Andrew Parker

3 weeks ago | redbirdrants.com | Andrew Parker

Luis Gastelum continues showing off his impressive slider as he makes his way through the minors. The Cardinals signed pitcher Luis Gastelum out of Mexico in 2023 as a 21-year-old. He then made his professional debut the following season and burst onto the scene for Low-A Palm Beach. Over 48 innings last season, the right-hander posted a 2.81 ERA with 70 strikeouts and only 11 walks allowed.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Andrew Parker

1 hour agoNEED TO KNOW Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby is doing “okay” after taking a line drive to his face on Tuesday night, leaving him with blood dripping from his mouth. However, the 27-year-old right-hander barely flinched and casually walked off the field as soon as the play was over. “It didn't …

3 weeks ago | redbirdrants.com | Andrew Parker

Positive signs from Chen-Wei Lin give Cardinals optimism on lower minors pitching depth. With a majority of the Cardinals' top pitching prospects dealing with various injuries this season, the organization was in much need of a success story in the pitching prospect department. They are getting just that with one of their top arms in their system in Chen-Wei Lin after he came back from an injury last month and made his season debut in May.

4 weeks ago | redbirdrants.com | Andrew Parker

A top draft pick of the Cardinals' 2021 draft class is showing promising signs to start the 2025 season in High-A, so much so that it earned him a promotion to Springfield this week. Joshua Baez, whom St. Louis used a second-round pick on now four years ago, is having a productive year at the plate so far for Peoria. He is currently slashing .319/.404/.489 with 8 doubles, 2 triples, and 23 RBIs, and he has stolen 19 bases in 37 games this season.

1 month ago | redbirdrants.com | Andrew Parker

One of St. Louis' top catching prospects had himself a great week at the plate last week for Double-A Springfield. Leonardo Bernal was named Texas League Player of the Week after hitting 3 home runs and 13 RBIs and putting up a 1.522 OPS over the last week of games. He ranked first or second in the Texas League last week in batting average, home runs, RBIs, OBP, slugging percentage, OPS, extra-base hits, and total bases en route to helping Springfield win 5 of the 6 games against Tulsa.