Nick Maton #29 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
As expected, Philadelphia Phillies rookie Nick Maton is cooling off. Since he started his career on a six-game hitting streak — including four straight multi-hit games — Maton has batted .182 with an OPS of just .448. On Thursday, he went 0-for-3.
This is not panic time, as Maton was never expected to be a great hitter his rookie year — although he did provide key offense the Phillies needed. His defense metric-wise wasn’t the best, despite some nice highlight plays at second base — a -2 DRS and a -0.