On Saturday, Baseball America’s #50 prospect in baseball, Matthew Liberatore, made his MLB debut against the 16-22 Pittsburgh Pirates. Due to Tuesday’s doubleheader, the Cardinals needed either a bullpen start or a spot start. And because the bullpen was used heavily both during the doubleheader and in the days following, it became clear a spot start was needed. And so came the arrival of the Cardinals third-most anticipated MLB debut, a day after the most anticipated debut. (Jordan Walker is the second if you were wondering, but we’ll be anticipating that one for a while longer)
I happened to miss most of Saturday’s game, including the entirety of Liberatore’s appearance, but it’s Sunday, I’m not paying for Peacock, and I want to watch baseball, so let’s take a closer look at Liberatore’s performance.