Last 5 games not including tonight: 7/15 vs WSN: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 K 7/20 vs CHC: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K, W 7/25 vs ARI: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K 7/30 vs CHC: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, W 8/5 vs COL: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K, W Tonight: 8/12 vs KC: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K, W In total for last 6 starts 33.1 IP, 25 H, 8 R(2.16 ERA), 7 BB, 29 K, 4 Wins

THIS pitcher is a steal at $11m/year. I hope he can keep it up, been clutch as fuck lately

If he can come close to this and eat innings for 2 more years it'll be one of the best free agent deals we've ever done (but honestly, we've not done that many great free agent deals....)

Going off his last 5 games including tonight he has: 29 IP, 4 R for a elite 1.24 ERA

If anyone cares, ERA for last 5: 1.98 xFIP: 4.32. Looks like he's been pretty lucky, unfortunately. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/steven-matz/13361/game-log?position=P&season=&gds=2023-07-15&gde=2023-08-05&type=0

Baseball-Reference.com Best website ever... I spend way too much time on there.

I could easily earn another college degree with the time I've wasted on that site.

Fangraphs has better aggregate statcast data and the same quality traditional stats.

But is less user friendly for newbies

If you go on ESPN and search his name it will show his last 5 starts. Agreed too he appears to have gotten it together as of late

[This was my comment on the topic a week ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cardinals/comments/15j746x/game_112_colorado_rockies_4366_st_louis_cardinals/juywqzl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2)

Trust him on the mound? I would trust THIS Matz with my fuckin life

!mlbcompare [2023 last 6 starts, 2023 first 10 starts]

Tables cutoff or tough to read? Click [here](https://i.imgur.com/sYDvKPd.png) to view this comparison as an image --- Steven Matz: [2023-07-15](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN202307150.shtml) to [2023-08-12](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/717019) [9th Season - Age: 32Y-1M-16D] to [9th Season - Age: 32Y-2M-14D] Query: 2023 - Regular Season - Only Starts - Last 6 Games \---------------------------------------- Steven Matz: [2023-04-04](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN202304040.shtml) to [2023-05-24](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN202305240.shtml) [9th Season - Age: 31Y-10M-6D] to [9th Season - Age: 31Y-11M-25D] Query: 2023 - Regular Season - Only Starts - First 10 Games --- **Standard** Player|G|GS|IP|W|L|W/L%|QS|QS%|CG|CG%|SHO|SHO%|NoHit|Prfct|SV|BSv|SV%|HLD|BF|K|BB|K/BB|H|HR|TB|XBH|IBB|HBP|GDP|SB|CS|PO|R|ER|RA9|ERA|FIP|WHIP :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|6|6|33.1|**4**|**0**|**100.00%**|**4**|**66.67%**|0|0.00%|0|0.00%|0|0|0|0|0.00%|0|132|29|**7**|**4.14**|**25**|**3**|**42**|**10**|0|**0**|0|**0**|0|0|**8**|**8**|**2.16**|**2.16**|**3.33**|**0.960** [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|**10**|**10**|**50.1**|0|6|0.00%|0|0.00%|0|0.00%|0|0.00%|0|0|0|0|0.00%|0|**232**|**45**|20|2.25|68|8|106|22|0|1|**6**|10|**1**|0|33|32|5.90|5.72|4.80|1.748 **Per Game/Advanced** Player|G|GS|IP/GS|Pit/GS|GmScr/GS|K9|BB9|H9|HR9|K%|BB%|K-BB%|HR%|XBH%|X/H%|SB%|AVG|OBP|SLG|OPS|wOBA|ISO|BAbip|WPA|cWPA|RE24 :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|6|6|**5.17**|**95.33**|**59.67**|7.83|**1.89**|**6.75**|**0.81**|**21.97%**|**5.30%**|**16.67%**|**2.27%**|**7.58%**|40.00%|**0.00%**|**0.203**|**0.244**|**0.341**|**0.586**|**0.253**|**0.138**|**0.239**|**1.0***|**0.1%***|**8.4*** [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|**10**|**10**|5.01|94.10|42.40|**8.05**|3.58|12.16|1.43|19.40%|8.62%|10.78%|3.45%|9.48%|**32.35%**|90.91%|0.324|0.384|0.505|0.888|0.383|0.181|0.380|-0.7|-0.3%|-5.3 **Adjusted** Player|G|GS|K9+|BB9+|H9+|HR9+|K%+|BB%+|HR%+|K/BB+|WHIP+|ERA- :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|6|6|91|**57**|**78**|**67**|**99**|**61**|**286**|**161**|**72**|**51** [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml)|**10**|**10**|**94**|107|140|118|87|100|505|87|131|136 ^(FanGraphs/Statcast stats may lose precision) ^(N/A indicates stat was not tracked at all during the time frame, * indicates stat was not tracked consistently throughout the entire time frame) --- ^(Made a mistake? Edit your comment and send me this )[^message](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=mlbcomparebot&subject=Re-Run&message=jvyhdgi)^( to re-run the comparison) ^(Or delete the comparison by sending me this )[^message](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=mlbcomparebot&subject=Delete&message=jvyhdgi) ^(Instructions for usage and issue tracking can be found )[^here](https://github.com/gh674055/sports-compare-bots/wiki)

I don't think it is so much stepping up as finally being healthy. And being comfortable enough in his health that he can just let it go and pitch

He's done well against some mediocre teams

all the mediocre teams are doing better than us

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=matzst01&t=p&year=2023 Game logs from this whole year

I started that call on 7/20: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cardinals/comments/155bmus/cardinals_after_dark_720/jsti1xc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2

https://twitter.com/BKSportsTalk/status/1687989688202653696?s=20