Joey Cantillo or Matthew Liberatore
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| Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE  | Matthew Liberatore SP - STL  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 15 | 14 |
| Games Started | 15 | 14 |
| Innings Pitched | 72.0 | 70.2 |
| Wins | 5 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 71 | 79 |
| Earned Runs | 36 | 37 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | 14 |
| Strikeouts | 67 | 65 |
| Walks | 36 | 27 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 4.71 |
| WHIP | 1.49 | 1.50 |
| Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE | Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 42 | 28 |
| Games Started | 20 | 28 |
| Innings Pitched | 130.5 | 147.9 |
| Wins | 7 | 8 |
| Losses | 7 | 10 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 115 | 147 |
| Earned Runs | 56 | 69 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 16 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 136 | 122 |
| Walks | 55 | 46 |
| ERA | 3.88 | 4.18 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 1.31 |
| Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE | Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | |
| News | ||
| Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on six hits while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 14th | Matthew Liberatore allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th | |
| Joey Cantillo allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 10-0 loss to the Rangers. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 8th | Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th | |
| Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday's win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 3rd | Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.1 innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st | |
| Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on three hits and four walks while striking out one over two innings in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Nationals. Matthew Adam Wed, May 27th | Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out 10 over five innings in Monday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th | |
| Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, May 22nd | Matthew Liberatore will now start on Monday for the Cardinals against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| Notes | ||
| Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | ||
| Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE | Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (5-4) | #15 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-3) | #18 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-7) | #17 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #145 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-3) | #73 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #174 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-4) | #105 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #158 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (7-2) | #1 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-5) | #117 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4) | #12 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-5) | #26 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #29 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #25 | @ DET | Keider Montero (3-5) | #179 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #82 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-6) | #170 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #76 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (4-4) | #87 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #63 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (2-5) | #231 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (5-4) | #107 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-5) | #91 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (5-3) | #160 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #20 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-5) | #5 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #156 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (9-4) | #28 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #86 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (5-3) | #104 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (5-6) | #52 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #99 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-6) | #84 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #157 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (6-4) | #210 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #109 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #224 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (3-7) | #97 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #163 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-2) | #119 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (7-0) | #55 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #363 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #284 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (6-4) | #210 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #122 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-4) | #129 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-7) | #17 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #19 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #250 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-3) | #73 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #174 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (2-1) | #159 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (6-2) | #88 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (6-3) | #36 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-3) | #18 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-7) | #111 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (5-3) | #118 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-4) | #44 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #227 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-4) | #105 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-3) | #197 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (8-2) | #128 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #82 | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (4-3) | #110 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-1) | #144 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #63 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #166 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #103 | @ SD | Michael King (4-6) | #39 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-4) | #101 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (1-5) | #150 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #16 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (6-4) | #205 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (2-2) | #164 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (4-3) | #204 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #232 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (4-5) | #348 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-7) | #116 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-5) | #31 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (5-3) | #118 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #98 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #82 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #284 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #76 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (3-6) | #143 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (4-1) | #144 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #29 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (3-5) | #179 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-4) | #100 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #115 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-4) | #53 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (6-3) | #36 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (8-3) | #4 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (6-1) | #9 | @ CIN | Chase Petty (1-1) | #410 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #194 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #261 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (8-2) | #6 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (4-4) | #87 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-1) | #48 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #261 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (4-3) | #110 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #25 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (8-1) | #30 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (3-2) | #33 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #20 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #254 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #38 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (6-7) | #21 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (2-1) | #27 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-6) | #49 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (3-2) | #32 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-6) | #95 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (3-6) | #143 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-6) | #77 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-2) | #74 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #8 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #180 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #64 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (2-1) | #27 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-5) | #26 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (3-2) | #32 | @ NYM | Austin Warren | |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #79 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #16 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-3) | #2 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-4) | #101 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-3) | #171 | vs SD | Michael King (4-6) | #39 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #166 | vs SD | Bradgley Rodriguez | |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | Shane Drohan (3-2) | #127 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #76 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #131 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #103 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-2) | #119 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-6) | #195 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-1) | #144 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (6-2) | #173 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-6) | #94 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-4) | #136 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (6-2) | #112 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (2-5) | #377 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #50 |
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-3) | #73 | vs MIA | Ryan Gusto (0-2) | #185 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #79 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-6) | #3 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #227 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #8 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #83 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #71 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | Wandy Peralta | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #75 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
