Luis Gastelum #72

2025

Pitched the entire season for Springfield (AA), appearing in a career-high 46 games, leading the squad in appearances as well as all Cardinals minor league pitchers with 10 saves...Ranked among Texas League leaders in saves (10, T-fourth), games (46, T-sixth)...Struck out 92 batters over 62.2 innings, leading all Double-A relief pitchers in strikeouts and was T-sixth among all minor league relievers...Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August 2025, posting a 0-2 record with a 2.93 ERA, with four saves over 15.1 innings pitched, with 22 strikeouts, while compiling a 0.85 WHIP...Pitched to an even split holding right-handed batters to a .218 BA (22-for-101, 2 HR) and left-handers at .219 (30-for-137, HR). Struck out 37.3% of right-handed batters faced...Made 11 appearances of a single-game high two innings, 10 of which were scoreless...Pitched four outs or more in 52% of his appearances (24-for-46) with 18-of-24 scoreless...Struck out a season-high four batters five times, most recently at Arkansas (8/21)...Rescued 9-of-10 saves from June 1 through the end of the season and one in the Texas League playoffs...Hurled a season-high 45 pitches at Arkansas (5/10) over 1.1 innings, issuing a season-high three walks...Finished the regular season on a 13-inning scoreless streak, the longest of his career. Compiled a 0.62 WHIP, allowing just five hits, three walks and struck out 17 batters.