Matthew Batten #98

Son of John and Linda Batten...has one sister, Brittany...Went to St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Conn...Attended Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.) where he majored in broadcast journalism and played baseball...is still the program's all-time leader in hits (249) and stolen bases (55), and as a senior, was named an All-MAAC Second Team (2015-16), NEIBA All-New England First Team (2015-16), and ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region First Team (2015-16)…joins right-handed pitcher Turk Wendell of the Chicago Cubs as the only two Quinnipiac baseball alumnus to reach the Major Leagues.

2023

In his second Major League season, spent two stints with the Padres and slashed a career-best .258/.355/.358 while notching career highs in every offensive category, including six 2B, two HR and 11 RBI with two SB...Totaled 33 starts at the Major-League level (29 of last 31 G) at a .275 clip (30-for-109) with 18 R, six 2B, two HR and 11 RBI, including starts at first base (four GS), second base (13 GS) and third base (16 GS)…Began the season with El Paso, where in his 86 total games with El Paso he posted a .235 average (83-for-353) with a career-matching 20 2B (other: 2019), one 3B, career-matching 12 HR (other: 2022), 50 RBI, 27 SB and 55 BB against 99 SO...additionally, set career-best marks in RBI and BB...Recalled by ELP on July 4...on July 8 vs. NYM, connected with his first Major-League HR in his 16th ML game...hit .261 (6-for-23) with three R, one HR and three RBI across 13 games before being optioned back to ELP on Aug. 8...Began his second stint with the Padres on Aug. 26, where he made 28 starts in 30 games across the infield, including 15 starts at third with an errorless 132.1 innings....hit .258 (25-for-97) with six 2B, one HR and eight RBI to cap off his 2023 campaign...Posted a ML career-high four-game hitting streak from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1...collected three 2B, HR and two RBI at a .500 clip with a 1.517 OPS during the span...On Aug. 29 @ STL, tallied a career-high four hits amidst his first career multi-XBH game...it also marked his second career multi-hit effort...Concluded the season with four multi-hit efforts in his last 15 games (.260 BA) and reached base in 12 of his last 16 games.

2022

In his fifth professional season, made his Major League debut on June 30 @ LAD…went on to appear in 15 games with the Padres, going 2-for-19 (.105) with a double and RBI....Spent the majority of the campaign at El Paso (AAA) were he slashed .289/.382/.458 and ranked among the top Chihuahuas in stolen bases (third, 18), walks (fourth, 47), games played (sixth, 85), at-bats (sixth, 325), runs (sixth, 63), hits (sixth,94), total bases (seventh, 149), doubles (eighth, 17), home runs (eighth,12) and RBI (ninth, 46)....With ELP, notched career highs in SLG (.458), OPS (.840)and home runs while hitting at a .290 clip-or-higher in each of his four full months with the Chihuahuas....Batted .292 (28-for-96) for ELP with RISP, including a .375clip (3-for-8) with the bases loaded....Hit .285 with 13 XBH (eight 2B, five HR) in 47 home games for EL Paso and .294 with 17 XBH (nine 2B, one 3B, seven HR) in 38 away games....Appeared in all nine slots of the ELP batting order, hitting leadoff the majority of his games played (29 G, .291 AVG)...Turned in a perfect fielding percentage across the diamond for the Padres, which included seven games at third base (three GS),5 games at second base (one GS), two games as the DH and one game in left field....Made 85 appearances in the field for the Chihuahuas, playing in 36 games at shortstop (32 GS), 34 at third base (32 GS), 10 at second base (10 GS), eight in left field (eight GS), two at first base (0 GS) and one in center field (one GS)

2021

Began the season with San Antonio (AA) for the first six games of the season before being promoted to El Paso (AAA) on May 12...hit .300 with a .370 on-base percentage in 117 games for the Chihuahuas...including his time with SA, he set career highs in AVG (.293), runs scored (72), hits (123), walks (53), and stolen bases (28)...Led the Chihuahuas in games played, at-bats (417), runs scored (70), hits (125), strikeouts (119) and stolen bases (27)...his 125 hits finished fifth in Triple-A West, while his 70 runs scored finished fourth, and his 27 stolen bases finished 2nd....Had at least 1 hit in 69 of his last 84 games played dating back to June 24, including a season and career-long 11 game hitting streak...Played seven different positions in 2021 for the Chihuahuas: pitcher (5 games), second base (18 games, 16 starts), third base (34 games, 31 starts), shortstop (44 games, 41 starts), left field (11 games, 10 starts), center field (6 games, 6 starts), right field (1 game) and as the designated hitter (1 game, 1 start)...Hit .335 at home and .259 on the road for ELP...On July 3, went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, tying his career-high for both hits and runs scored in a single game...In the month of August, hit .320 (33-for-103) and .308 in September (32-for-104)...Played in the 2021 Arizona Fall League, batting .270 (17-for63) in 20 games for the Peoria Javelinas with two doubles, seven RBI, four stolen bases,and 12 walks.