Matt
Lake
 
Nickname: Swan
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 29, 2000 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2024    2025    2026   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2022 21 NJ FF     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
2023 22 NJ FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
2024 23 NJ FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
2025 24 NJ FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
2026 25 NJ FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2027 26 KY FF $ 308,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2028 27 KY FF $ 308,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
2029 28 KY FF $ 2,400,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2022 21 AAA   132 537 80 168 20 0 15 69 28 6 39 60 .313 .359 .434 .793 83.5  
    AA   5 23 6 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 1 3 .348 .375 .652 1.027 5.0  
2023 22 NJ FF 64 240 20 58 7 1 3 25 16 0 8 39 .242 .268 .317 .585 22.8 2.4
    AAA   94 384 56 111 22 5 17 52 10 1 37 38 .289 .352 .505 .857 66.9  
2024 23 NJ FF 152 531 78 129 21 9 8 35 49 5 38 67 .243 .299 .362 .661 66.6 10.2
2025 24 NJ FF 152 601 82 152 30 5 7 47 51 5 36 79 .253 .301 .354 .655 71.4 10.7
2026 25 NJ FF 154 483 50 102 17 6 9 53 24 3 56 70 .211 .294 .327 .621 53.5 6.1
2027 26 KY FF 66 121 18 21 2 3 2 8 4 0 15 21 .174 .265 .289 .554 9.5 0.0
    AAA   81 308 54 85 15 3 16 56 12 3 34 30 .276 .348 .500 .848 53.8  
2028 27 KY FF 132 387 41 93 17 1 12 55 15 1 30 65 .240 .299 .382 .681 46.3 5.9
2029 28 KY FF 136 330 36 66 16 2 11 41 14 2 30 71 .200 .272 .361 .633 35.9 4.5
    AAA   6 22 4 7 4 0 2 6 0 0 4 4 .318 .423 .773 1.196 6.2  
7 Years Sim 856 2693 325 621 110 27 52 264 173 16 213 412 .231 .291 .349 .641 306.0 39.8
4 Years AAA 313 1251 194 371 61 8 50 183 50 10 114 132 .297 .357 .478 .835 210.3  
1 Years AA 5 23 6 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 1 3 .348 .375 .652 1.027 5.0  
5 Years Minors 318 1274 200 379 62 8 52 191 50 10 115 135 .297 .358 .481 .839 215.3  
162 Game Average 509 61 117 20 5 9 49 32 3 40 77 .231 .291 .349 .641 57.9  
Career Highs 154 601 82 152 30 9 12 55 51 5 56 79 .253 .301 .382 .681 71.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2081 240 473 90 21 38 206 130 11 165 340 .227 .288 .346 .634 225.0
vs LH   612 85 148 20 6 14 58 43 5 48 72 .242 .300 .363 .663 72.7
Home 425 1305 153 299 54 11 21 122 79 7 110 194 .229 .293 .336 .628 139.9
Away 431 1388 172 322 56 16 31 142 94 9 103 218 .232 .289 .362 .652 157.8
RISP   537 0 130 23 5 8 186 0 0 61 98 .242 .316 .348 .664 61.9
Pinch Hitting   127 17 28 7 1 3 19 3 1 16 29 .220 .313 .362 .675 15.1
Close/Late   294 37 61 13 1 6 35 0 0 35 59 .207 .290 .320 .609 29.1
Mar/Apr 124 383 42 75 15 6 6 32 23 3 34 62 .196 .271 .313 .585 34.9
May 123 371 54 94 21 5 7 43 25 3 42 44 .253 .336 .394 .730 52.1
June 131 450 46 109 19 3 7 43 18 4 24 70 .242 .287 .344 .631 44.3
July 123 419 58 110 21 5 9 50 31 4 28 59 .263 .306 .401 .707 54.9
August 165 501 59 120 22 3 6 49 38 1 41 76 .240 .296 .331 .628 56.0
Sep/Oct 189 569 65 113 12 5 17 47 38 1 44 101 .199 .261 .327 .588 55.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2023 22 NJ FF 2B 61 60 492.3 109 179 3 36 .990 5.26   2.2
2024 23 NJ FF 2B 146 145 1112.0 268 529 12 102 .985 6.45   5.6
    CF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2025 24 NJ FF 2B 149 146 1277.7 295 571 16 122 .982 6.10   5.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2026 25 NJ FF 2B 146 145 1223.7 293 504 20 91 .976 5.86   4.5
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2027 26 KY FF 2B 45 21 228.0 56 105 2 27 .988 6.36   1.8
    CF 3 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
2028 27 KY FF 2B 114 90 815.7 186 360 11 68 .980 6.02   4.7
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2029 28 KY FF 2B 95 73 678.3 163 304 10 69 .979 6.20   3.2
    SS 1 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  2B 756 680 5827.6 1370 2552 74 515 .981 6.06   27.3
  SS 3 1 18.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.1
  CF 10 0 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
  3B 3 0 7.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   773 681 5870.3 1376 2559 74 517 .982 6.03   27.4
Career Highs   151 146 1279.7 295 571 20 122 .990 6.43    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
2025-7-601
Triples
2024-4-9
Stolen Bases
2024-6-49
2025-8-51
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by New Jersey in 2022
Injured on 6/2/2023 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 7/22/2023, off John Munson (MD)
Hit first career homerun on 9/7/2023, off Rod Booth (VA)
Won Mays Award at Second Base in 2024
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2025, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Mays Award at Second Base in 2025
Won Mays Award at Second Base in 2026
Drafted by Kentucky with the 2nd pick of the 1st round of the 2027 FFL Expansion draft