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The Cardinals are sending 8 prospects to the Arizona Fall League including 2 on @KareemSSN's top 30, Chen-Wei Lin (17) and Randel Clemente (29)! #STLCards pic.twitter.com/PpYeKxpARm
— Birds on the Farm (@birdsonthefarm) September 10, 2025
Easier to read:
#STLCards prospects picked for the Arizona Fall League: RHP Tyler Bradt (AA), RHP DJ Carpenter (A+), RHP Randel Clemente (AA), RHP Chen-Wei Lin (AA), RHP Darlin Saladin (A+), C Graysen Tarlow (AA), OF Travis Honeyman (A+), OF Miguel Ugueto (AA).
No JJ Wetherholt or Liam Doyle.
— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) September 10, 2025
This group looks like their names were picked out of a hat. There must be some sort of strategy behind these selections. There might be a plan to turn the three relief pitchers into starters. Lin can use the work after his injury plagues season. A catcher and two OFs. I’m interested to see what Ugerto does in the AFL.
Josh Baez
Jesus Baez
Blaze Jordan
Brycen Mautz
Quinn Matthews
Ixan Henderson
Luis GastellumThat would be the most exciting group.
I’d settle for Michael Watson, Braden Davis, Chen Wei Lin, Austin Love, Ricardo Velez, Cade Winquest, Travis Honeyman, Jon Jon Gazdar, Josh Kross, Zach Levenson, or Chase Davis. I guess we got 2 in that group. Too early for Raniel or Ortiz (maybe next year) and no need for Wetherholt.
These guys I would definitely be watching to see how they would do.
JeBaez
Jordan
B Davis
Honeyman
Levenson
Lin
Uguerto
Rajcic
Gazdar
HendersonMaybe they’re still trying to figure out who the cuts should be. I definitely would rather see Jnevel’s list or 14Nyquis’ list than 80% of the players that were actually picked by the Cardinals. IMHO, it’s about time for Tyler Bradt, DJ Carpenter, Grayson Tarlow, Randel Clemente, and even Travis Honeyman, to go out and start looking for a real job. Actually having the courage to get busy starting a career by working for a living, rather than chasing rainbows until you’re 40 years old, is something to be proud of.
(If I had been born in ancient Greece instead of the twentieth century, somebody might have made a statue of me for being so wise.)
Bloom and his “brain trust” have a thought process with these selections. I am willing to sit back and see how it plays out.
I’m sure part of it is giving some of these players on the cusp on the rule 5 a chance to prove they belong on the 40.
Being honest, I don’t see any of guys selected on the cusp of the 40-man. Maybe one or two make it down the road.
The two most prominent players, Lin and Honeyman, are there to get more reps to make up lost time due to injury.
It may be as simple as the Cardinals want their top prospects to rest up. A lot of guys played or pitched career highs this season. As we’ve seen, pitching injuries have been a problem for this organization.
It may be as simple as the Cardinals want their top prospects to rest up.
That would explain why the top prospects are not going, but not why these guys were chosen. There were a lot of other guys to choose from, and it wouldn’t have been pulling names out of a hat. Maybe once Chaim starts getting in front of microphones we will get some insight into it. For now, it is evidence that we are not in Kansas any more.
The Cardinal Nation's free daily Arizona Fall League game recaps begin today. #stlcards OF prospect Travis Honeyman walked, stole a base and scored in Glendale's Tuesday loss. https://t.co/3aCrV2ArA0 pic.twitter.com/CCedI7NLHj
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 8, 2025
I can’t get over a 19th rounder in AFL. It looks like he hit some at PB. We’ll see where he is in the pecking order at Springfield next year.
Hardly unheard of. In the last few years, they sent a 15th rounder (Cornwell), a free agent (Loutos) and a 17th rounder (Leahy).
The Glendale Desert Dogs lost to the Surprise Saguaros in an extra innings to fall to 0-2 on the AFL season. #stlcards CF prospect Travis Honeyman singled, homered, walked, stole a base and scored twice. Randel Clemente took a blown save and the loss. https://t.co/AwXEuo5yUp pic.twitter.com/hw1vkLSlJY
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 9, 2025
On Thursday, the Glendale Desert Dogs picked up their first win of the 2025 Arizona Fall League season, 13-7 over the Scottsdale Scorpions. Five #STLCards participated. Miguel Ugueto hit a three-run home run and Chen-Wei Lin tossed two scoreless innings in his first AFL start.… pic.twitter.com/6dLitbt8xI
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 10, 2025
In #stlcards Arizona Fall League action, the Glendale Desert Dogs fell to the Salt River Rafters by a 5-2 score on Tuesday. Center fielder Miguel Ugueto singled, was hit by a pitch and drove in a run. https://t.co/tJbLqgO1FI pic.twitter.com/mRho1eIZNQ
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 15, 2025
On Wednesday, the Glendale Desert Dogs beat the Peoria Javelinas by the score of 6-4. Three #stlcards played. D.J. Carpenter took over in a jam and threw 2/3 of an inning of relief. Travis Honeyman and Miguel Ugueto went a combined 0-for-9 with a walk. https://t.co/JZpTzdVN22 pic.twitter.com/NwW8zbvBJT
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 16, 2025
Glendale dropped a close AFL contest to Scottsdale by a 5-3 score on Thursday. Four #stlcards played. Travis Honeyman was 0-for-2 with an RBI and Miguel Ugueto scored. Randel Clemente pitched a scoreless eighth. C Graysen Tarlow was 1-for-3 plus a walk. https://t.co/0tyY9q16ay pic.twitter.com/SeKFEsLRQ3
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 17, 2025
A nice article on Chen-Wei Lin and his progress in the Arizona Fall League. He’s been creeping back up my rankings since he got out of Peoria purgatory.
https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-prospect-chen-wei-lin-in-control-in-fall-league
In Friday Arizona Fall League action, Glendale routed Surprise by the score of 10-1. Starter Chen-Wei Lin threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings on one hit, no walks and struck out five. #STLCards Miguel Ugueto, Darlin Saladin and Tyler Bradt also contributed to the win.… pic.twitter.com/Hk6CKMGp3X
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 18, 2025
In Saturday Arizona Fall League action, Glendale fell to Mesa in seven innings by a score of 7-5. #STLCards Miguel Ugueto and Graysen Tarlow started and each went 0-for-3. https://t.co/4Fg4rELQis pic.twitter.com/xJZvDr73ek
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 19, 2025
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