Cards sign Phil Maton

[Strummer Jones]

One year deal, MLB contract.

Per what I just saw from the team's Instagram right now.

[82birds]

hmmmmm

[An Old Friend]

One year deal, MLB contract.

Per what I just saw from the team's Instagram right now.

Fantastic

That’s definitely a Mo signing.

[12xu]

Much needed RH relief help. Better late than never, Mo.

[Basil Shabazz]

A good signing.

[82birds]

hope he's still the Maton of several years ago

[82birds]

from MLBTR:

Cardinals Sign Phil Maton
By Nick Deeds | March 13, 2025 at 7:47am CDT

The Cardinals announced this morning that they’ve signed right-hander Phil Maton to a one-year, major league deal, as noted by Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Left-hander Bailey Horn was designated for assignment to make room for Maton on the club’s 40-man roster, as noted by Katie Woo of The Athletic.

[craviduce]

the guy is a work horse. No reason for CT to start losing their heads if he works more than 50 games this season....but some will

[82birds]

https://www.mlb.com/player/phil-maton-664208

[82birds]

more from MLBTR:



Maton, 32 later this month, was among the better relief arms still available on the free agent market at this late point in the calendar. Drafted in the 20th round by the Padres back in 2015, Maton will suit up with the Cardinals for his ninth MLB season and hope to continue a stretch of quality work that began with the Astros back in 2022. The first five seasons of Maton’s career saw him struggle despite solid peripherals, with a subpar 4.76 ERA in 215 1/3 innings of work across 209 appearances. He struck out 26.4% of opponents during that time while walking 9.2%. Those numbers were decent enough to keep Maton rostered with San Diego and Cleveland over the years, but he eventually wound up in Houston late in the 2021 season.

The righty’s middling results continued with the Astros through the end of 2021, but by the start of the 2022 season a switch seemed to have flipped. His 25.2% strikeout rate and 8.2% walk rate over the past three seasons aren’t markedly different than what they were earlier in his career, but the veteran’s results have improved drastically as he’s posted a 3.50 ERA with a 4.11 FIP in 195 2/3 innings of work across 206 games. After hitting free agency for the first time in his career prior to the 2024 season, Maton signed on with the Rays but struggled badly for the club, with a 4.58 ERA in 40 appearances for them last year. Fortunately for the right-hander, however, he was traded to the Mets for the stretch run and turned a corner, dominating to the tune of a 2.51 ERA across his final 31 appearances of the regular season.

[Quincy Varnish]

OMG it’s a real live major league player?!?

[Banner29]

Signing the offseasons “headline” addition midway through spring training(because that’s historically a wise thing to do) is such a Mo thing to do.

[An Old Friend]

OMG it’s a real live major league player?!?

Mo loves him some soft tossing dudes...

Dislike this signing... also cause his dad is a liar and crook... but I should let that be. We're not supposed to hold a parent's misdeeds against their kids.

[82birds]

Goold says Maton, origianally from Chatham, Illinois, grew up a Cardinal fan. He's been throwing in Arizona. Already in camp at Jupiter. Will wear #88

[alw80]

This changes everything.

[Ozziesfan41]

Pitchers that sign middle to late into spring training almost never have good seasons or have very bad beginnings to the season