Cardinals Prospects

[image] Tai Peete went 4-for-4 with two home runs tonight. Over his last three games, he's 9-for-14 with four home runs and has boosted his season OPS to .929.

[image] Liam Doyle's stats since July: 31.0 IP 1.74 ERA 35 K | 18 BB 1.16 WHIP .171 BAA

[video] TAI PEETE CYCLE

[video] Tanner Franklin punches out 2025 first overall pick Eli Willits with a 100 MPH fastball

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a homer and reached base all five times today. He's now slashing .378/.500/.622 in June with 3 home runs and an elite 16.1% walk rate.

[video] Joshua Baez does it again! It's his fifth home run in his last three games, and his 16th on the season.

[image] Quinn Mathews’ hardest pitch during the 2025 regular season: 96.0 MPH Mathews threw 5 pitches 96.0 MPH or higher (T96.7) in the 3rd inning today.

[video] Jimmy Crooks launches his 5th HR of the season! 100.3 MPH EV 33° LA 379 FT

[video] Joshua Baez smokes a 115.4 MPH double, the hardest-hit ball of his career in Statcast-tracked games

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez picks up his third hit of the game with this double. His OPS is now up to 1.142 through his first nine games of 2026.

[video] The Cardinals acquired OF Josiah Ragsdale in the Dustin May trade. Ragsdale has transformed his offensive profile this year by tapping into much more power. He's slashing .316/.441/.581 with 19 home runs and 31 stolen bases in 86 games between High-A and Double-A.

[image] Notable hitters on the Springfield Cardinals roster and their season OPS entering today: OF Josiah Ragsdale (1.022) INF/OF Tre Richardson III (.983) 1B/3B Jack Gurevitch (.940) OF Tai Peete (.937) OF Won-Bin Cho (.921) C Rainiel Rodriguez (.903) INF Jesus Baez (.865)

[video] JJ Wetherholt just missed his second home run of his MLB debut — and it would’ve been a go-ahead grand slam. He already has two barrels in his first four batted ball events in the majors. What a start to his big league career.

[video] JJ Wetherholt has already posted two multi-hit games in his first five games as a pro. Batted ball events so far tonight: 96.0 MPH EV, 13° LA (Single) 94.7 MPH EV, 17° LA (Single)

[video] Joshua Baez's video-game power is on full display today. He's already tallied three extra-base hits: 108.9 MPH, 33° LA (Home Run) 103.8 MPH, 24° LA (Double) 97.6 MPH, 21° LA (Double)

[video] JJ Wetherholt picks up his first MLB stolen base. He got a great jump and posted a 28.4 ft/sec sprint speed.

[video] JJ Wetherholt just hit his first HR of Spring! 105.4 EV 31° LA 422 feet He's off to a hot start and is showing why he has a strong case to be the Cardinals' starting 2B on Opening Day

[video] Joshua Baez has hit 14 home runs over his last 23 games. What he's doing right now is absolutely unreal.

[video] Mason Molina final line (81 pitches, 58 strikes) 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP It's his deepest start as a professional, showcasing outstanding command while missing a respectable number of bats

[video] Liam Doyle is starting to settle in at Double-A First 49 batters faced: 11.17 ERA, 18.4 K%, 12.2 BB%, 16 H Last 24 batters faced: 1.42 ERA, 37.5 K%, 4.2 BB%, 4 H

[text] Hunter Dobbins second rehab start is finished 5.1 IP 5 H 1 ER 1 BB 7 K He produced 13 whiffs with an overall 30% whiff rate on the night throwing 91 pitches. He looks ready to take a step into the Cardinals rotation when his rehab finishes.

[video] I don’t think there’s a pitching prospect in the system poised to take a bigger leap in 2026 than Franklin

[video] Won-Bin Cho from 2022-2025 (1,365 PA): 17 HR Won-Bin Cho in 2026 (281 PA): 17 HR

[video] Check out this nasty sweeper from Cooper Hjerpe: 78.9 MPH 2607 RPM 4.1" IVB 20.7" HB

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez slugs his 12th home run of the season

[image] Luis Gastelum struck out the side with his alien changeup. The pitch averaged an absurd -6" of IVB and generated five whiffs (83.3% whiff rate).

