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Nice job by Libby tonight. Is he turning into the pitcher we were all hoping he’d be when we traded Randy Arozarena for him?
stlcard25, who knows, we may look back at that trade in a couple of years thinking we won. Liberatore is 5 years younger than Arozarena and would still have 4 years of control left after this year.
At one time the notion existed that many pitchers actually grew more effective as the pitch count increased. Has that idea been proven to be false?
Well that did not work out too well. The 2-1 pitch is the ideal time to run. Waiting for 2-2 is tough as the hitter has to swing at anything close.
The only knock that I have on Scott is his arm. All the other parts of his game looks like he will be very good. If he keeps up what he has done so far this year, he will be in the running for some team MVP votes.
You watch Scott play center field and think about how good Willie Mays was. It is almost mind boggling, as Mays was like Scott in centerfield, but had a great arm and hit 50+ homers a couple of times.
Unreal!
Man, Hayes really covered some ground on that bouncer by Donovan. Not sure I have seen a third baseman get to the middle of the diamond that quick.
I’m surprised at the lack of turnout at the game tonight with Skenes on the mound. If I lived within an hour of the city I would drive up just to watch Skenes. It looks like minor league games could have more attendance than tonight’s crowd.
Graceffo in for the save in a 1 run game is a bold move. Fingers crossed it works out as Graceffo has some days he is just off
Winner, winner. That was a great game and great job by both pitching staffs. These low scoring pitcher duels are my favorite to watch.
Game ball to Libby for 7 very good innings, a hat tip to Burly for the offense, and a hat tip to Graceffo for a good 9th and his 1st career save.
Gotta hand it to Ollie on that one. Graceffo does a great job, and that is a nice confidence builder.
Really good game. We beat Skenes in Pittsburgh 2-1 last year, and do it here again. Burly the winning RBI both times.
Gordon Graceffo's only pro save before tonight came on 8/25/21 when he threw three scoreless innings with 5 Ks for #STLCards Class-A Palm Beach. In his rookie year, he pitched in shorter stints but started in 2022 and after. pic.twitter.com/JRXKtl3cRH
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 7, 2025
Excluding the rain delay game, Liberatore has pitched 6 or more innings every start this year in those 6 starts. Out of the 6 starts, he has a quality start in 5 of them.
That isn’t something you expect in today’s game and it is really nice seeing a guy go out there throwing 6+ every night.
Well, at a shade more than 223 IP’ed for his young career he’s roughly 25 innings beyond a full season’s worth of work for a SP’er, so I’d say that he’s collected some valuable experience at the Big League level. It’s been my view that experience is the only genuine teacher in almost any endeavor, so hopefully experience is beginning to pay off for Liberatore. If it indeed is beginning to pay off, let’s hope he continues to improve his career numbers which read, 11-15 with a 4.63 ERA in 98 appearances that include 31 as the SP’er.
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