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There is still more to be added this evening, but all 23 players drafted by the #stlcards have been profiled, with background, photos and videos. Free at The Cardinal Nation.https://t.co/Sk8w9z1YPM pic.twitter.com/ZySwjT1hzT
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) July 12, 2026
Well it isnt going matter. Ritchie decided to go back to school for his senior season. Do the cards get another pick
Ritchie is a decent player but has holes. Im not sure its worth throwing the money at him but i didnt see a whole lot else they should be throwing money at. I dont blame him for going back. I think all playets should go to college and finish school. Think life after ball,it may come sooner than u think.
I have a question for any who know. What happens to the pool money if the cardinals dont spend it all.
Willie, it is spend it or lose it. Teams are permitted to go up to 5% over their pool amount without penalty and most teams get right there. Last year the Cards left something like 4.5% on the table which I hope is not the case again this year.
Looking forward to digging in Brian. Like Willie said, great job. I’m sure the draft is very exciting and very hard work for you. You dig up some great info when it is hard to come by for the non top guys.
Yep those guys on mlb were grasping at straws with some of the picks particularly some of the cardinals though not exclusively them.
I dont know albert. I didnt see a whole lot that they should be spending that money on esp with ritchie prob out. They had like the third highest pool i believe. You couldnt have assumed ritchie was gonna be there in the 20th round. Just didnt seem like a great draft to me. But maybe there is some brilliance in the madness.
The Cards spent just under 100% in 2025 for the first time in many, many, many years.
This year, my initial sense is there are more underslot guys than over, but we will see. I just hope ownership didn’t throttle their spending, which could have affected their players selected.
Cardinals 20th round pick #594….is MLB’s 84th ranked player Kollin Ritchie Okla. State OF
One wonders why he slid that far.
Because he had 67 strikeouts.
Think Elijah Cabell, only worse.
<blockquote>Like many who throw hard, Randall’s future success may hinge on improving his control.
I think the Cardinals pitcher development experience proves that like almost all who throw hard, Randall’s future will depend on staying on the mound rather than the IL. We have had a huge problem getting hard throwers through the system. Lets hope for improvement in that area.
The Cards spent just under 100% in 2025 for the first time in many, many, many years.
This year, my initial sense is there are more underslot guys than over, but we will see. I just hope ownership didn’t throttle their spending, which could have affected their players selected.
I don’t see how they are spending their full bonus pool + 5% this year. They didn’t go after any high profile players after the first 10 rounds.
Most of the pitchers they drafted were college relievers.
I guess they like high velocity, low mileage arms that they can mold rather than successful college starters.
We’ll see if it pays off in the long-run.
Because he had 67 strikeouts.
So are you saying those doing the evaluating for MLB didn’t know he had 67 strike outs? Or is there some reason they use some different ranking criteria than the 30 teams do? I don’t see a difference of opinion explaining a slide from 84 to 594.
edit: I guess it was known he didn’t plan on signing but the Cards took a flyer since there wasn’t anything much left.
So are you saying those doing the evaluating for MLB didn’t know he had 67 strike outs? Or is there some reason they use some different ranking criteria than the 30 teams do?
They get things wrong all the time. You listen to them, they only like left-handers and HS prospects.
But most of the high strikeout guys fell way beyond where they were projected to go – Aiden Robbins and Camden Johnson are the two I can think of off the top of my head…
Guys that strikeout that much don’t do well in professional ball…
According to a source in an X post by D1Baseball’s Daniel Allen, “Because no assigned slot values exist for draftees selected beyond the 10th round, the internal expectation within OSU’s program was that Ritchie would return for his senior season as soon as he slipped past that point.”
This is probably because OK State will offer him more than $175k to stay there.
Well ritchies strikeout totals are within normal numbers for a power hitter of his calibre in college. Guys in majors strike out all the time and they are considered great.
There def was a lot of guys that werent worth picking where they were at. In fact some prob shouldnt have been picked at all. It would be interesting to see the list of players not drafted.
I went over the article brian put out. I had 4 players today that somewhat stood out to me not counting ritchie.
1. Cal randall. Def a solid pick. Great strikeout rate, can hit over 100, but needs to throw more strikes so i think thats doable.
2.luke harrison. Lefty pitcher , good strikeout rate. Has a good pitch selection if not great.
3. Nick bonn. A reliever who won some relief awards. High 90s multiple pitches. Right hander.
4. Jacob johnson. Third baseman. Good pop and avg. He was a later pick but i think hes solid. Not much said about defense though.Not sure what to make of this years draft. I was expecting more I think. Time will tell. 2 more things, 1) sign free agents. 2) sign draftees.
Seems like a lot of potential relievers were drafted. But like Van Dyke last year, they may try and convert them to starters. Seemed like they picked pitchers with less innings.
I liked how the Cardinals draft started, but grew a little frustrated that almost all their pitching prospects seemed to be college relievers who weren’t very good at keeping runs off the board.
But we’ll get to see how truly wonderful the new pitching development team is if they can turn these guys into TOR starters.
I’m imagining Kuhns will follow the Franklin path and begin at Palm Beach, with a start at Peoria to end his year.
I dont know the site but they ranked the cardinals the 4th best draft class. Thats hard to believe. They did get some decent guys vut when ypur draft includes guys not ranked in top 500, that has to take away from your draft regardless of why you took them. To me there isnt one player there that would totally shock me if they never made it to a major league field. The closest to that would be maybe cal randall but even he needs a lot of work. But i guess we will see.
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