Hands start at chest before dropping down the hip height on the rocker stop. Zane Mills, RHP At times this can lead to him being off balance and pulling his head off the ball. Overall: Ralston enters the stable of college arms that the organization hoards. It typically happens naturally, or evens out from year to year, but we would put on the brakes if it looked like we were taking a disproportionate number of either high school or college players. Walks hurt him more than missing over the middle of the plate. Not afraid to throw the fastball inside, will work to all four quadrants. Throws: Right. Not a threat to steal but has a high IQ on the base paths. Cardinals Roster & Staff. The appeal included his aggressive path hitting with zero fear: and ability to make contact.. This is high for the college ranks, but it did not hinder his ability to hit for average. Grade: 45, Power: Strength is his game, and Redmond is one of the better power bats in a system that has made adding power one of its main objectives. Upper and lower half stay in sync well through delivery. Fastball: Lives at 86-90, but gets good ride up in the zone. Prior to his first stint with the Cardinals [2004-2008], he earned an undergraduate degree from Brown and a masters degree in statistics from Harvard. Pairs his pitches well and will sequence efficiently. Above-average depth and plus command. Assistant General Manager & Director of Scouting. Over his last three years in college and his pro debut he's hit 60 homers. Grade: 45, Power: I think Yepez is capable of hitting 30 homers consistently in the big leagues, but the question is if his other secondary tools will allow him to get there. Slight bend in the knees. Pitch does have some life on it and he's able to throw it for strikes. The Vanderbilt commit was clocked up to 98 mph on the mound but will need to work on his accuracy. Control: 45 | Command: 40. . Difficult to get looks at a player with so few games under his belt. Redmond has easy plus raw power, and will get to it in games despite a linear, line-drive oriented swing. Generally, DSRs are expected to work a minimum of 40 hours per week. The Browns played in Sportsman's Park at Grand and Dodier. Alfredo Ruiz is another college starter with more pitchability than stuff. Cardinals have instructs again in January so we will find out more then. Graceffo also like to manipulate his changeup by speeding it up or slowing it down. Not a strong fielder. He can be followed on Twitter @DavidLaurilaQA. While he's a strong defender at 1B, his bat simply does not profile in a starter's role. He will need to make enough contact to consistently tap into his power. Grade: 60, Field: Played mostly third base for Johnson City in his professional debut, but also spent time at second and first. Grade: 40, Arm: From what I've seen on showcase videos it looks like he sort of pushes the baseball as he throws it. Bakers slider is capable of generating whiffs, especially when it is thrown below the knees. Grade: 50, Curveball: More of a sweeping breaking ball with horizontal break. Under his watch, the Cardinals have drafted Michael Wacha, Marco Gonzales and a number of soon-to-reach-St. Louis prospects. Covers the strike zone well. Tough at bat for lefties, potential bullpen floor if he can't start. Collection of average to above-average tools. Tagged: 2021, Evan Kruczynski, Matt Thompson, Age: 24 yrHeight: 6-0Weight: 245 lbsHits/Throws: R/RAcquired: 2015 IFARuleV: 2020. Brendan Donovan - Scouting Report Prospects Live Staff St. Louis Cardinals Rank History Grades Update: Dec 2020 Dec 2020 Report Evaluator: Matt Thompson Age: 24 yr Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs Hits/Throws: L/R Acquired: 2018 Draft - Round 7 RuleV: 2021 Physical Description: Stocky, but a good baseball frame. Fastball: Sits 90-91 out of a 3/4 arm slot. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Long limbs, especially his legs.. Hit: Slightly open stance. The spike in homers can verify this claim. You write-up a ton of reports and you have to make a judgment on players without stats, third-party information or really any prior information on a player. Interns will be paid an hourly rate based on current minimum wage standards. Will miss and catch too much of plate with fastball. It includes over 250 pages of in-depth commentary about the very best St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers, including dozens of color photos. Mills is the third college pitcher that the Cardinals have selected through their first five picks. Bats: Right Millions of Cardinals fans take flight to the stadium every season! Well proportioned, good body. Assistant General Manager. The pool amount for this pick is $1,338,500. Good center of gravity with strong wright transfer. Hit: Square stance. Throws: Right. He's around the plate consistently. Power is a plus tool. He handles the staff well enough to possibly fill the Julio Rodriguez role sooner or later, and he's got enough chops to be a future coach when his playing career is over. Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Throws across his body, leads to an uncomfortable at bat for lefties. Has enough strength and bat speed to hit the ball out on occasion; could be a 15+ homerun type with starter at-bats. Age: 25 yrHeight: 6-2Weight: 205 lbsHits/Throws: R/RAcquired: 2017 Draft - Round 11RuleV: 2020. Plays better as a pitch to steal a strike early rather than create one late. 2 yr, $5.5M (2022-23) $2,750,000. Not optimistic that there's much on the arm here. If he does not make it in the rotation, he has a fastball that could tick into the upper 90s out of the bullpen. Grade: 55, Changeup: Sits around 85. Handles a staff extremely well. DSRs are primarily responsible for revenue buy building strong, lasting relationships with our fans. But, look, I dont think you have to have a masters in stats to do this job. After all, if they pan out, they would save us the most money of all., On how Oakland prepared him for his current job: First, just working in their front office and being around guys like Billy [Beane], David [Forst] and Farhan [Zaidi] on a