Nick Maton

BIOGRAPHY

Nick Maton was born February 18, 1997, in Chatham, Illinois. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Maton played as the Panthers starting shortstop as a true freshman, batting .299 with 12 doubles, four triples and three home runs with 28 runs scored and 24 runs driven in and was named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman team. He transferred to Lincoln Land Community College after his freshman year. In his only season with the Loggers, Maton batted .408 with eight home runs, 46 RBIs, 60 runs scored and 33 stolen bases while also posting a 4-1 record in thirteen appearances as a pitcher and initially committed to continue his collegiate baseball career at Missouri. Maton was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the team.

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. He played for the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws in 2018, hitting for a .256 average with eight home runs and 51 RBI's in 114 games and was a South Atlantic League All-Star. Maton was assigned to the Class A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers to start the 2019 season and posted a .276 batting average with five home runs, 14 doubles and 45 RBIs and was named a Florida State League All-Star before earning a promotion to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils for the rest of the season. He hit .210 with two home runs in 21 games with Reading. After the season, Maton was selected by the Phillies to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Maton was invited to Spring Training by the Phillies in 2020 and was named one of the Phillies top 10 prospects for 2020 by Baseball America.

After being assigned to the team's alternate training site to start the 2021 season, Maton was promoted to the Phillies on April 19, 2021. He made his MLB debut that night as the starting shortstop against the San Francisco Giants, and collected his first major league hit, a single off of Giants starter Kevin Gausman. Maton began his career with a six-game hitting streak, with multiple hits in each of the final four games. He hit the first and second home runs of his MLB career on May 16, 2021, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

On January 7, 2023, Maton, Matt Vierling, and Donny Sands were traded to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Gregory Soto and Kody Clemens.