[text] Welcome to Chaim Bloom’s Cardinals He acquired a pitcher who throws upper 90s with a couple interesting secondaries, and a OF bat who hit 11 homers last season in college. It’s a random Monday in April

[video] Farthest-hit batted ball events this spring for the Cardinals: Joshua Baez: 436 ft. (Home Run) JJ Wetherholt: 430 ft. (Flyout) JJ Wetherholt: 422 ft. (Home Run)

[video] JJ Wetherholt effortlessly smoked this ball 105.4 MPH for a single. This is Wetherholt’s hardest-hit BBE at the MLB level so far.

[video] Make it eight strikeouts for Liam Doyle! He's locked in tonight. Doyle is through four scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and zero walks.

[image] Liam Doyle's final line: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Doyle showed off his explosive stuff in the Futures Game, striking out two. He threw 17 fastballs, 11 of which were 98+ MPH, and topped out at 99.2.

[video] JJ Wetherholt is a damn good defensive second baseman. He entered today with a league-leading 5 Outs Above Average and continues to make nifty plays.

[video] Quinn Mathews is through five hitless innings with just one walk. His scoreless streak is up to 17.1 innings.

[video] Chase Davis' first Triple-A hit is a home run! EV: 103.5 MPH LA: 22° Distance: 405 ft.

[video] JJ Wetherholt keeps on rolling with another hit He showed off his elite bat control and shot one the other way to left field

[image] Joshua Baez just hit his 20th home run of the season. He's one of just six minor leaguers to reach that mark and the first player at the Triple-A level to do so.

[video] JJ Wetherholt is running a 58.8% hard-hit rate this spring. His feel for the barrel has been apparent, as all seven of his hardest-hit balls have come between 8 and 35 degrees.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez's June: 46 PA .342/.457/.553 2 HR 15.2% BB% 23.9% K% Rodriguez has boosted his OPS at Double-A from .504 to .707 during this stretch.

[video] Luis Gastelum struck out three in 1.1 innings, extending his scoreless innings streak to 17 IP.

[video] Here are all five whiffs Gastelum generated with his changeup today

[video] Joshua Baez has done it again! It’s his second home run in as many days: EV: 102.7 MPH LA: 33° Distance: 388 ft.

[video] Brandon Clarke has been cooking in his Peoria debut. He just struck out the side and is up to five strikeouts through three innings. He's posted an impressive 77.1% strike rate so far tonight.

[video] Joshua Baez is slugging .878 over his last 109 plate appearances. Let that sink in.

[video] Jesús Báez is on his way to Double-A Springfield, per @_chaseford The tooled-up infielder had a 136 wRC+ over his final 102 PA at High-A Peoria He was acquired in the Ryan Helsley trade last Summer

[video] As we get closer to June, the Cardinals could begin making MILB promotions Here are some names to look out for: AAA to MLB: -Jimmy Crooks AA to AAA: -Mason Molina A+ to AA: -Yhoiker Fajardo -Tai Peete -Jalin Flores A to A+: -Jacob Odle -Jack Gurevitch

[image] The Cardinals are promoting Jacob Odle to High-A Peoria. A much-deserved promotion for Odle, who posted a 1.91 ERA in 33 innings with Palm Beach this season.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez has reached base in every game he's played this June. He's slashing .339/.458/.525 with 3 home runs and a 15.3% walk rate over that stretch.

[video] Joshua Baez tallied three hits today, including this triple. Over his last 10 games, Baez is slashing .263/.364/.658 with four home runs and six extra-base hits.

[image] Jimmy Crooks is posting elite batted ball data in Triple-A so far. He ranks in the 98th percentile or better in AvgEV, AirEV, Hard Hit%, Sweet Spot%, and Barrel% (min. 10 BBE).

[video] JJ Wetherholt flashes the leather yet again at second, robbing Jarren Duran of a hit. He’s currently tied with Bobby Witt Jr. for the MLB lead with 4 OAA.