Overview
- Manager Oliver Marmol announced Liberatore will face the Rays on March 26 at Busch Stadium.
- The season-opening rotation is set with Matthew Liberatore, Kyle Leahy, Dustin May, Michael McGreevy and Andre Pallante.
- Right-hander Richard Fitts was optioned to Triple-A Memphis, a move that cemented the five starters.
- Fitts, acquired in the November trade that sent Sonny Gray to Boston, begins the year as rotation depth.
- Liberatore earned the assignment after allowing just one walk in 13 1/3 exhibition innings, building on 2025 gains as St. Louis evaluates its young arms.