allowed	Game log
S. Matz	RP	TB	5/31/2016	9/21/2016	-1	Hits allowed	Game log
S. Matz	RP	TB	5/31/2016	9/21/2016	-2	Earned runs allowed	Game log

Date	Player	City	Pos	Star

Date	Player	City	Pos	Star