In 2025, “switch-pitcher Saturdays” were a Minor League phenomenon. Each week, Jurrangelo Cijntje would take the mound, leaving everyone guessing as to which hand would don the ambidextrous glove as a new opponent took the batter’s box. This year, things look a little different for Cijntje. For one, his first

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Cardinals’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. JJ Wetherholt (MLB Pipeline No. 5), INF -- St. Louis (MLB)
2. Liam Doyle (MLB No. 32), LHP -- Springfield (Double-A)
3. Rainiel Rodriguez (MLB No. 35), C -- Peoria (High-A)

ST. LOUIS -- What makes the torrid start to Cardinals rookie JJ Wetherholt's big league career all the more impressive is the way that he called his shot on it. No, he didn't point out toward Freese's Lawn before depositing a baseball onto the Busch Stadium berm in his second

After an epic first impression on Opening Day, JJ Wetherholt outdid himself in the second game of his big league career. The Cardinals’ top prospect walked off the Rays on Saturday at Busch Stadium after a wild ending to what had been a pitching duel for most of the afternoon.

ST. LOUIS -- Though nothing magical happened in his first Major League at-bat, Cardinals' No. 1 prospect JJ Wetherholt didn’t wait long to give the sea of red something to cheer about in his big-league debut during Thursday's 9-7 Opening Day win at Busch Stadium.

JJ Wetherholt has been taking Major League-quality at-bats for some time. He might as well be taking them at the game’s actual top level. On Monday, the Cardinals announced that MLB Pipeline’s No. 5 overall prospect will open the 2026 season in the Major Leagues. His expected debut will come

Welcome to The Show, JJ Wetherholt. The Cardinals' top prospect -- also baseball's No. 5 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- has made St. Louis' Opening Day roster, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom told reporters on Monday. Wetherholt figures to be the starting second baseman for Opening Day on

JUPITER, Fla. -- Joshua Báez’s 2025 breakout season can be sliced and diced any number of ways, but here are the two big ones. With his 20 homers and 54 steals between High-A and Double-A last year, he was one of only two 20-50 players in the Minors. No. 1

JUPITER, Fla. -- JJ Wetherholt is the Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect and No. 5 overall per MLB Pipeline, and he's lived up to the billing during the exhibition season. In fact, if things continue to go well, don’t be surprised if Wetherholt is named the Opening Day second baseman against

JUPITER -- By sound of his voice, it's clear former Major Leaguer Jason Isringhausen -- now the Cardinals’ special advisor and roving pitching instructor -- was pleased to manage the team’s prospects to a 9-8 victory over the Nationals’ contingent in their Spring Breakout game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

JUPITER, Fla. -- Chaim Bloom, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations, has fortified the organization with promising prospects and most of them will be playing in the Spring Breakout game against the Nationals on Thursday, in which St. Louis legend Adam Wainwright will serve as a coach on the team

However things turn out for the 2026 Cardinals, it’s obvious to everyone involved, from fans to the team itself, that wins and losses are not really the point here right now. (Though my official stance is that they’re going to be better than a lot of people think, albeit probably

With a busy offseason on the trade market and some nice swings in last year's Draft, the Cardinals have built their farm system into something approaching the ideal talent-rich pipeline rebuilding organizations crave. But that's only one part of the job done. Now they have to develop this group into

JUPITER, Fla. -- It took four games for JJ Wetherholt to get his first hit of the spring, but when it finally came, it went a long, long way. Wetherholt launched a home run against Mets closer Devin Williams to lead off the fourth inning of Friday afternoon's Grapefruit League

JUPITER, Fla. – Blaze Jordan has spent the past five years playing in Minor League ballparks, working hard to return to a big league stadium. Yes, return. No, Jordan has yet to advance beyond Triple-A since he made his professional debut in 2021 but in July 2019, a then-16-year-old Jordan

JUPITER, Fla. -- Luis Gastelum's changeup is so filthy, his teammates' reactions to it have to be censored. The Cardinals' pitching prospect recently faced catcher Pedro Pagés in a live batting practice session at the team's Spring Training facility. Manager Oliver Marmol said it was fun to witness that head

This week, the first Cardinals Spring Training of the Chaim Bloom Era officially kicked off. When Bloom addressed the clubhouse this week, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the message was one of opportunity: “One of the things that we’re all excited to see happen is what

JUPITER, Fla. -- Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was at Cardinals camp on Monday. Yadier Molina was, too. Adam Wainwright will be at the team's spring home soon as well. Those franchise icons want to impart their wealth of knowledge onto the players who will be leading this new era

JUPITER, Fla. -- Tink Hence is well aware that his stock has fallen. “I’ve seen the rankings," he said Friday. The right-handed pitcher with big talent and a relatively small frame was a Top 100 prospect prior to each of the past three seasons, reaching as high as No. 64

JUPITER, Fla. -- An offseason headlined by change doesn’t end once Spring Training begins. Teams are still trying to make moves to augment their 2026 rosters, and the new-look Cardinals are no different. St. Louis is continuing to monitor the outfield market, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said Thursday,

Jurrangelo Cijntje stepped atop a mound at the Cardinals' complex in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday for his first bullpen session of the spring with his new team. The No. 91 overall prospect immediately showed why he will be a must-watch pitcher throughout camp. The ambidextrous Cijntje threw pitches left-handed and

In the wake of Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom trading Brendan Donovan to the Mariners last week, it was pointed out by many, including me, that the Cardinals are now incredibly young, to the point that there are no players in the projected starting lineup over age 28,

ST. LOUIS -- As much as the high-end potential of ambidextrous pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje excited the Cardinals, and as much as they were intrigued by the rare combinations of speed and power from outfielders Tai Peete and Colton Ledbetter, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom knew he simply needed more

ST. LOUIS -- Fearing that Brendan Donovan’s cost-controlled prime years could expire before their rebuild puts them in position to contend again, the Cardinals dealt the All-Star infielder-outfielder to the Mariners for three Minor League prospects and two Competitive Balance Round Draft picks in a three-team trade that also involved