Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Quinn Mathews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 155	‐
VBR	# 281	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	42	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.31
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	22	1

Innings Pitched	108.2	5.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	121	6

Earned Runs	60	2

Home Runs Allowed	19	0

Strikeouts	107	3

Walks	41	3

ERA	4.97	3.60

WHIP	1.49	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	8	4

Innings Pitched	47.0	23.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	21

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	42	23

Walks	16	12

ERA	4.44	4.31

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cardinals optioned LHP Quinn Mathews to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Quinn Mathews allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals selected the contract of Quinn Mathews. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Quinn Mathews will be called up to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Quinn Mathews (2026)

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