Matt Wallner

Matt Wallner (born December 12, 1997, in Forest Lake, Minnesota) is a left-handed hitting outfielder who has played primarily right field. A product of Forest Lake High School, he played college baseball at Southern Miss before being selected by Minnesota in the 2019 MLB Draft (Round 1, Pick 39). Wallner made his MLB debut on September 17, 2022. In the 2024 regular season, his Matt Wallner stats included a .259 batting average, .372 on-base percentage, and .895 OPS across 220 at-bats, with 13 home runs and 37 RBI. His quality-of-contact indicators stood out as well, including an average 92.8 mph launch speed and a 405-foot average home run distance (13 tracked homers). In 2023, he produced a .877 OPS with 14 home runs in 213 at-bats. In 2025, he appeared in 104 games and hit 22 home runs with a .775 OPS over 336 at-bats. Defensively, his 2025 fielding line in right field included a .980 fielding percentage with three errors across 85 games. This Matt Wallner MLB profile reflects a power-oriented corner-outfield role, with extra-base impact (41 XBH in 2025) and high strikeout totals (114 in 2025) as notable markers in his stat lines.