Mason Black or Matthew Liberatore

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
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Mason Black or Matthew Liberatore Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.2	13.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	14

Earned Runs	37	4

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	65	15

Walks	27	8

ERA	4.71	2.63

WHIP	1.50	1.61

Mason Black or Matthew Liberatore Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	28

Games Started	28	3

Innings Pitched	147.9	48.0

Wins	8	2

Losses	10	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	147	49

Earned Runs	69	28

Home Runs Allowed	19	7

Strikeouts	122	38

Walks	46	20

ERA	4.18	5.18

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Mason Black or Matthew Liberatore Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	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	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	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	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	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	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	Matthew Liberatore will now start on Monday for the Cardinals against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
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Mason Black or Matthew Liberatore Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#141	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-5)	#166	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (4-4)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#252	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#88	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#165	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (2-0)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#35
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#233	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#315	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#127	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (4-4)	#345
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (3-3)	#112	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#150	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-5)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-4)	#207	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#212	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#157	@ STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#135
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#102	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#130	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#88
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-1)	#400	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (8-2)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#35
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (3-3)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-1)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#25	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (3-2)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-4)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#184	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-4)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-5)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-4)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-1)	#197	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (1-0)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (0-5)	#145	@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#95	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI			@ TB
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI			@ TB
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ARI			@ TB
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI			vs SD
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#164
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF