Pitcher · 2026
Matt Svanson
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #49
- Born
- January 31, 1999 in Lake Zurich, IL, USA
- MLB debut
- April 17, 2025
- Drafted
- 2021, round 13
- College
- Lehigh
- dbWAR
- 1.4 2 season(s)
- IP
- 43.1
- ERA
- 7.27
- FIP
- 4.29
- K/9
- 8.5
- FIP−
- 103 100 = avg
Matt Svanson is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 41 batters over 43.1 innings across 41 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 7.27 was 74.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 458th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.29 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.8% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.8%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 102 | 85 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .247 | .347 | .341 | .315 | 18.6% |
| vs RHB | 105 | 95 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 22 | .358 | .410 | .547 | .414 | 21.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Svanson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Sinker | 354 | 96.3 | 2,263 | 44.6% | 13.2% | |
| Sweeper | 254 | 86.6 | 2,233 | 42.5% | 27.7% | |
| Cutter | 171 | 92.0 | 2,288 | 50.9% | 19.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 1 | 43.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 35 | 41 | 21 | 7.27 | 4.29 | 1.75 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 174 | 103 | 0.2 | |
| 2025 | 39 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 68 | 20 | 1.94 | 2.72 | 0.88 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 47 | 65 | 1.3 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.