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Matthew Liberatore obliterated in loss to Royals

Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

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Matthew Liberatore was obliterated in a losing effort against the Royals on Thursday evening, giving up seven runs (five earned) on seven hits in just 1 2/3 innings.

Yikes. Liberatore did record two of his five outs via the strikeout and didn’t walk a batter. He allowed one run in the opening inning on a solo blast by Bobby Witt Jr. The Royals then piled on with six more while chasing him in the second. He got four whiffs on just 48 pitches in the game, posting a CSW of 27 percent. He now holds a disappointing 5.23 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and a 67/27 K/BB ratio over 72 1/3 innings of work in 15 starts on the season. He’ll try to get back on track when he takes on the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

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Matthew Liberatore yielded four runs in 4 1/3 innings versus the Twins on Saturday.

Liberatore gave up two homers in the fourth and one more in the fifth before departing. That brings his season total of homers allowed to 14 in 14 starts. Last year, he allowed a total of 19 in his 29 starts. Liberatore will take a 3-3 record and a 4.71 ERA into his next turn versus the Royals.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore allowed five runs — three earned — in 4 1/3 innings Saturday against the Reds.

It’s the fourth time in five starts that Liberatore, whose velocity was down one mph today, has allowed at least three runs while getting no more than 15 outs. The Cardinals won anyway, so they’re 9-4 when he pitches this season, even though his ERA stands at 4.48 and he’s completed six innings only three times. He’ll pitch in Minnesota next weekend.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore blanked the Cubs for 5 1/3 innings to earn a win Sunday night.

Liberatore allowed three hits, walked one and struck out five. That’s just half as many strikeouts as the career-high 10 he had last time out, but it is a fifth straight start with at least five strikeouts. He reached that mark just once in his first seven starts. Last year, he struck out five in 13 of his 29 starts (and went 6-4 when he did, compared to 2-10 the rest of the time.) Liberatore has a 4.35 ERA and a 58/24 K/BB in 62 innings on the season. He’ll face the Reds next weekend.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore fanned 10 while allowing three runs and seven hits in five innings Monday against the Brewers.

Given what Jacob Misiorowski was doing to Cardinals hitters today, it was pretty easy to miss Liberatore setting a career high for strikeouts for a second straight outing. He’d never topped eight before fanning nine Pirates on Tuesday, and now he has 10 for the first time. His 17 whiffs were just two fewer than Misiorowski’s total (he also had two fewer strikeouts), and while he did give up seven hits, he actually allowed only four hard-hit balls. Liberatore dropped to 2-3 with a 4.76 ERA, but his stock is climbing as he misses more bats. He’ll likely face the Cubs on Sunday.
Brycen Mautz

STL Starting Pitcher #52

Brycen Mautz will be available out of the bullpen versus the Brewers on Monday.

Mautz was supposed to start Sunday’s game against the Reds and make his MLB debut, but that game was postponed. The 24-year-old will instead be a bullpen option with Matthew Liberatore getting the nod for Monday’s tilt against the Brew Crew.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore surrendered four runs in 4 2/3 innings while striking out a career-high nine against the Pirates on Tuesday.

Liberatore cruised through four before giving up two singles to start the fifth. He was able to retire two more batters while giving up one run, but the wheels came off afterwards, as Bryan Reynolds doubled, Marcell Ozuna walked and Oneil Cruz singled before he was lifted. Fortunately, Gordon Graceffo was able to strand both runners he inherited at that point. Liberatore finished up with 13 whiffs and a 32 percent CSW. His previous high for strikeouts was eight, though he’d topped out at six in his previous nine starts this season. He has a 4.70 ERA, and he rates as a poor play Sunday in Cincinnati.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore surrendered four runs and nine hits in five innings Wednesday in a loss to the A’s.

Liberatore’s velocity was a little better than usual tonight and he had great success in amassing a 58 percent CSW on the 19 curveballs he threw, but thanks to Nick Kurtz’s grand slam in the fifth, the results just weren’t there in the end. The loss leaves him 2-2 with a 4.40 ERA. That’s not much different than his 4.21 ERA from last year, but his strikeout and walk rates are both significantly worse now than they were then. If he’s just going to be a fifth starter, it might be worth dropping his changeup and cutter and taking another look at him as a reliever at some point.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore surrendered one run and three hits over six innings in the Cardinals’ 2-1 win over the Padres on Thursday.

Michael King matched Liberatore through six, but Liberatore still got the win due to a Masyn Winn RBI triple in the top of the seventh that every MLB right fielder besides Nick Castellanos and Joc Pederson would have caught. It makes Liberatore 2-1 with a 4.07 ERA in eight starts. That’s solid, but given that he’s well below average in terms of generating strikeouts and groundouts, he still seems like a weak bet going forward. He’ll face the A’s next week.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore allowed two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings while striking out four to pick up the win on Friday over the Dodgers.

Liberatore held the potent Dodgers’ lineup in check for most of the night, with his two blemishes coming on an RBI double by Max Muncy in the second inning and a sacrifice fly RBI by Kyle Tucker in the sixth inning. It was a much-needed bounce-back game for Liberatore, who was fresh off allowing five earned runs in his last outing against the Mariners. He’s allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his seven starts this season and will look to stay on track in his next start, which is set for Wednesday against the Brewers.
Matthew Liberatore

STL Starting Pitcher #32

Matthew Liberatore gave up five runs in 3 1/3 innings, but he didn’t qualify for a decision against the Mariners on Saturday.

