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Should Matthew Liberatore be the Cardinals fifth starter in 2023?

The top four of the Cardinals rotation is penciled in for opening day in Miles Mikolas, Jack Flaherty, Jordan Montgomery and Adam Wainwright, assuming the quartet can get through Spring Training or the WBC healthy. Although, the team’s fifth starter is a massive question mark. They tried multiple starters last year in the likes of Dakota Hudson, Steven Matz and Matthew Liberatore amongst others. As things currently stand Liberatore is the in-house favorite to take the staff’s fifth spot. Although with how he performed last season it is a fair ask the question of should the southpaw get the spot, or should St.