Matt Svanson
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 49 · P

Matt Svanson

6' 5", 235 lbs·Age 27·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL4 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2025–2026 · 1,564 pitches · 95.4 mph fastball
2026 · 36 G
6.57
ERA
2-2
W-L
38.3
IP
1.59
WHIP
39
SO
18
BB
9.2
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

AI-generated analysis coming soon.

Career Highs
1.94
Best ERA · 2025
4
Most W · 2025
68
Most K · 2025
0.88
Best WHIP · 2025
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 18100000
Jul 9111010
Jul 7110010
Jul 51.66730020BS
Jul 2100020
Jun 270.33310100
Jun 230.33333110L
Jun 210.66710110H
Jun 19200110
Jun 171.33310010

Career · Pitching

2 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20253960.1401.94680.88
20263740.2226.42401.60
Career76100.362108
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 1,572 pitches · 2025–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISTFC
SI · Sinker46.6% · 96.6 mph
ST · Sweeper33.8% · 87.0 mph
FC · Cutter18.5% · 92.1 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (1.1%) not mapped.

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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