St. Louis Cardinals
Matthew Liberatore has thrown 5,429 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 (95mph) and Slider (87mph), also mixing in a Sinker (95mph), Cutter (91mph), Change (90mph) and Curve (78mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball is blazing fast, has less armside movement than typical and results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast and has surprisingly little armside run. Their cutter 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, has extreme cut action, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' cutters and has some natural sink. Their change is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their curve has an exceptional bite, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, is slightly harder than usual and has slight glove-side movement.