Matthew

Liberatore

PAge : 26Throws : L

#32

Matthew Liberatore

#32PSt. Louis Cardinals

Height : 6' 4" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2022-05-21

Born in : Peoria, AZ, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	31	6	14	5.23	155.0	154	1.47
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	29	8	12	4.21	151.2	122	1.31
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	60	3	4	4.40	86.0	76	1.27
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	22	3	6	5.25	61.2	46	1.48
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	9	2	2	5.97	34.2	28	1.73
Career totals		151	22	38	4.82	489.0	426	1.40

ContractSt. Louis Cardinals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.3 M$
AAV: 2.26 M$

2026
2.26 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3
2029
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026Starting pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

5.23

FIP

4.62

xFIP

4.07

ERA-

127

WHIP

1.47

22.8 %

BB%

8.2 %

Strikeouts

154

Innings

155.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.1

Strikeouts

152

2026 WAR

1.1

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-6)

20230.8 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20240.4 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20251.8 WAR · 2.1 per full season
20261.1 WAR · 1.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

+4 · 26 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

VEL: Velocity; 74
STF: Stuff; 74
CTL: Control; 76
CNT: Contact allowed; 61
STA: Stamina; 74
DUR: Durability; 79
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.1

#110 of 166 regular starters

PAL Rating

29 / 100

#118 of 166 regular starters

Value Rating

44 / 100

Surplus $8.5M · salary $2.3M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention23

Stuff63

Command46

Contact allowed14

Velocity50

Workload36

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.62 · RA9-WAR: 0.1

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

94.3 mi/h

50th percentile

22.8 %

60th percentile

BB%

8.2 %

45th percentile

xERA

5.02

19th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.341

19th percentile

Barrels allowed

9.3 %

22th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	STL	1.1	29	69	94.3	22.8	8.2	5.02	.341
2025	STL	1.8	36	70	93.9	18.8	6.2	4.86	.339
2024	STL	0.4	37	64	94.7	21.2	7.8	4.16	.319
2023	STL	0.8	18	48	94.2	16.7	9.1	6.04	.370
2022	STL	0.0	9	57	93.7	17.4	11.2	5.59	.363

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 23	@ PIT	5.2	6	1	0	6	5.23
Sep 16	vs SF	6.0	6	1	3	2	5.36
Sep 11	vs CWS	4.1	6	2	3	2	5.53
Sep 5	@ COL	4.1	4	5	2	3	5.57
Aug 30	vs PIT	5.2	6	3	2	9	5.41
Aug 25	vs BAL	4.0	9	8	1	7	5.44
Aug 19	@ CIN	6.0	4	3	0	9	5.04
Aug 14	@ CHC	5.1	2	2	1	6	5.07
Aug 8	vs COL	5.0	9	5	2	3	5.15
Aug 2	@ TOR	6.0	1	0	1	7	4.97