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It is not surplus money. It is cap room the team is allowed to spend up to. From a financial perspective, any cap space not used is expense avoided. From a baseball perspective, it is opportunity lost forever.
Currently in our joint rankings:
Condon #11
Jesus Baez #15Among position players only, they are fourth and sixth, respectively.
The Cardinal Nation August 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List
Yes, as we saw with huge steal totals by Scott and Antico a few years ago, as one advances, he has to have enough bat to get on base enough to log the steals.
Our podcast starts with national award winners Rodriguez, Santana, Ragsdale and Jesus Baez. Bloom’s end of season presser including roster, lineup and rotation implications. Competing in '27 vs. '28 is debated and do the #stlcards have enough prospects? https://t.co/Mxe615RnTs pic.twitter.com/XRreb6EyOz
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 30, 2026
Mitchell is also very prominent here.
Top #stlcards minor league players on the bases in 2026. Ryan Mitchell made the most attempts and stole the most bases. Tre Richardson edged out one of his catching teammates as the system’s most efficient base stealer. https://t.co/HUpBZ28ayH pic.twitter.com/fvgbBb00Xd
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 30, 2026
LHP Jared Shuster, who was with the #stlcards briefly before being outrighted three separate times in 2026, has opted for minor league free agency. pic.twitter.com/NwmDSATI8F
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 29, 2026
LHP Jared Shuster, who was with the #stlcards briefly before being outrighted three separate times in 2026, has opted for minor league free agency. pic.twitter.com/NwmDSATI8F
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 29, 2026
I don’t see the two as comparables as all. Coming into 2026, May had 324 IP over six years of MLB experience (some on the IL). Hampton hasn’t even thrown an inning at Triple-A (and what he did at Double-A was not good). In terms of experience level with injury thrown in, think more like Ixan Henderson and you’d be closer, as I see it.
2026 leaders across the #stlcards system in counting stats (hits, doubles, triples, HRs and more) include two players with system-high totals last reached in 1989 and 2011, respectively. https://t.co/BwbTnXAuct pic.twitter.com/islG2g5cTx
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 28, 2026
Among top hitters, on-base artists, sluggers and more across the #stlcards minor league system in 2026, 19-year-old Rainiel Rodriguez topped three of nine top five rate lists (batting average, OPS and wRC+) and placed in the top five on three others. https://t.co/gMHvmo5XZ5 pic.twitter.com/H304xmkn6f
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 29, 2026
I didn’t hear him say that 26 games out was acceptable this year. In fact, he explicitly said no one expected just 77 wins. But he can’t stop the Brewers from winning an MLB-leading 103 (my observation).
On Rainiel, he already played 24 games at first base this year. Bernal played 21 there. On the other hand, first base seems clogged already.
And no, FanGraphs win projections didn't do especially poorly this year. Average miss was smaller than preseason Draft Kings, Caesars, and even ZiPS this time. pic.twitter.com/yylLeYJE9f
— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) September 28, 2026
JJ Wetherholt finishes 2026 with 23.1 fielding runs, just ahead of 2022 Jonathan Schoop (23.0)
It's the most by a second baseman since tracking started in 2016
In other words, he had the best defensive season of any second baseman in the past eleven seasons pic.twitter.com/DtHnqQr64P
— Adam Akbani (@AdamAkbani) September 27, 2026
Agreed, CC. I thought about pulling it to augment the table but didn’t have the time yesterday. I just added it now. You can also tell a lot by the ages of the players.
Why, because not every minor leaguer with 40 minor league HRs became a star? Some of them did – Gorman Thomas, Ron Kittle, Danny Tartabull, Russell Branyan, Ryan Howard, Joey Gallo, Kris Bryant… And as noted in the article, they were often older, were not middle infielders and both struck out more and homered less often.
Thanks to all for sharing your Monday Morning Quarterback reviews.
jnevel, you could also add that George Soriano was surprisingly good, with that trade for Granillo a clear win for the Cardinals.
In the final week of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals offense scored just 16 runs while going 1-5. The club finished eight games under .500, 26 games out of first place. Alec Burleson led MLB with 116 RBI. Our history feature highlights memorable happenings this week in team annals.
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Astros -140Cubs +110
Padres -130Red Sox +140
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Rainiel Rodriguez appears to be the Athletic’s prospect of the year for 2026…
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