Matt made his MLB debut with the Cubs May 5, 2023...Has batted .277 (314-for-1,133) with 75 doubles, four triples, 67 home runs, 241 RBI and an .898 OPS in 310 career Minor League games across three seasons in the Cubs organization...Entered the 2024 season ranked as the Cubs No. 15 prospect according to MLB Pipeline...Entered the 2023 season ranked as the Cubs No. 6 prospect according to MLB Pipeline...Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Year in 2022 after batting a combined .309 (158-for-512) with 40 doubles, two triples, 36 home runs, 119 RBI and 50 walks, contributing to a .379 on-base percentage and a .984 OPS...Touched three levels of the Cubs organization: High-A South Bend, Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa...His 36 home runs were the most by a Cubs Minor Leaguer since Kris Bryant's 43 in 2014...His 119 RBI were the most by any Minor Leaguer since Mason Martin (Pittsburgh) recorded 129 in 2019...Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Month for August 2022 after hitting .305 (25-for-82) with seven doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI during the month...Following the 2022 season, played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League, batting .262 (16-for-61) with two doubles, six home runs and 12 RBI in 17 games...Was named the AFL Rising Stars Game MVP and participated in the AFL Home Run Derby...Was signed by the Cubs as a Minor League free agent following the five-round 2020 First-Year Player draft...Attended Duke University where he played for four seasons...During the shortened 2020 season, led the Blue Devils in hits (17), home runs (three) and total bases (33)...Was originally drafted by Washington in the 39th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign...Graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School (Md.).
2023
Matt made his MLB debut May 5, 2023, and batted .167 (15- for-90) with two doubles and three home runs in 27 games with the Cubs...With Triple-A Iowa, batted .282 (102-for-362), with 23 doubles, one triple, 22 home runs and 78 RBI in 100 games...Started his major league career with a hit and RBI in each of his first two games on May 5-6 vs. Miami...On May 5 became the 15th Cub since 2000 to record a hit and an RBI in his major league debut (last done by Narciso Crook, June 30, 2022)...He is the fifth Cub in the Divisional Era (since 1969) to record at least one hit and one RBI in each of their first two MLB games (also Jorge Soler - 2014, Rafael Palmeiro - 1986, Dan Rohn - 1983 and Scot Thompson - 1978).
2022
Matt was named the 2022 Cubs Minor League Player of the Year after batted a combined .309 (158-for-512) with 40 doubles, two triples, 36 home runs, 119 RBI and 50 walks, contributing to a .379 on-base percentage and a .984 OPS....Touched three levels of the Cubs organization, High-A South Bend, Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa....His 36 home runs were the most by a Cubs Minor Leaguer since Kris Bryant's 43 in 2014....His 119 RBI were the most by any minor leaguer since Mason Martin recorded 129 in 2019....Began the season with South Bend, batting .350 (35-for-100) with nine doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBI in 27 games prior to his May 17 promotion to Tennessee....Was named the Midwest League Player of the Week from May 9-15, going 12-for-21 (.571) with four doubles, two home runs and seven RBI, including four-straight multi-hit efforts from May 10-13....Hit safely in 13 of his first 16 games with the Smokies, batting .322 (19-for-59) during the run....Homered in three straight games from June 2-4....Tallied eight home runs and 23 RBI in 26 games in June....Totaled 16 doubles, one triple, 14 home runs and 51 RBI in 53 games for Tennessee....Was promoted to the I-Cubs on July 18....Tallied eight RBI in his first nine Triple-A contests, including a five-game RBI streak from July 27-31.Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Month for August after hitting .305 (25-for-82) with seven doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI during the month....Recorded an 11-game hitting streak from Aug. 19-Sept. 4, including a three-game home run streak from Sept. 1-4... Batted .416 (20-for-48) with four doubles, six home runs and 12 RBI during the run....On Aug. 25 vs. St. Paul, hit a walk-off, solo home run, leading the I-Cubs to a 2-1 victory....Finished his 2022 season by hitting .300 (27-for-90) with four doubles, nine home runs and 19 RBI in Sept....Was named an MiLB.com Cubs Organizational All-Star....Following the 2022 season, played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League, batting .262 (16-for-61) with two doubles, six home runs and 12 RBI in 17 games... Was named to the AFL Rising Stars team and participated in the AFL Home Run Derby.
