# Cardinals Add Matthew Liberatore To Active Roster

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- Published: 2022-05-21T12:17:45-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_CARDINALS ADD MATTHEW LIBERATORE TO ACTIVE ROSTER;_** **_ROOKIE PITCHER TO DEBUT
IN START TONIGHT; PITCHER JAKE WALSH OPTIONED & PITCHER T.J. ZEUCH D.F.A._**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., May 21, 2022** – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that 
they have selected the contract of rookie left-handed pitcher **_[Matthew Liberatore](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liberma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
from Memphis (AAA), and added him to the team’s 26-player active roster. He is scheduled
to make his Major League debut in a start tonight at Pittsburgh.

The team also announced that rookie right-handed pitcher **_[Jake Walsh](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walshja02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
has been optioned to Memphis and that right-handed pitcher **_[T.J. Zeuch](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeuchtj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
has been designated for assignment to make room for Liberatore on the team’s 40-
player Major League roster.

Liberatore was leading Memphis with his 3.83 ERA and ranked third among Triple-A
pitchers in both innings pitched (40.0) and strikeouts (46) at the time of his promotion.
He compiled a career-best 16.2 scoreless innings streak last month.

A former no. 1 draft selection (16^(th) player overall) of the Tampa Bay Rays in
2018, Liberatore will become the first Cardinals pitcher to debut in a start against
the Pirates since **_[Alan Benes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/benesal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
in 1995 and the first lefty to do so since **_[Ray Sadecki](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sadecra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
in 1960. Hall of Famer **_[Dizzy Dean](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deandi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
is another notable Cardinal to have debuted against the Pirates, tossing a three-
hit complete game in his first Major League start in 1930.

Liberatore will wear uniform no. 52.

**— STL —**

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