Vol. I · Issue 19
Sunday, April 19, 2026

The Dinger Almanac

··· Baseball Statistics & Analysis ···


Today's Slate/Pitchers/Matthew Liberatore
St. Louis Cardinals·P

Matthew Liberatore

ThrowsLeftAge26Height6'4"Weight215 lbs

Next Start · Sun, Apr 19

@ Houston Astros

2:10 PM
Daikin Park

Game Details

Full lineup breakdown, both pitchers, park factors, and weather on the matchup page.

Full matchup page →

2026 Pitching Profile


ERA4.29
WHIP1.57
HR/92.10
K/95.1
BB/93.4
Barrel % allowed8.1%
Hard-Hit % allowed44.6%
xwOBA allowed.373
IP: 21.0Starts: 4HR allowed: 5

Pitch Arsenal


Fastball
45%
raw Savant usage: 44.1%
4-seam, 2-seam, cutter
Breaking
35%
raw Savant usage: 34.2%
slider, curve, sweeper
Offspeed
20%
raw Savant usage: 19.4%
changeup, splitter

Bucketed pitch shares feed the arsenal-mismatch multiplier. A batter with elite xwOBA vs the pitcher's most-thrown bucket gets a positive bump; the opposite profile gets knocked down.

Handedness Splits


vs LHB0 PA
wOBA allowed
HR allowed
3
Small sample — not applied to the model.
vs RHB0 PA
wOBA allowed
HR allowed
2
Small sample — not applied to the model.
How to Read These Numbers

For pitching rate stats, lower is better — bars push right when a pitcher ranks elite at suppressing HRs, barrels, and quality contact. Arsenal shares come from Baseball Savant and feed the pitch-arsenal mismatch factor in the model.