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Padres Prospects: Top 60 and Beyond
Every year, there are deserving players who do not make MadFriars.com top 60 prospect rankings...
-by MadFriars.com Dec 9, 2009
Seven teams, seven sleepers
Each team has its fair share of top prospects but each team also has some ‘sleeper’ prospects...
-by MadFriars.com Nov 6, 2009
Padres Instructional League Notebook IX
Peoria, AZ: After a spirited situational hitting session, the San Diego Padres played an uninspired
-by MadFriars.com Oct 11, 2009
Padres Instructional League Notebook VI
Surprise, AZ: The San Diego Padres went on the road to Surprise to face the Texas Rangers and...
-by MadFriars.com Oct 8, 2009
Padres Instructional League Notebook III
Peoria, AZ: With no game scheduled on Wednesday, the San Diego Padres played an intrasquad...
-by MadFriars.com Oct 7, 2009
Padres Instructional League Notebook II
Peoria, AZ: The San Diego Padres took on the Texas Rangers in Instructional League play
-by MadFriars.com Oct 7, 2009
Peyton on Eugene hitting prospects
Eugene, OR: Eric Peyton, hitting coach at the San Diego Padres short-season affiliate in Eugene
-by MadFriars.com Sep 21, 2009
Tom Gamboa on Padres prospects
Eugene, OR: Ask anyone who sticks out in Eugene and one name keeps poppling up.
-by MadFriars.com Sep 6, 2009
Padres Prospect Interview: Matt Vern
Eugene, OR: San Diego Padres prospect Matt Vern has become the poster boy for ‘getting it’.
-by MadFriars.com Aug 16, 2009
Fuson on Padres Prospects
Eugene, OR: San Diego Padres vice president of scouting and player development Grady Fuson...
-by MadFriars.com Aug 13, 2009
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Matt Vern
Ht: 6-3 Wt: 215
Position: OF

Bats: R
Throws: R
Date of Birth: 11/08/1986
Birthplace: Lake Jackson,  TX
Experience: Prospect
College: TCU


Biography:
2009

Matt Vern hit .237 across 54 games with the Eugene Emeralds. He went 49-for-207 with six doubles, five triples, four homers, 27 runs scored and 24 RBI. He posted a .306 on-base percentage with a 15-to-71 walk-to-strikeout ratio while getting hit by six pitches. He stole seven bases in eight attempts and committed five errors in the field. He hit .213 with runners in scoring position in 61 at-bats and grounded into six double plays. Vern was tied for second in the Northwest League in triples.

Notes:

Matt Vern was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 13th-round of the 2009 MLB Draft, 384th overall.

He had a career year as a senior, leading the team with 17 home runs, 54 runs driven in, 16 stolen bases and a .360 batting average. He was named first-team all-Mountain West as a senior.

For his career, Vern was a .309 hitter in 199 games played with 29 home runs, 143 RBIs and 50 doubles, a total that ranks third all-time in school history.