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Cardinals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Cardinals Projected Pitching

Through games of Tuesday, 22 September 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 0.994)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Scott Blewett, actual: 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 521
Scott Blewett, projected: 1 9 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Justin Bruihl, actual: 71 337 289 74 18 0 4 104 28 38 227 2 7 11 0 2 10 760
Justin Bruihl, projected: 71 335 290 76 16 0 6 113 28 42 227 3 5 9 0 6 8 726
Hunter Dobbins, actual: 11 231 204 49 9 1 7 81 24 24 162 1 0 2 1 0 0 683
Hunter Dobbins, projected: 11 230 208 52 11 1 6 83 19 25 162 0 0 2 2 0 0 663
Caleb Ferguson, actual: 9 41 33 11 3 0 2 20 8 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 1411
Caleb Ferguson, projected: 9 41 36 9 2 0 1 13 4 5 25 0 0 1 0 0 1 828
Ryan Fernandez, actual: 17 100 88 19 7 0 2 32 11 14 69 0 1 0 2 0 3 720
Ryan Fernandez, projected: 17 99 87 21 4 1 2 34 11 14 69 0 1 1 1 1 3 753
Luis Gastelum, actual: 32 143 129 33 7 1 6 60 11 22 103 0 1 2 0 0 4 758
Luis Gastelum, projected: 32 142 128 33 7 1 6 60 11 22 103 0 1 2 0 0 4 764
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Gordon Graceffo, actual: 60 314 268 50 14 0 5 79 35 28 235 1 6 3 0 3 8 454
Gordon Graceffo, projected: 60 312 273 62 19 3 5 100 29 38 235 1 6 3 2 2 6 602
Cooper Hjerpe, actual: 3 39 30 4 2 0 0 6 6 6 27 0 1 2 0 0 0 453
Cooper Hjerpe, projected: 3 39 30 4 2 0 0 6 6 6 27 0 1 2 0 0 0 432
Kyle Leahy, actual: 29 587 537 144 33 1 15 224 41 57 414 2 1 5 1 0 8 701
Kyle Leahy, projected: 29 583 531 135 31 1 13 206 42 59 414 1 5 4 1 1 5 642
Matthew Liberatore, actual: 30 652 585 167 26 1 27 276 55 95 448 1 6 5 5 0 24 920
Matthew Liberatore, projected: 30 648 582 159 35 2 21 260 51 88 448 2 7 5 4 1 19 842
Quinn Mathews, actual: 8 190 167 43 7 0 4 62 18 18 133 1 3 1 0 0 2 682
Quinn Mathews, projected: 8 189 166 43 7 0 4 62 18 18 133 1 3 1 0 0 2 689
Brycen Mautz, actual: 6 66 53 17 4 0 2 27 10 10 39 1 0 2 0 0 2 1328
Brycen Mautz, projected: 6 66 53 17 4 0 2 27 10 10 39 1 0 2 0 0 2 1323
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Dustin May, actual: 21 459 412 105 21 1 7 149 35 56 327 1 3 7 3 0 6 621
Dustin May, projected: 21 456 407 96 17 2 12 153 38 53 327 1 2 8 4 1 10 656
Michael McGreevy, actual: 30 677 624 159 35 3 21 263 46 75 492 0 6 1 4 0 3 662
Michael McGreevy, projected: 30 673 625 159 31 5 20 258 39 75 492 1 5 3 4 0 2 643
Riley O'Brien, actual: 66 276 233 53 10 0 5 78 29 35 192 3 1 10 0 4 4 596
Riley O'Brien, projected: 66 274 229 52 9 1 6 80 32 31 192 2 2 9 0 3 3 655
Pedro Pagés, actual: 2 7 7 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 724
Pedro Pagés, projected: 2 7 7 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 729
Andre Pallante, actual: 28 654 593 146 28 3 11 213 49 67 471 1 3 6 5 0 16 606
Andre Pallante, projected: 28 650 584 152 28 2 14 225 56 76 471 2 3 4 3 0 20 683
Matt Pushard, actual: 6 32 25 6 1 0 0 7 4 5 21 0 1 1 1 0 0 814
Matt Pushard, projected: 6 32 25 6 1 0 0 7 4 5 21 0 1 1 1 0 0 810
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Max Rajcic, actual: 6 39 33 6 2 1 1 13 6 5 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 739
Max Rajcic, projected: 6 39 33 6 2 1 1 13 6 5 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 729
Hancel Rincón, actual: 2 11 9 5 0 1 1 10 1 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6319
Hancel Rincón, projected: 2 11 9 5 0 1 1 10 1 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6318
JoJo Romero, actual: 44 186 164 40 6 1 5 63 16 17 129 2 0 4 2 2 3 700
JoJo Romero, projected: 44 185 164 39 7 1 5 61 16 20 129 2 1 3 2 1 1 659
Chris Roycroft, actual: 7 39 29 13 0 0 2 19 8 9 16 1 0 1 1 0 1 3486
Chris Roycroft, projected: 7 39 33 9 2 0 1 15 4 6 16 0 1 1 1 0 1 1689
Jared Shuster, actual: 5 44 38 11 3 0 1 17 6 10 27 0 0 0 1 1 1 1131
Jared Shuster, projected: 5 44 38 11 2 0 1 17 5 6 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 940
George Soriano, actual: 69 286 244 57 13 0 10 100 34 33 195 2 3 3 0 2 11 802
George Soriano, projected: 69 284 244 61 13 0 11 109 31 41 195 1 3 5 0 1 5 850
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Ryne Stanek, actual: 68 259 226 52 7 1 9 88 30 30 182 0 0 2 0 1 2 683
Ryne Stanek, projected: 68 257 224 49 8 1 8 83 30 29 182 0 1 1 1 2 3 662
Peter Strzelecki, actual: 8 61 52 13 4 0 1 20 6 9 42 0 1 2 0 0 2 750
Peter Strzelecki, projected: 8 61 53 12 3 0 1 19 5 6 42 0 1 2 0 0 2 648
Matt Svanson, actual: 41 207 180 55 11 0 5 81 21 39 130 1 3 2 0 0 2 1073
Matt Svanson, projected: 41 206 180 41 7 1 4 62 19 25 130 0 3 3 0 0 1 695
Bryan Torres, actual: 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 221
Bryan Torres, projected: 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
Cade Winquest, actual: 9 48 41 8 1 0 1 12 5 8 35 0 1 1 1 0 1 565
Cade Winquest, projected: 9 48 41 8 1 0 1 12 5 8 35 0 1 1 1 0 1 558
Bruce Zimmermann, actual: 1 21 20 6 3 0 0 9 1 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 635
Bruce Zimmermann, projected: 1 21 19 6 1 0 1 10 1 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 972
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Cardinals, Actual: 157 6023 5327 1350 276 15 155 2121 547 729 4205 20 48 74 27 15 116 701
Cardinals, Projected: 157 5988 5314 1328 270 24 154 2107 523 725 4205 18 54 74 27 19 102 686


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.253 0.250
Slugging Average: 0.398 0.396
Walks (per PA): 0.091 0.087
SOs (per PA): 0.206 0.205
On-Base Average: 0.329 0.323
Power Factor: 1.571 1.587
OPS: 0.727 0.719
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 701
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 686
Actual Runs Scored: 729

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