Bio
Caden Matlon, a native of Grain Valley, Missouri, comes to Sioux City as a true rookie after playing his final year in 2025 at the University of Akron. He played in 48 games while making 47 starts for the Zips last season. Matlon hit .290 with three home runs and 27 RBI while adding five stolen bases for Akron. He would slash a line of .290/.384/.432 with 47 hits, scoring 30 runs and 10 doubles and two triples. Matlon recorded 10 multi-hit games during the season in his only season at Akron.
Matlon spent his 2024 season at Abilene Christian University (Texas) where he played in 24 games and started in 19. He would hit .194 with 13 hits, nine runs, three doubles and eight RBI for the Wildcats in his only season at ACU. Matlon spent two seasons at Dodge City Community College (Kansas) in 2023 and 2022. In 2023 he hit .295 in 48 games with seven home runs and 29 RBI. In his first season at Dodge City, he would start 31 games and play in 36. He hit .366 with 10 homers and 40 RBI. He would begin his college career at Johnson City College (Kansas) but did not see any action on the field in 2021.
The righthanded batter was a three-year starter at Grain Valley High School, graduating in 2020. He was named the Kansas City Suburban White Conference second-team as a sophomore and junior in high school. Matlon would also earn second team All-District honors as a sophomore and first team as a junior. A two-sport standout on the basketball floor, Matlon would pick up All-District accolades as a senior at Grain Valley and was named to the KMZU Dream Team his senior season on the hardwood. In the classroom Matlon earned Academic All-Conference while in high school.