The Cardinals introduced Wednesday that they’ve recalled right-hander Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. His first look would be the first of his large league profession. Proper-hander Roddery Muñoz was optioned to Memphis in his place.
Svanson, 26, was the Blue Jays’ Thirteenth-round choose in 2021. He joined the Cardinals by the use of the 2023 Paul DeJong commerce and entered the season ranked twenty second amongst St. Louis farmhands, per Baseball America. Their scouting report praises Svanson’s mid-90s sinker and above-average slider, each of which have helped the righty pile up grounders all through his minor league profession. Svanson has commonly sat north of 60% in that regard, although he dipped to “solely” 52.7% final yr in Double-A (nonetheless about 10 proportion factors north of common).
Svanson opened the 2025 season in Triple-A Memphis — his first expertise at that degree. He’s began the season by holding opponents to 1 run on 5 hits and a pair of walks with 4 punchouts. Almost two-thirds of the batted balls towards him have been grounders within the season’s first couple weeks.
In components of 5 minor league seasons, the 6’5″ righty has pitched to a 2.98 earned run common with a 25% strikeout price and seven.9% stroll price. Svanson’s strikeout price dipped to twenty.8% final yr, however he’s been higher than common when it comes to strikeout, stroll and ground-ball price in each different season of his younger skilled profession. He’ll hope to cement himself within the bullpen alongside Ryan Helsley, Ryan Fernandez, JoJo Romero and Phil Maton. Svanson was simply added to the 40-man roster again in November, so he has a full slate of minor league possibility years remaining.
