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7/08/25 | Cardinals Predicted To Add 'Slam Dunk' With Yankees Ties. With all of the speculation about the trade deadline going on across Major League Baseball, it seems many have forgotten that the 2025 MLB Draft will come beforehand. The action will kick off on July 13th and that's going to be the next opportunity for the St. Louis Cardinals to add another future star to the franchise. Not all picks work out, obviously, but the Cardinals will have a chance at landing high-end talent with the No. 5 overall pick in the draft. Last year, the Cardinals used the No. 7 pick to take JJ Wetherholt and it has worked out to the poiint where he was just promoted to Triple-A already. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
7/08/25 | One Step Closer: JJ Wetherholt Becomes a Part of History with Promotion to Triple-A. One Step Closer: JJ Wetherholt Becomes a Part of History with Promotion to Triple-A JJ Wetherholt is knocking on the door of the big leagues. Schuyler Callihan | 0 Minutes Ago Jul 14, 2024; Ft. Worth, TX, USA; JJ Wetherholt reacts after being selected by the St. Louis Cardinals as the seventh player taken during the first round of the MLB Draft at Cowtown Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images A fast rise through the St. Louis Cardinals system continues for former West Virginia star JJ Wetherholt, earning a promotion to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. In 62 games with the Double-A Springfield Cardinals, the organization's top prospect went 67-for-223 at Source: https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/mountainee... |
7/07/25 | Cardinals No. 1 Prospect JJ Wetherholt Taking Next Step To St. Louis: Breaking. The St. Louis Cardinals used their top draft pick in the 2024 MLB Draft to select versatile infielder JJ Wetherholt. Wetherholt quickly found himself placed at the top of the Cardinals top prospect rankings, just ahead of star pitching prospect Quinn Mathews. Wetherholt spent 29 games at Low-A after being drafted last season before landing in Double-A this year. Through 62 games at the Double-A level, the star prospect is slashing .300/.425/.466 with seven home runs and 14 doubles. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
7/07/25 | Fantasy Baseball Prospect Report: Will JJ Wetherholt force the Cardinals' hand and get a call-up this season?. A look at the top fantasy baseball prospects who can help fantasy players in 2025 and beyond. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/top-fantasy-baseb... |
7/07/25 | JJ Wetherholt Blasts Two Home Runs in First Multi-Homer Game as a Pro. Right now, there are few hitters in all of minor league baseball who are making the type of impact the former West Virginia star is right now. In the past few weeks, Wetherholt has delivered a pair of walk-off hits, and on Sunday, he collected his first career multi-home run game at the professional level. Source: https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/mountainee... |
7/06/25 | Cardinals factored 3 elements in top prospect JJ Wetherholt's leap to Class AA. When the Cardinals weighed the decision on what level top prospect JJ Wetherholt would begin the minor league season, three elements came into play before assigning the 22-year-old to Class AA Springfield. The environment the Texas League offers, the strong impressions left in big-league spring training, and the makeup of Springfield's coaching all factored into the move that led Wetherholt to skip Class High-A following his 29-game introduction to professional baseball last summer. In his start in Class AA, Wetherholt has batted .302 with a .429 on-base percentage, and an .876 on-base plus slugging percentage in 60 games through Friday. Source: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/c... |
7/03/25 | Cardinals' No. 1 Prospect Reveals Where He Sees His Future. The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the most exciting prospects in baseball. Last year, the Cardinals drafted JJ Wetherholt in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft with the No. 7 overall pick. Since landing in St. Louis, Wetherholt has done nothing but thrive. One thing that has been interesting to follow this season is that a handful of players taken in the draft last year have already made their big league debuts, including Chase Burns, Nick Kurtz, and Jac Caglianone. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
7/02/25 | He Does It Again! JJ Wetherholt Delivers Another Walk-Off Knock as Futures Game Nears. JJ Wetherholt continues to swing a hot bat, and once again, he came through in the clutch, delivering yet another walk-off win for the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. In a 2-2 count with two outs and a runner on second, Wetherholt squared up a breaking ball down in the zone off of lefty Christian Chamberlain, sneaking it just past the diving second baseman for the game-winning knock. The former Mountaineer star is only getting better as the season moves along and has seen his batting average rise to .303 on the year to go with five home runs and 28 RBI. Wetherholt will get to put his talents on the national stage here in a little over a week during the MLB All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta, Georgia, where the top prospects in all of baseball will provide a glimpse into the future. Source: https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/mountainee... |
