Matt Vierling vs Trevor Rogers

The Almanac's Take

Vierling gets the right-on-left platoon edge here, which matters more than anything else on this page given his .217/.271/.601 OPS line against all comers this season — the platoon split is the floor of the case for him, not a bonus. Rogers has walked 32 and allowed 10 home runs across 103.2 innings with a 1.27 WHIP, so the zone isn't always tidy. The head-to-head is 16 PA, barely a footnote: Vierling is 6-for-16 (.375) but the 84.2 mph average exit velocity suggests soft contact, not a genuine edge. Take the platoon read, treat the H2H as noise.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.375

6-for-16

PA

16

HR

0

K

2

BB

0

Pitches seen

49

Avg exit velo

84.2 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-05-24Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.3 mph · 68.4 mph EV
• 2026-05-24Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.2 mph · 79.2 mph EV
• 2026-05-24Single · Changeup 87.5 mph · 76.9 mph EV
• 2024-05-15Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 92.4 mph
• 2024-05-15Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 91.9 mph · 84.0 mph EV
• 2024-05-15Single · 4-Seam Fastball 91.3 mph · 69.4 mph EV
• 2022-09-07Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.0 mph · 96.4 mph EV
• 2022-09-07Double · 4-Seam Fastball 93.5 mph · 88.9 mph EV
• 2022-07-17Strikeout · Slider 77.2 mph
• 2022-07-17Double · Changeup 85.2 mph · 95.6 mph EV
• 2022-07-17Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.9 mph · 77.4 mph EV
• 2022-06-14Single · Changeup 88.4 mph · 93.1 mph EV
• 2022-06-14Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.1 mph · 103.0 mph EV
• 2022-04-16Double · Changeup 82.6 mph · 93.7 mph EV
• 2021-09-04Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.6 mph · 76.3 mph EV
• 2021-09-04Field Out · Slider 79.8 mph · 76.1 mph EV