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Quinn Mathews

Cardinals
Number #60
Position SP
Bats L
Throws L
Age 26
Height 6' 5"
Weight 188 lbs
Birth Place Mission Viejo, CA
Born Oct 4, 2000

Key Insights

2026
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Mathews's sinker leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 80.1 off his changeup.

72 and 137 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Mathews's 4-seam fastball carries 15.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

346 thrown, averaging 93.4 mph.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work

17.7 mph separates Mathews's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 93.4 against 75.8.

346 and 116 of them respectively.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Mathews goes to the slider: 32% of his two-strike pitches, against 18.1% the rest of the time.

281 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Mathews lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.18 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

867 located pitches in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Mathews releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 1.1 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

867 tracked release points, averaging 5.3 feet off the ground.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 4, 2000
Birth Place Mission Viejo, CA
Height 6' 5"
Weight 188 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/L
College/Draft Stanford