St. Louis Cardinals
Matthew Liberatore has thrown 5,104 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (96mph), Slider (87mph) and Sinker (95mph), also mixing in a Cutter (91mph) and Curve (78mph). He also rarely throws a Change (89mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, has exceptional depth and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast and has less armside run than typical. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2025) is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, has extreme cut action and has some natural sink. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2025) has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, is slightly harder than usual, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade.