Matthew Liberatore

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Matthew Liberatore has thrown 3,790 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Slider (87mph), also mixing in a Sinker (95mph), Curve (77mph), Cutter (91mph) and Change (87mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has less armside movement than typical and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider is thrown extremely hard and has exceptional depth. Their sinker is blazing fast and has less armside run than typical. Their curve has an exceptional bite and has slight glove-side movement. Their cutter is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters and has strong cutting action. Their change is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups.