Matt made his Major League debut in his third professional season with the Cubs after being selected in the first round (13th overall) of the 2023 draft...Was a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training for the second-straight season...At the beginning of the 2025 season, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 1 prospect and the No. 19 overall prospect in baseball...In 2024, was named the Southern League Most Valuable Player, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star and to the Southern League Post-Season All-Star team...Participated in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in 2024...Was named an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star following the 2023 campaign...Played three seasons at the University of Maryland, batting .320 (222-for-693) with 47 doubles, two triples, 53 home runs, 166 RBI and a 1.036 OPS in 167 games...Received the Brooks Wallace Award in 2023, honoring the nation's top collegiate shortstop... Also in 2023, garnered Big Ten Player of the Year honors, while leading the Terps to the Big Ten title...Prior to his junior season, was named the Cape Cod League Most Valuable Player after hitting .360 with five home runs and 19 RBI, en route to the league championship with the Bourne Braves...Graduated from Worcester Academy in Massachusetts Was rated as the No. 9 player in the state of Massachusetts by Perfect Game during his senior season.
2025
Matt appeared in 126 games for the Cubs in 2025, hitting .226 (89-for-393) with 13 home runs, 44 RBI and 37 extrabase hits...Among National League rookies this season, is tied for the most stolen bases (17), has the third-most runs scored (57) and ranks fourth in extra-base hits (37)...Had his contract selected and made his Major League debut March 18 vs. the Dodgers in Tokyo ... collected his first hit with an infield single March 19 vs. the Dodgers...March 29 at Arizona recorded his first major league home run, a pinch hit homer in the seventh ... became the sixth player since 2000 to hit their first home run as a pinch hitter (also Christopher Morel- 5/17/22, Wilson Contreras 6/19/2016, Bobby Scales- 5/12/2009, Freddie Bynum- 5/17/2006 & Gary Matthews, Jr.- 6/20/2000)...Was optioned to Triple-A Iowa April 15 ... in 24 appearances with the I-Cubs, he hit .286 (26-for-91) with six home runs, 14 RBI, 12 extra-base hits and a .970 OPS...Was recalled from Triple-A Iowa May 19 and recorded his second multi-hit game of the season and stole his first base in the major leagues that night in Miami ... from May 19-June 6, batted .345 (20-for-58) with seven doubles in 16 games...May 27 vs. Colorado recorded his first career walk-off with an RBI single in the 11th inning...June 5 at Washington notched his first-career game with 3+ hits and 2+ stolen bases...June 27 at Houston recorded a career-high three RBI and tied a career-high two extra-base hits in one game (also May 24 at CIN)...Had two career high-tying three-RBI efforts since the All- Star Break (July 21 vs. Kansas City; July 26 at White Sox)...July 3 vs. Cleveland recorded his second career walkoff RBI (also May 27 vs. Colorado) ... became the first Cubs rookie with multiple walk-offs in a season since David Bote in 2018...Had a career-high nine-game hitting streak (12-for-27/.444) from July 18-27 ... the nine-game hitting streak was the longest by a Cubs rookie since Christopher Morel's 11-game run from May 20-31, 2022 ... that nine-game span also marks his career-high on-base streak...July 21 vs. Kansas City, tied a career-high with three RBI and tallied his fourth home run this season, his second in his last three games, following his 29-game, 91-at-bat homeless drought from June 8-July 18...Aug. 13 at Toronto became the first rookie in the Major Leagues this season to record 10+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases...Sept. 24 tied a career-high three hits (last May 24 at CIN) and notched his 13th home run of the season, the third-most among National League rookies in 2025.
2024
Reached the Triple-A level for the first time, combining to hit .284 (126-for-443) with 19 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 71 RBI, 31 stolen bases and a .867 OPS in 121 games with Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa...Was a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training...Began the year with Tennessee and appeared in 86 games, batting .279 (87-for-312) with 11 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 50 RBI and 25 stolen bases...Tallied four-straight multi-hit efforts from May 26-30...Was named the Southern League Player of the Week twice, on June 23 and Aug. 4...Participated in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Arlington, Texas...Homered three times in four games from July 26-30...Was promoted to the I-Cubs on Aug. 6, where he finished the season...Following the campaign, was named the Southern League Most Valuable Player, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star and to the Southern League Post-Season All-Star team.
2023
Matt in 2023 completed his first professional season, batting a combined .357 (56-for-157) with nine doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 28 RBI, 15 stolen bases and a 1.018 OPS in 38 games between the Rookie Level ACL Cubs, High-A South Bend and Double-A Tennessee...From July 27-end of the season, led all Cubs minor leaguers with 52 hits and 15 stolen bases...Made his professional debut on July 27 vs. the ACL Rockies, going 1-for-3...Blasted his first career home run on July 28 vs. the ACL Diamondbacks Black...Was promoted to South Bend on July 31, where he batted .393 (33-for-84) with four doubles, three triples, four home runs and 13 RBI in 20 games...Recorded a 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 20-Sept. 5, batting .431 (22-for-51) during the run...Was promoted to Tennessee on Aug. 29, where he finished the season...Played in four playoff games with the Smokies, en route to the Southern League championship...Was named MiLB.com Organizational All-Star following the season.
