St. Louis Cardinals
Matthew Liberatore has thrown 7,991 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph), Sinker (94mph) and Curve (78mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (90mph) and Splitter (88mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball has much less armside movement than typical, has some natural sinking action and has well above average velo. Their slider is much harder than usual, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their change is thrown extremely hard and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run, has well above average velo and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their curve has an exceptional bite, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is blazing fast, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has good "rise" and has strong cutting action. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 10 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, has surprising cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters.