Cardinals Minor Leagues
Wednesday with Walton – March 13, 2024
This week, Brian and Blake review how the St. Louis Cardinals’ top 10 prospects are ranked by major national sources compared to The Cardinal Nation, with a focus on Won-Bin Cho and Max Rajcic. The related roster implications between major league and minor league...
Wednesday with Walton – March 6, 2024
Brian Walton and Blake Newberry discuss the ramifications of the injuries to Tommy Edman and Sonny Gray, explanations of new pitches or adjustments made by Zack Thompson, Andre Pallante, Max Rajcic and Michael McGreevy, the first cuts from spring camp and much more!
Victor Scott II caps prolific 2023 season, leads Springfield to Texas League playoffs
Victor Scott II made history with his legs in 2023. Scott II topped all Minor League Baseball with 95 steals – only two players since 2005 – Billy Hamilton and Delino DeShields – have bagged more loot in a single season. The son of two collegiate track stars, Scott II...
Tink Hence stays calm, grinds through growing pains during rough August
Perhaps nobody in Springfield is happier to see the calendar flip to September than St. Louis’ top pitching prospect. Tink Hence surrendered six runs in the first two innings at Arvest Ballpark in Northwest Arkansas on Thursday night and took the loss as Springfield...
Tekoah Roby sharpens slider in “impressive” Springfield debut
On the eve of his Cardinals’ debut Tekoah Roby pondered the changes since he last took the mound on June 3 – a sore shoulder sidelined the 21-year-old righthander for 12 weeks and while rehabbing Roby was traded to St. Louis by the Texas Rangers. Then he remembered...
Springfield Cardinals’ manager José Leger reflects on baseball, analytics, and his career
José Leger steps into his office inside Hammons Field – a cramped room with cinder block walls more suitable for high school coaches than the 41-year-old Springfield Cardinals’ skipper named Best Manager Prospect by Baseball America last year. But Leger – a former...
With Top 10 prospects Thomas Saggese and Tekoah Roby, St. Louis loads up on 2020 MLB Draft class
The Cardinals got their first glance at one of the prospects hauled in by the trade deadline selloff on Tuesday night. Thomas Saggese (pronounced “soo-JAY-see”) – an infielder acquired in the trade that sent Jordan Montgomery and Chris Stratton to the Texas Rangers on...
With MLB trade deadline looming, Texas League home run leader, Chandler Redmond, must wait and see
An hour before the first pitch of Springfield’s 9-7 victory over the Arkansas Travelers on Thursday, Chandler Redmond stood outside the Cardinals’ clubhouse and said all the right things. He flashed a smile and spoke calmly but with hulking arms folded across his...
Mike Antico and Victor Scott II give Double-A Springfield lineup a “Whiteyball” look
Mike Antico led off Game 1 of a Saturday evening doubleheader against Amarillo with a towering home run and before the ball landed on the Cardinals’ clubhouse beyond the right field fence, Antico was aware of its significance. St. Louis’ 8th-round pick in the 2021 MLB...
“He’s a grinder, he’s earned a spot here”: Noah Mendlinger’s hot start in Double-A sparks Springfield
As fans filed into Hammons Field for the series-finale against Wichita, Springfield Cardinals’ infielder Noah Mendlinger paused his pregame routine. “I go out and do my stretch, one of the first things I do is look at the stadium, look at the crowd – I never thought...
Weekly with Walton – Jun 1, 2023
Could we see Moises Gomez in St. Louis this year? We start there with Brian Walton today. An update on power-hitters, Jordan Walker and Luken Baker. Brian names his "Player of the Month" and it may surprise some. We also get into some pitchers up and down the minor...
Wilfredo Pereira strikes out 10 in shutout victory to cap brilliant month on the mound in Double-A
With one out in the fifth inning at Hammons Field on Friday night, Wichita Wind Surge leftfielder Alerick Soularie was on the ropes. Springfield Cardinals’ righthander Wilfredo Pereira had struck out nine of the first 15 Wichita batters – including Soularie on four...