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I am doing a 2025 Cardinals franchise -- essentially a reset of the reset the team pledged to do in the 2024-25 off-season but didn't really follow through on.
Anyway, one of the moves I made was to put left-handed pitcher Quinn Matthews in the starting rotation.
Like in the real world, Matthews, a 24-year-old who was taken in the fourth round of the 2023 draft, had a good spring training for me.
I put him in my rotation. The Cardinals demoted him to Memphis, where he quickly got injured and could be en route to Tommy John surgery.
Anyway, Matthews pitched great for me over his first nine starts going 6-0 with a 2.73 ERA. (six quality starts).
In his next nine starts, he was going 1-3 as his ERA ballooned to 4.19. (One quality start).
For the season, he is 7-3 with a 4.17 ERA over 92.1 innings in 17 starts.
Matthews didn't pitch in the minors after being drafted in 2023.
In 2024, at four levels, he pitched 144.1 innings over 26 starts finishing 8-5 with a 2.74 ERA.
It is July 3 in my league, what I am thinking is to shut down Matthews through the All-Star break and then bring him back after a start or two at AAA Memphis.
Then, I will use him down the stretch in regular rotation as long as I am in playoff contention.
The Cardinals are 50-37 and 5.5 games behind the Cubs in the NL Central. But sit in first place in the wild-card standings with a 5.5 game edge over the final playoff spot.
What do you think and any suggestions because the Matthews of April and May was probably the No. 2 starter on my staff.