# Cardinals Promote Nolan Gorman, Matthew Liberatore

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-promote-nolan-gorman-matthew-liberatore/
- Published: 2022-05-19T17:20:57-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

CARDINALS PROMOTE ROOKIE NOLAN GORMAN; TYLER O’NEILL PLACED ON 10-DAY INJURED LIST;
MATTHEW LIBERATORE TO DEBUT IN SATURDAY START
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 19, 2022 – The
St. Louis Cardinals announced following today’s game that they have selected the
contract of rookie infielder [Nolan Gorman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gorman000nol&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
from Memphis (AAA) and placed outfielder [Tyler O’Neill](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=oneilty01,oneill001tyl&search=Tyler+O'Neill&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)(
right shoulder impingement) on the 10-day Injured List. The team has transferred
right-handed pitcher [Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)(
right shoulder) from the 10-day Injured List to the 60-day Injured List to make 
room for Gorman on the team’s 40-player Major League roster.The Cardinals also announced
that rookie left-handed pitcher [Matthew Liberatore](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=libera000mat&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
will join the team and make his Major League debut in a start on Saturday (May 21)
against the Pirates.Gorman, 22, and Liberatore, 22, rated as the #2 and #3 Cardinals
prospects by Baseball America will become the sixth and seventh rookies to join 
the Cardinals this season.The left-handed hitting Gorman, the Cardinals 1st round(
19th payer overall) draft selection in 2018 has provided plenty of power this season,
leading all Triple-A players with his 15 home runs, 2nd in all of professional baseball
to the Springfield Cardinals (AA) [Moises Gomez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=gomez-003moi,gomez-002moi&search=Moises+Gomez&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)(
17).Gorman is batting .308 this season in 34 games for the Redbirds, collecting 
19 extra base hits and 23 RBI for a 1.044 OPS.Liberatore is leading Memphis with
a 3.83 ERA and ranks third among Triple-A pitchers in both innings pitched (40.0)
and strikeouts (46). He compiled a career-best 16.2 scoreless innings streak last
month.Liberatore will be 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 to have debuted against the Pirates, tossing a three-hit complete
game in 1930 for the Cardinals.— STL —

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Now that teams can promote rookies with an extra year of control, it’s not surprising
the Cardinals are make these 2 moves.

Gorman needs more time in Triple A, but the team is willing to sacrifice some defense(
at second and short) and strikeouts to get his power in the lineup. Plus, it’s not
like O’Neill wasn’t generating strikeouts at a similar clip.

Liberatore is the more exciting option here. The Cardinals starters have struggled
with consistency like the hitting. This might signal the end of the [Jordan Hicks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjo03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
starter experiment; I won’t say it’s a failure, but the team didn’t find an effective
way to use him in the rotation. He would have been better off as a “traditional”
opener, especially since they didn’t try to stretch him out in spring training.

Check back tomorrow on what to expect from Gorman right out of the gate.

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