Cardinals Prospects

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez bashes his 4th HR at Springfield! He's been one of the team's best hitters in June

[image] Fangraphs released its first mock draft this morning They had the Cardinals selecting OF/LHP Jared Grindlinger with the 13th overall selection

[video] Jordan Walker absolutely crushes his first career grand slam. It’s the hardest-hit and longest home run of his MLB career: EV: 113.7 MPH LA: 22° Distance: 459 ft.

[video] Left-handed hitters are 0-for-15 with 13 strikeouts against Cooper Hjerpe so far at Double-A this season

[image] The Cardinals acquired Patrick Galle as the PTBNL in the Sonny Gray deal, and he may already have the best stuff of any relief pitching prospect in the organization. Galle has struck out eight hitters through his first three innings with the Cardinals.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez just launched his 17th home run of the season. He's now homered four times over his last six games.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez stays red-hot, crushing his 11th home run of the season

[video] Quinn Mathews's 44.8 fastball whiff% ranks #1 in MLB this Spring (min. 50 fastballs thrown) Its velocity is back to where it was in 2024 If Mathews can return to his 2024 form, he'll be a solid mid-rotation starter on a contending team

[video] Jesus Baez launches his second home run of the game. He's already homered five times in seven games with Double-A Springfield after setting the High-A Peoria Chiefs' single-season home run record.

[video] Here are Liam Doyle's two strikeouts from his Futures Game appearance

[image] Forget the Martian, I prefer the Moon Man

[video] So long, Joshua Báez! The Cardinals' top prospect has his second consecutive 2 HR game Specs on his most recent bomb: 112.5 MPH EV 42° LA

[video] JJ Wetherholt's swing decisions have really stood out so far Entering today: Chase%: 90th percentile in MLB Zone swing%: 76th percentile His zone awareness for a rookie has been outstanding

[video] JJ Wetherholt this Spring (13 PA): 246 wRC+ 38.5 BB% 7.7 K% 57.1 HardHit% He's been the team's best hitter so far

[image] Here are JJ Wetherholt's Statcast percentiles so far in Spring Training

[video] Check out this nasty Liam Doyle splitter: 87.8 MPH 863 RPM 3.3" IVB -12.3" HB

[image] Quinn Mathews’ stats since June: 32.1 IP 2.23 ERA 38 K | 13 BB 0.84 WHIP .132 BAA

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez hits his 10th home run of the season!

[text] Cooper Hjerpe final line for the FCL Cardinals: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K The Cardinals’ 2022 first round pick has mot played in an affiliated game since 2024 due to a torn UCL in his left elbow, which necessitated Tommy John surgery Really nice to see him back rehabbing

[video] Won-Bin Cho launches his 7th HR since his promotion to Double-A He's been on an absolute tear

[image] Luis Gastelum has been one of the most dominant pitchers in minor league baseball over the last month. Here are his percentiles since 5/18 (graphic: @TJStats).

[video] Liam Doyle has been a completely different pitcher over his last couple of starts First 49 batters faced: 11.17 ERA, 18.4 K%, 12.2 BB%, 16 H Last 43 batters faced: 2.38 ERA, 39.3 K%, 2.3 BB%, 9 H 🔥

[image] Good to see Tink Hence's velocity back up in his return from the FCL. He sat 94-95 MPH on his heater and recorded a season-high 96.3 MPH.

[video] Joshua Baez just hit an absolute moonshot in the Spring Breakout game: EV: 112.7 MPH LA: 31° Distance: 412 ft.

[video] Joshua Baez is starting to settle in at Triple-A, crushing his second home run in as many games: EV: 98.0 MPH LA: 27° Distance: 368 ft.

[image] Trying something new today: Introducing Redbird Farmahands Power Rankings 1. Let's get the first thing clear: this is not a top 10 prospects list; this is a performance list of guys who have been performing well over the past few weeks, so you will see guys who aren't top 30

[image] The Cardinals may have found their next standout catching prospect in Sebastian Rojas. Rojas has reached base safely in each of his first 15 professional games and is slashing .386/.457/.649 while striking out just 11.4% of the time.

