photo: Quinn Mathews (Springfield Cardinals)
In August, the St. Louis Cardinals organization had three Players/Pitchers of the Month – Bryan Torres and Quinn Mathews in the Texas League and Chen-Wei Lin in the Florida State League.
On Thursday, September 5, the St. Louis Cardinals named Springfield second baseman-outfielder Bryan Torres and Palm Beach right-handed pitcher Chen Wei-Lin the organization’s August Player and Pitcher of the Month, respectively.
August stats presented here at The Cardinal Nation indicated that then-Springfield lefty Quinn Mathews also had a standout August, topping ERA leader Lin in most key rate measurements, including strikeout and walk rate, batting average against and WHIP.
Appropriately, all three were named the August Player and Pitchers of the Month by their respective leagues, Torres and Mathews in the Texas League and Lin in the Florida State League.
From St. Louis Cardinals player development:
Springfield’s Bryan Torres was named Texas League Player of the Month for August. Torres, 27, led the Double-A league in AVG, OBP, and hits and ranked second in runs, total bases (49), and OPS.
Torres currently leads all Double-A hitters in AVG (.324) and hits (136) for the year.
Quinn Mathews was named Texas League Pitcher of the Month for August. Mathews, 23, made four August starts for Springfield and allowed just two earned runs over 25 2/3 IP while limiting opponents to a .128 AVG.
Mathews, the Minor League Baseball leader in strikeouts in 2024, was promoted to Triple-A Memphis on August 28.
Chen Wei-Lin was named Florida State League Pitcher of the Month. The 22-year-old led the league in wins, ERA, SO, WHIP and IP (29.0) and did not allow more than one run in any of his five starts for Palm Beach.
Lin currently leads all Single-A pitchers with 10 wins this season.
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