2023 Stats
W-L
0-6
ERA
5.60
WHIP
1.70
K
49
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Fantasy managers hoped that Matz's signing with St. Louis would be a great match for his pitching style and the defensive prowess of the Cardinals. That never materialized because knee and shoulder injuries limited Matz to 48 innings of work and his gopheritis returned after a one year hiatus in the AL East of all places. Matz's 21% K-BB% is the only positive sign of the outcomes of his 2022 effort and a significant gap between his actual and expected ERA point to the potential for him to have a rebound in 2023 if he can get more grounders. He still retains three pitches with whiff rates above 25%, so if you squint at the numbers, there is an Andrew Heaney-like path toward that rebound season. You cannot be faulted for giving this enigmatic lefty one more chance on your fantasy roster, especially with his market value much lower than it was at this point last season. Read Past Outlooks

Working toward return to rotation
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Friday that there is a plan in place to work Matz back into the starting rotation, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
ANALYSIS
Matz is sitting as the odd man out after the Cards decided to implement a five-man rotation instead of six. Matthew Liberatore currently holds the No. 5 spot and is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Rangers, but it seems nothing is set in stone just yet.
Matz is sitting as the odd man out after the Cards decided to implement a five-man rotation instead of six. Matthew Liberatore currently holds the No. 5 spot and is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Rangers, but it seems nothing is set in stone just yet.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
90
Last 10 Games
90
Last 5 Games
84
How many pitches does Steven Matz generally throw?
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11-20
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What part of the game does Steven Matz generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-39%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .264 | 70 | 15 | 58 | 5 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .278 | 177 | 58 | 220 | 29 | |||
2023vs Left | .209 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .345 | 36 | 17 | 61 | 7 | |||
2022vs Left | .279 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .250 | 40 | 7 | 38 | 7 | |||
2021vs Left | .276 | 43 | 9 | 37 | 3 | |||
2021vs Right | .261 | 101 | 34 | 121 | 15 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-7%
ERA at Home
2023
-51%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 4.30 | 1.42 | 113.0 | 8.3 | 2.7 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 4.61 | 1.37 | 138.2 | 9.3 | 2.5 | ||||
2023Home | 3.77 | 1.47 | 28.2 | 9.1 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Away | 7.77 | 1.97 | 24.1 | 7.4 | 3.7 | ||||
2022Home | 6.14 | 1.36 | 22.0 | 9.8 | 1.2 | ||||
2022Away | 4.50 | 1.15 | 26.0 | 10.4 | 2.4 | ||||
2021Home | 3.90 | 1.43 | 62.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | ||||
2021Away | 3.77 | 1.27 | 88.1 | 9.5 | 2.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Steven Matz compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.45K/9
8.3BB/9
3.4HR/9
1.4Fastball
93.7 mphERA
5.60WHIP
1.70BABIP
.382GB/FB
1.60Left On Base
71.1%Exit Velocity
82.1 mphBarrels/BBE
3.9%Spin Rate
2239 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.2%Swinging Strike
10.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Matz got lit up during the short 2020 season to the tune of 4.1 HR/9, leading to a 9.68 ERA. He regressed back to his previous results with an ERA near 4.00 last season while striking almost a batter per inning. It was almost a mirror image of his 2018 and 2019 campaigns. Most of Matz's struggles took place in his early-season "home" starts in Dunedin (5.23 ERA) and Buffalo (6.00). He went on to post a 2.12 ERA in Toronto. Now, he moves to an even bigger home park in St. Louis with one of the league's best defenses behind him. One item to keep an eye on is his fastball velocity. Before going on the COVID-IL in mid-June, he had a 9.4 K/9 with his fastball averaging 94.8 mph. After he returned from the injury (around the same time the foreign substance ban got enforced), those dropped to 7.7 K/9 and 94.1 mph. Matz has never been a consistent pitcher and it'll be interesting to see which version shows up in 2022.
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Getting start skipped
Matz will be available out of the bullpen for the Cardinals' upcoming two-game series versus the Royals, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Remains winless
Matz (0-6) took the loss Wednesday as the Cardinals were routed 10-3 by the Reds, coughing up six runs on 11 hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out two.
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Inefficient in loss
Matz (0-5) allowed an unearned run on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.2 innings to take the loss Friday versus the Dodgers.
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Quiet in no-decision
Matz did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing three runs on eight hits and one walk over 5.1 innings against Boston. He struck out four.
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Allows one run in no-decision
Matz did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Tigers, allowing one run on five hits and no walks. He struck out two.
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