[image] Emanuel Luna is off to a tremendous start to his pro career: 5-for-9 3 HR .556/.692/1.667 The Cardinals' top international signing from the 2026 class is making an immediate impact in the DSL.

[video] JOSHUA BAEZ DOES IT AGAIN

[image] OPS among 19-year-olds at the Double-A level: SS Jesus Made (.785) C Rainiel Rodriguez (.781) SS Leo De Vries (.779)

[video] Jurrangelo Cijntje ties a career high with his 10th strikeout of the game. He has not allowed an earned run through four innings against a loaded Tulsa Drillers lineup.

[video] Jurrangelo Cijntje’s final line: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Cijntje tied a season-high with six innings and commanded the zone well. Over his last six starts, he has a 3.90 ERA.

[image] The Cardinals come in at No. 4 in MLB Pipeline’s 2026 farm system rankings.

[video] Fifth Spring Training game notes: -Richard Fitts's fastball sat 98 MPH, T-99 MPH. Will be interesting to see how this holds up as the season progresses -Nolan Gorman hit a 386 ft. home run, off to a good start -Colton Ledbetter had two hits, someone who could debut this season

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez was ranked number 3 on Fangraphs’ 2026 OOPSY Top 100 Prospects OOPSY is a WAR projection tool accounting for aging curves, recency weights, and major league equivalencies He’s one of the best catching prospects of our generation and a future All-Star

[video] Won-Bin Cho takes Kade Anderson deep for his 14th home run of the season!

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez launches a moonshot for his second HR at Double-A! He's slowly starting to heat up after a slow start to his Double-A career

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez's June: 88 PA .356/.466/.575 4 HR 14.8% BB% 20.5% K% It took the 19-year-old a few weeks to adjust, but he's now up to an .808 OPS at the Double-A level.

[video] Jimmy Crooks first 264 Triple-A PA: 10 HR, 94 wRC+ Last 276 Triple-A PAs: 14 HR, 137 wRC+ 🔥 Despite some whiff and swing decision concerns, he's making a strong case for an MLB promotion

[video] Blaze Jordan picks up his first big league hit!

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez's 2026 stats (A+): 128 PA .311/.430/.519 148 wRC+ 14.8% BB% 18.8% K% Rodriguez has been promoted to Double-A Springfield after a dominant start to the season. He will now be the second-youngest hitter at the level, behind only Jesus Made.

[video] Joshua Báez continues making a mockery of Triple-A pitching He's 3-for-3 tonight with his second double of the night His season OPS is now up to .915

[image] Post-draft updated Top 10 prospects on 1. C Rainiel Rodriguez 2. OF Joshua Baez 3. C Leo Bernal 4. LHP Liam Doyle 5. LHP Quinn Mathews 6. OF Trevor Condon 7. LHP Cooper Hjerpe 8. SHP Jurrangelo Cijntje 9. RHP Tegan Kuhns 10. SS Rocco Maniscalco

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez hits his second home run of the game! He's up to 15 home runs this season and has boosted his OPS to .888.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez lines his second double of the game It's his first multi-XBH game at Double-A

[video] Yhoiker Fajardo is making a compelling case to be the Cardinals' next top 100 prospect He's missing bats at a staggering rate (33.3 K%) and is maintaining the elite command that already made him special (2.9 BB%) His performance for his age and level has been jaw-dropping

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez picks up his third hit of the game. It's his fourth straight multi-hit performance.

[video] The Cardinals are in a pre-agreement to add Dominican SS Franyerson Leclerc to their 2028 class. per Lorenzo Academy H/t @bkfan09

[image] Signing is now official.

[video] Rainiel Rodriguez slugs his 14th home run of the season