And life has certainly got more chaotic for the 29-year-old Otago seamer.
He recently became a dad. His partner, Samantha Buchan, gave birth to a son, Oliver, a couple of weeks ago.
It is a big life change that ushers in new responsibilities.
He is also taking on more responsibilities on the field.
In the absence of Jacob Duffy, Bacon has had to take more leadership with the ball.
That seems to suit him. He starred in the T20 game against Central Districts in Nelson on Saturday, snaffling a maiden T20 five-wicket bag in a tense four-run win.
Two of his five wickets came in the last over of the game when the pressure was firmly on the Volts.
The Stags needed a further 10 runs to win, but Bacon removed Ajaz Patel and Jayden Lennox to help clinch victory.
They were the sort of scenes perhaps best described by both camps as "I-can’t-look-I’m-too-nervous".
"It was one of those surreal games where everything just seemed to go my way," Bacon said.
"Bowling the last over is probably one of the toughest jobs in cricket, but that is why you want to play — for those big moments.
"You want to be able to do the job for the team and our bowling coach says I thrive in chaos, so I guess I’ve got stuck with [bowling at the death]."
Bacon feels his control is "up there with the best it has ever been" and the team plan dovetails nicely with his strengths.
Today’s game should be a little less chaotic, though.
The Volts have travelled to Hamilton to play Northern Districts in an important Ford Trophy game.
It is a tight competition, with Otago and Northern Districts both sitting on three wins from seven games.
The winning team will strengthen its claims on one of the three playoffs spots, while the loser will have lost valuable ground.
Otago is missing punishing middle-order batter Llew Johnson, who has been ruled out with a shoulder complaint, while Duffy and Michael Rippon are on Black Caps duty.
The Volts will lean heavily on captain Hamish Rutherford, who is Otago’s leading scorer in the format this season with 181 runs at an average of 36.20.
Dean Foxcroft has been in dynamic form in T20 but short of runs in list A cricket this summer, so he is due for a big total.
Northern Districts spin duo Tim Pringle and Joe Walker are both out with injury, so Bay of Plenty all-rounder Pete Drysdale has been called into the side and Freddy Walker will also get a run.
Henry Cooper scored an undefeated 102 in his last one-day innings for the province, while Joe Carter looked in good nick with 67.
The opening pairing of Tim Seifert and Katene Clarke will present a challenge as well.
"They are a seriously good side and when they are firing. They can beat any team in the country, even without their Black Caps," Bacon said.
Ford Trophy
Hamilton, 11am
Otago: Hamish Rutherford (captain), Max Chu, Dean Foxcroft, Dale Phillips, Josh Finnie, Thorn Parkes, Jake Gibson, Travis Muller, Ben Lockrose, Matt Bacon, Michael Rae, Nick Kwant.
Northern Districts: Katene Clarke, Tim Seifert, Jeet Raval (captain), Joe Carter, Henry Cooper, Brett Hampton, Peter Drysdale, Scott Kuggeleijn, Kristian Clarke, Neil Wagner, Freddy Walker, Bharat Popli.
