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Was part of the Goldschmidt trade. OPS’d .903 last year between Triple and Double-A. Ranked as the D-Backs No. 21 prospect midseason 2020 by BA.
D-Backs promoting 2B Andy Young
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 1, 2020
In his first day back, #Rays say Randy Arozarena hit in the cage and threw to 90 feet.
— Juan Toribio (@juanctoribio) July 30, 2020
Giving this thread a bump. Also, BA updated their top 30 prospect list, now including all 2020 draft picks. Here are the Cardinals rankings as of now:
1. Carlson
2. Liberatore
3. Gorman
4. Cabrera
5. Helsley
6. Herrera
7. Thompson
8. Walker
9. Knizner
10. Kim
11. Thomas
12. Montero
13. Oviedo
14. Winn
15. Fernandez
16. Woodford
17. Torres
18. Rodriguez
19. Rondon
20. Malcom Nunez
21. Whitley
22. Williams
23. Gil
24. Sosa
25. Edwin Nunez
26. Fletcher
27. Hence
28. Locey
29. Burleson
30. ElledgeI haven’t seen this posted yet on here, but appears Dean opened up enough eyes to make this happen:
Austin Dean has made the Cardinals’ Opening Day roster, according to sources.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) July 22, 2020
Former Cardinal farmhand Daniel Bard made the Opening Day roster with the Rockies. He last pitched in the Cardinals system in 2017, last pitched in MLB seven years ago. Good for him.
For those asking about Gallegos and Reyes, Mo was asked about the two on KMOX tonight:
Gallegos remains in Mexico. Hopes he will be back in the U.S. soon, but no guarantees.
Simply said Reyes “is still not where he needs to be.”
Tidbits from Mo on the Cardinals stream tonight:
– Wants to replicate Springfield south camp like a Triple-A roster; likes the diversity of prospects and older players.
– Says St. Louis roster will be more “imbalanced”, especially on the pitching side. Roster will go from 30 to 28 after the first two weeks of the season, 28 to 26 after the following two weeks.
– OF competition has been “very competitive.” Says what everyone knows: Carlson has had a nice summer camp but essentially talked about manipulating his service time. If he is not going to play, don’t want to carry him on the big-league roster just to carry him, but they have a couple of weeks to figure it out.
– Springfield camp will be run in conjunction with LaRocque and Oquendo — as previously reported here. Said a lot of the work will be the same as the camp in StL. Most workouts will start at 6 p.m., but the schedule could change depending on the weather.
– Singled out Austin Dean and Max Schrock as standouts. Feedback from coaches has been very positive. Still has high hopes for Schrock – healthy camp was important for him.
– Said Carlos Martinez’s role is still TBD. Mentioned Helsley has also been impressive in the secondary camp. Likes that Fernandez has experience late in games as well.
– Sosa was another player that stood out to Mo. Versatile player. From an offensive standpoint, he’s showing power. Mo said Sosa was the last player he was a part of signing in Latin America. He was down in Panama at his tryout.
– Says Knizner is improving from a flexibility standpoint, which will help him as a receiver behind the plate. Offensive potential is exciting and deserves an opportunity in the big-leagues.
Nunez will definitely be in the top 30 conversation for me. I don’t know if I can place him ahead of Bedell, Burleson and Prater yet, though.
3B/OF Matt Koperniak is the next Cardinals UDFA signee. He went to Trinity College in Connecticut, which is a D3 school. Slashed .373/.464/.587 with 13 home runs and 75 RBIs over 106 career games. He was due to graduate from Trinity this spring, but transferred to Kansas State in April. Alabama and West Virginia was also recruiting him, according to this story: https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/former-hoosac-valley-star-matt-koperniak-transferring-to-play-ncaa-d-i-baseball,603436
Couldn’t be happier to be a cardinal, Let’s get this thing started‼️ https://t.co/bdPbnNO9U3
— Masyn Winn (@MasynWinn) June 11, 2020
