photo: JJ Wetherholt (PJ Maigi/Springfield Cardinals)
The St. Louis Cardinals’ top prospect, shortstop JJ Wetherholt, is the 27th Springfield Cardinal all-time to represent the organization in the midsummer Futures Game during All-Star weekend.
Springfield Cardinals release
Major League Baseball announced on Monday (June 30) that Springfield Cardinals infielder JJ Wetherholt has been named to the 2025 National League Futures Game roster. The 26th edition of the Futures Game will be played at 4:00 PM (ET) on Saturday, July 12th at Truist Park in Atlanta. The Futures Game will air exclusively live on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.TV, MLB.com and in the MLB App.
Wetherholt, the seventh overall selection by St. Louis in the 2024 MLB Draft, has spent the entire 2025 season with Double-A Springfield. In his first 57 games in the Texas League, he has slashed .305/.430/.453, helping lead the Cardinals to a First Half North Division Championship. To go along with a number of defensive highlights on the infield, the Cardinals top prospect delivered a walk-off single at Hammons Field on June 12 against the Tulsa Drillers. He made himself known quickly in April, tallying a seven-game hit streak where he batted .533 from April 9 – April 17.
2025 now marks nine straight years that a Springfield Cardinal has been on a Futures Game roster, dating back to 2016. Of the 11 other selections during this stretch, nine have gone on to play in the big leagues, with the other two (Quinn Mathews-2 and Tink Hence-4) still in the Cardinals organization as Top-30 Prospects, according to MLB Pipeline.
TCN note
On the initial Futures Game rosters, no Cardinals are among the nine National League pitchers named to the team.
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