High-follow prospect in Illinois 2015 class. For his efforts, Maton was drafted in the 40 round of the MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics.

Maton was added to the Phillies' 60-man roster Thursday, Meghan Montemurro of The Athletic reports.

The Phillies go with back to back shortstops in the draft, this time going with their first Junior College player of the draft in Nick Maton. Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman Bats: Left • Throws: Right 6-2, 178lb (188cm, 80kg) .

The younger brother of Padres reliever Phil Maton, Nick began his college career at Eastern Illinois, then transferred to Lincoln Land Community College and re-entered the Draft. Natural middle infield actions; has quick, clean transfer, ball carries across infield, 81 mph, highly accurate, short, athletic arm action. January 6, 2020. A broken thumb cut short his time in the Arizona Fall League, but even then he had competitive at-bats while trying to play hurt.The Phillies think Maton really has the chance to hit, with a buggy whip of a swing that generates solid bat speed and allows him to catch up to velocity. MLB Draft General Fantasy Minor Graphs Live Looks Podcasts ... Shop About Us Top Prospect Lists. Maton started his career at Eastern Illinois State after being drafted by the Athletic’s in 2015. The PBR logo and “Prep Baseball Report Covering All the Bases of High School Baseball” are federally registered trademarks of Prep Baseball Report. On the mound, Maton led the Titans going 8-0 with a 0.67 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. 62 in Illinois’ 2015 class; No. He has a solid approach at the plate, with the ability to work counts, and while there isn't a ton of over-the-fence-power, he can drive the ball from the left side of the plate.If Maton can continue to develop offensively and gets to be a Major League average hitter, he's at least a solid utility type in the big leagues, and he did play a few games at second in 2018. A 40th-round pick of the A's out of high school, Nick Maton is the younger brother of Padres righthander Phil Maton. But there's enough upside here to think he could find a way to be a big league regular.The younger brother of Padres reliever Phil Maton, Nick began his college career at Eastern Illinois, then transferred to Lincoln Land Community College and re-entered the Draft. Maton started his career at Eastern Illinois State after being drafted by the Athletic’s in 2015.

Draft: Round 7 (2017, PHI) School: ... SS Nick Maton assigned to Clearwater Threshers from Lakewood BlueClaws.

Maton was invited to the Phillies' major-league spring training Monday.. Maton had an effective year with High-A Clearwater in 2019 with a … Nick was a 40th-round pick out of high school in the same Draft as his brother and after a year at Eastern Illinois, transferred to Lincoln Land Community College. Ran a 4.32 home-to-first on a 4-3 putout.Projectable 6-foot-1, 160-pound left-handed hitting shortstop. He moved to full-season ball in 2018.Maton has average tools across the board, with the chance to be better than that with the bat. Maton was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the team. Glenwood finished the year 34-5 ranked No. He has an advanced approach from the left side of the plate, draws walks and shows the penchant for consistent line-drive contact. If you have a subscription, please © 2020 Prep Baseball Report. His floor is a valuable super-utility type, but don’t give up on him being an everyday player at one position just yet.If nothing else, the Maton brothers know how to overachieve. 22 in the final PBR Power 25 poll. After wrapping up his career at Louisiana Tech, he too was drafted this year in the 20th-round by the San Diego Padres. Ran a 7.00 60. Many thanks to him. Maintains good balance throughout, above-average bat speed, 84 mph exit velocity. Maton hit .457 with 23 extra-base hits (11 doubles, eight triples, four home runs), while posting 28 RBI, and 45 runs scored. He’s shown he can handle second base more than capably and even mixed in some third base in 2019. 2020 Nick Maton Projections. Prospects Live Staff.

View expert consensus rankings for Nick Maton (Philadelphia Phillies), read the latest news and get detailed fantasy baseball statistics. Maton was assigned to the short-season Williamsport Crosscutters to begin his professional career, where he batted .252 with two home runs, 13 RBIs and 34 runs scored and stole ten bases in 58 games. Top 30 Prospects, Philadelphia Phillies.