Liberatore allowed three homers, and amazingly — for a variety of reasons — he still outpitched Bryan Woo in this one. That’s not really a compliment, as Liberatore was consistently in trouble and was bad from the jump; allowing a two-run homer to Julio Rodríguez in the first inning. Liberatore was good against the Astros last weekend, but hasn’t shown a lick of consistency in the first month of the season. His final start of the month comes against the Pirates on Thursday.

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Caleb Durbin went 3-for-4 with a homer and three runs scored as the Red Sox topped the Mariners 6-2 on Friday.

Durbin’s 367-foot homer gave the Red Sox their lone run off Bryce Miller through five. Durbin also homered Wednesday, and he’s hit .292 with four homers in his last 18 games, raising his OPS from .479 to .609. He’s not a bad CI option in 12-team leagues now that he’s shaken off his playing time concerns.
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Ranger Suarez

BOS Starting Pitcher #55
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Ranger Suarez blanked the Mariners for 6 2/3 innings, allowing just one hit, in a victory Friday.

Suarez pitched scoreless ball for the sixth time in 14 starts this season to win for the first time since Apr. 27; he was 0-1 with a 3.34 ERA in his previous seven starts. He’ll next face the Rockies in Coors, where he has a 3.20 ERA in three starts and one relief appearance over the course of his career.
- Matthew Pouliot

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Bryce Miller

SEA Starting Pitcher #50
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Bryce Miller took a tough loss to the Red Sox after allowing one run and three hits in five innings on Friday.

Miller struck out seven and walked one while losing for the first time in seven outings since debuting last month. The Mariners will probably continue to toy with their rotation through the All-Star break, but even so, Miller needs to be regarded as a top-20 SP going forward. He has a 1.58 ERA and a 43/5 K/BB through 40 innings.
- Matthew Pouliot

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Luis Castillo

SEA Starting Pitcher #58
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Luis Castillo gave up five runs — four earned — in four innings after relieving Bryce Miller in the sixth inning Friday against the Red Sox.

He’s not the first reliever to give up five runs to the Red Sox since Tanyon Sturtze in 2008, but it doesn’t seem totally unrealistic, does it? The Mariners are piggybacking their six starters through the All-Star break, and it seemed like Castillo would get a start the next time through after relieving tonight. However, it was already very clear that he should be sixth in line for starts, and it’s hard to understand why it’d make sense to pitch any of the Mariners’ other five starters behind him next week.
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AZ Starting Pitcher #34
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Michael Soroka, who was forced from his start Friday, will undergo an MRI on Saturday due to left glute discomfort.

The injury was originally announced as left hip discomfort, but it has since moved down a bit. If Soroka joins Ryne Nelson on the IL for the D-backs, then Brandon Pfaadt figures to get a rotation spot a little earlier than anticipated.
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Jordan Lawlar

AZ Left Fielder #10
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Jordan Lawlar will undergo an MRI on Saturday after being diagnosed with a right hamstring strain in Friday’s game.

Lawlar just can’t seem to stay healthy for any length of time. He had two hits before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning Friday. If he needs to return to the IL, the D-backs could bring Ryan Waldschmidt back to the majors.
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Sam bachman gave up two runs to blow a save against the Angels on Friday.

Bachman was asked to protect a two-run lead, and couldn’t after giving up a two-run homer to Jonah Heim. Kirby Yates also struggled in the 10th, walking and hitting a batter before exiting and taking the loss after Nick Kurtz drew a free pass with the bases loaded. Bachman could get more save chances, but it’s far from a guarantee, and fantasy managers need to be awfully desperate to consider him an option in leagues.
- Christopher Crawford

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Lawrence Butler

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Lawrence Butler homered, stole a base and scored four runs in an extra-inning win over the Angels on Friday.

Butler’s day was a kind — if frustrating — reminder of why so many were so high on his fantasy potential not that long ago. Even with his fifth homer of the season and fifth steal of the campaign, he’s still slashing an ugly .193/.274/.305 on the season. It’s too early to just completely give up on Butler someday reaching his fantasy potential considering he’s still just 25, but obviously you cannot rely on seeing many more performances like this going forward.
- Christopher Crawford

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Jacob Wilson

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Jacob Wilson hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs in a win over the Angels on Friday in extra innings.

Wilson’s two-run homer in the seventh got the A’s to within four runs at 11-7. The Athletics would score the next five in the comeback win. The 24-year-old has picked up hits in his last six games after missing a month with a shoulder injury, and he’s now slashing .287/.315/.404 with four homers and 26 RBI. The flaws are pretty obvious, but Wilson certainly has his selling points, too.
- Christopher Crawford

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Logan O'Hoppe

LAA Catcher #14
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Logan O’Hoppe went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer in a loss to the Athletics in extra innings.

O’Hoppe’s three-run homer extended the Angels lead to 10-4, and a solo homer by Nolan Schanuel would make it 11-4 an inning later. They did not win. O’Hoppe also singled twice to help improve his slash to a still-disappointing .244/.315/.369 with four homers on the campaign.
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