6/30/25 | Cardinals' No. 1 Prospect Added to NL All-Star Futures Game Roster. JJ Wetherholt will join 16 other Top 100 MLB prospects on the NL Futures roster. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cardinals-no-1-pr... |
6/29/25 | Cardinals Projected Addition Would Add St. Louis' Next Star. Who will be the next big-name prospect to join the St. Louis Cardinals organization? Last year, the Cardinals drafted JJ Wetherholt and he has lived up to the hype and is the club's No. 1 prospect and one of baseball's top overall prospects. The Cardinals took Wetherholt with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Who could be the guy for the Cardinals? Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
6/25/25 | Cardinals' Prospect Joins MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Amid Breakout Season. Leonardo Bernal joins JJ Wetherholt and Quinn Mathews as Cardinals ranked on the list. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cardinals-prospec... |
6/17/25 | Cardinals Predicted To Bring Chris Sale Clone To St. Louis. Who will be the St. Louis Cardinals' next first round pick? Last year, the Cardinals struck gold by selecting infielder JJ Wetherholt. St. Louis has the No. 5 pick in the upcoming 2025 MLB Draft. Mock drafts have popped up left and right about who could fit with the Cardinals. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
6/13/25 | Cardinals No. 1 Prospect JJ Wetherholt Flashing Superstar Potential. The Major League Baseball season is long and sometimes it's easy to take every single loss hard. It doesn't help when you have a losing streak, like the St. Louis Cardinals currently do. St. Louis has lost five games in a row and if you were to scroll social media, you would think the season is over. Take No. 1 prospect JJ Wetherholt for example. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
6/13/25 | JJ Wetherholt's Walk-Off Keeps Double-A Cardinals' Blistering-Hot June Rolling. The Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, continued their winning ways on Thursday, thanks to former West Virginia star JJ Wetherholt ripping a walk-off hit into right centerfield in the bottom of the 10th inning. The win moved the Cardinals to a 9-1 record in the month of June. Source: https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/mountainee... |
6/03/25 | Cardinals Electric Prospect Starting To Turn Big Corner. Over the course of the season so far, the St. Louis Cardinals' most talked-about prospects have been JJ Wetherholt, Quinn Matthews, Thomas Saggese, Michael McGreevy, and even Tekoah Roby. Hence followed up with another appearance with Palm Beach on May 27th. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
6/02/25 | Assessing Cardinals No. 1 Prospect Call-Up Likelihood After Jac Caglianone News. How long will it take for JJ Wetherholt to reach the MLB? Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/assessing-cardina... |
5/29/25 | Cardinals Predicted To Bring Phenom Shortstop To St. Louis. The St. Louis Cardinals didn't have the season they wanted to have in 2024, but there is one positive thing they took away from it. St. Louis will make its first selection in 2025 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft with the No. 5 overall pick in the first round. Last year, the Cardinals used their first-round pick to select infielder JJ Wetherholt. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel shared his first mock draft of the season on Wednesday and predicted that high school shortstop Eli Willits will drop to the Cardinals at No. 5. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
5/18/25 | St. Louis Cardinals Top Prospect Takes No Mercy on Building Behind Right-Field Fence. A big stone building sits behind the right field fence at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo., home of the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. One of the large ads hanging from the side is for Mercy, a health provider in the area. Well, JJ Wetherholt – the top prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals system, provided no mercy for the building on Sunday, slamming a full-count pitch from left-hander Spencer Giesting of the Amarillo Sod Poodles (Arizona Diamondbacks affiliate) high off the building on Sunday to drive in two runs and take a 2-0 first-inning lead. Source: https://www.si.com/onsi/minor-league-baseball/st-l... |
4/25/25 | Cardinals Might Have Future Superstar On Their Hands. The St. Louis Cardinals aren't in the position they wanted to be in right now and have had a rough week or so. The Cardinals have a lot of talent on this roster despite a tough week so there's merit to the idea of the team turning things around. No matter what happens, though, there's one guy to be really excited about right now down in the minors. 2024 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft No. 7 pick JJ Wetherholt has been dominant in the minors so far to kick off his young career and looks like a guy who could be a future franchise cornerstone-level player. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
4/17/25 | Cardinals Phenom's Insane Stretch Is Putting League On Notice. The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the most intriguing prospects in the minor leagues right now. Infielder JJ Wetherholt was selected with the No. 7 pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft by the Cardinals and quickly has shot up the prospect charts. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |