Baseball America Cardinals prospect rankings

[Brian Walton]

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ICYMI, I list #stlcards farm system rankings by major raters back to 2009, comparing to the current no. 2 system in MLB. 2013 is the gold standard, a group that included 12 future MLB standouts, six of whom were national Top 100 prospects. https://t.co/xqVN4Dkj8D pic.twitter.com/1mvqfdqVKs

— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 23, 2026

[Brian Walton]

BA ranks C Sebastian Rojas as the no. 7 prospect in the DSL.

I had him 48th on my August list, but Kyle wasn’t there yet, so he fell to the Best of the Rest.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-35-dominican-summer-league-mlb-prospects-in-2026/

[blingboy]

I notice Mr. Rojas just turned 18. Happy birthday to him. 18 yrs old was when my baseball playing came to a screeching halt. It was about a week before the season and I had just been informed I had made the team as a freshman. Big 8 baseball programs did not red shirt in those days, so it was active roster. Then a devastating off field leg injury ended it. I kept up with some of my peers for a few years and all of them eventually dropped off for some reason. Physical, unsteady commitment, academic, behavioral, legal trouble, drug use in one case. It seemed like a gauntlet and there were endless ways for a young person to go wrong. I always keep my fingers crossed for youngsters hoping it goes well for them.

[Brian Walton]

BA gives the Cardinals farm system an A+ score:
https://twitter.com/BaseballAmerica/status/2100283638885593598

[Brian Walton]

BA named their top MiLB Player of the Year for all 30 organizations. Not surprisingly, Rainiel is their Cardinals choice.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-minor-league-player-of-the-year-for-all-30-teams/

[Brian Walton]

Rodriguez is BA’s All-MiLB catcher, covering all teams and levels.

https://twitter.com/BaseballAmerica/status/2102835446006898921

[stlcard25]

Baseball America’s Geoff Pontes was recently on Derek Goold’s Best Podcast in Baseball (which hadn’t been updated much this summer due to some sort of ailment for DG, it sounds like) and it was a really positive take from him. It’s worth a listen.

https://x.com/dgoold/status/2110418198814199979

[Cardinals27]

I wonder how many top 100 prospects the Cards will have? Will Baez, Bernal and Mathews be included with their big league experience?

[Brian Walton]

As of August, BA had four – Rodriguez, Baez, Doyle and Frias. Mathews dropped off their Top 100 in the summer of 2025. Bernal has never been on it.

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