Andre Pallante
#53 SP · Cardinals
Height
6'0"
Weight
215 lbs
Age
27
College
UC Irvine
Draft
2019, Rd 4, #125
Experience
4 yrs
Bats/Throws
R/R
D+
C-
C+
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Fan Verdict
Grade this player:
Career StatsC-
| Year | Team | GP | ERA | W-L | K | WHIP | IP | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career |  | 175 | 4.286296 | 27-31 | 347 | 1.4104477 | 0.0 | 0 |
Current Contract
Length
1 year
Total Value
$4.0M
Guaranteed
$2.4M
AAV
$4.0M/yr
Guaranteed %60%
Performance Analysis
C-
FCA+
Andre Pallante grades as an above average performer among MLB starting pitchers, earning a B Performance grade. He carries a 4.32 ERA (above the league average of 4.20, an area for improvement) and a 1.42 WHIP across 460.0 innings pitched with a 6.3 K/9 rate. His 24-29 record provides context on team support and run prevention. As a player entering his prime window at 27, Andre is a key contributor for the Cardinals. A 169-game sample provides high confidence in this grade.
Fan & Media Sentiment
C+
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Public perception around Andre Pallante sits at a cautiously optimistic C+ right now, buoyed by a stretch of favorable coverage that has his name appearing in positive headlines more often than his underlying production strictly warrants. The driving force behind the narrative is a strong recent outing against the Mets, where he anchored a dominant pitching performance in a 3-0 shutout — holding New York to just three hits — and that kind of eye-catching line tends to generate goodwill that lingers in the fan base. The disconnect worth noting is that his performance grade checks in at a C-, meaning the broader body of work this season has been solidly middling, and the sentiment bump is largely riding the momentum of one standout appearance rather than sustained excellence. On the roster-construction side, the Cardinals have been active in refreshing their pitching depth — adding Hunter Dobbins, Luis Peralta, Matt Pushard, and Jared Shuster to the staff in recent weeks — which subtly keeps the competitive pressure on Pallante even as fans celebrate his contributions. As a fourth-year player who came up as a 2019 fourth-round pick, he carries the profile of a back-of-the-rotation piece who earns goodwill through reliability rather than dominance, and that's exactly how Cardinals fans seem to be consuming him right now. The narrative is steady and favorable in the short window, but it rests on a fragile foundation — one or two rough outings and the conversation around his rotation spot could shift quickly given the pitching depth St. Louis has been quietly accumulating.
Recent Games
| Date | OPP | Result | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 5/6 | vs MIL | L 2-6 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Wed, 4/29 | @ PIT | W 5-4 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
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About this player
Andre Pallante is a player in his 4th MLB season listed at SP for the Cardinals. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every MLB player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Andre Pallante: Contract Value Index D+, Performance C-, Sentiment C+, Fan Verdict pending.
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