daily basis, was an incredible environment to learn from. Cardinals achievements have impacted not only MLB history, but sports history in general with 48 former Cardinals players, managers and executives enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Develop your leadership skills and be on the fast track for a career in hospitality. He does have a good foundation as he has an easy delivery and scouts like his feel to pitch despite his young age. A troubling trend, but fatigue looked to play a part in that. Big, loopy 1-7 break on it. Correa pleaded guilty . It is unlikely that he will stay there long term due to his slightly below average speed, but his bat will ultimately be his carrying tool. As an experienced college pitcher with no glaring holes in his game, Love could be a fast mover in his first couple professional seasons. He will throw a fastball away from a right-hander, and then follow up with a slider that looks just like the fastball they just saw before it breaks off the plate. I should add that our strategy being based on saving money in the future doesnt mean we shy away from the high-upside guys. Austin Love spent his first two collegiate seasons in North Carolinas bullpen. Delivery & Mechanics: Works quickly with a quick delivery. Utilizes a small leg kick as a trigger. Above-average eye; doesn't chase often, but when he does it's on offspeed pitches down. In 2016, he became the Cardinals' Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon. 65, 220 Slows the arm down considerably and the tradeoff is modest arm side run. Flores, 45, was part of the Cardinals 2006 World Series Championship team and spent eight seasons in the Majors. 12-to-6 break. In 2019 that jumped all the way to 307 feet. Intriguing fifth round selection. The 21-year-old also played in the Northwoods League in 2019, but he struggled to the tune of a .717 OPS in 243 plate appearances. The second of three days of the 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, with the St. Louis Cardinals selections' being made by AGM/Scouting Director Randy Flores and announced by Xavier Scruggs in Denver, consists of 10 selections in rounds 2-10 on Monday, July 12. Keeps feet close together pre-load. When this is combined with his 60, 200-pound size, there is some reliever risk with Ruiz. The pool amount for this pick is $478,300. Well get some feedback pretty immediately if were too heavily skewed in one direction.. It seems that the Cardinals are looking to replenish their minor league pitching depth with college pitchers in this draft. Doesn't move that great laterally, but is a strong receiver. The Oregon native has a clean, repeatable, low-effort delivery. More than enough arm for anywhere on the diamond. He might run into some over the fence, but his swing is built more for line drives. His stuff was down and he had to adjust by becoming more fine and not being as aggressive. Has cutter like action at times. Works it down in the zone and primarily against righties. Work schedule and number of hours will vary from week to week. Staff comments (individual rankings in parentheses) Message board community . Tagged: 2021, Matt Thompson, Edgar Escobar, Age: 28 yrHeight: 6-0Weight: 245 lbsHits/Throws: R/LAcquired: 2014 Draft - Round 34, OAKRuleV: On 40-Man. For some unexplained reason his velocity was down to 86-90 during 2019, and that's back to what he was at Eastern Carolina. Prior to joining the Cardinals front office, he returned to USC, earning a M.Ed Postsecondary Administration in 2014. His slider gets good break, with more depth than run. Was 87-89 during extended spring last year, and I'd guess he's a few ticks higher than that now. I think he manipulates it a bit, adding and subtracting from the pitch's depth. Gets himself into good fielding position. The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club . Candidates must meet the qualifications at the time of application. Inclusion means creating a workplace in which people of all backgrounds and cultures feel included, welcomed and valued. Love also tallied just 2.82 walks per nine innings while averaging over six innings per start. Easy motion, not a lot of effort. On taking third basemen with three of their first six picks in 2012: The three we announced as third basemen were Stephen Piscotty, who played other positions at Stanford as well, Patrick Wisdom from St. Marys, and Carson Kelly, who was a high school shortstop and pitcher but came into our system as a third baseman. Shows good barrel control and an ability to use the whole field, but still hits his fair share of grounders to the left side. Good, quiet target that really excels framing the low pitch. The right-hander is another productive college starter, with low reliever risk and high marks for pitchability. Showed improved command during Midwest League stint but that eroded some as he ran into trouble in the Florida State League. Tovalin has experience playing both first base and third base, but it is his bat that is likely what drew the Cardinals to him. Bats: Right Arm-side run creates weak contact. Tagged: 2021, Julio E. Rodriguez, Trevor Hooth, Age: 24 yrHeight: 6-1Weight: 231 lbsHits/Throws: L/RAcquired: 2019 Draft - Round 32RuleV: 2022. Will manipulate it between 4 seam and sinker. Physical Description: Older arm that was a senior sign and has pitched his way onto prospect lists. He begins with a long stride back and the delivery really slows down, but then its a quick leg kick. Just don't expect many highlight reel plays. His bat is not quite there. Grade: 60, Arm: His arm is more than capable of making any throw from the six. The St. Louis Cardinals midseason Top 30 prospects for 2021. Physical Description: Short, baby faced right-hander. Long, skinny limbs and a small waist. The 36-year-old former Ivy League shortstop has been the clubs Director of Scouting since January 2012. It might be limiting for us if we stick to a rigid strategy that is not data-driven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y1rOxZ0PU. The identities of the "fourth coaches" are new. Its more, Find a reliable metric; see whats worked in the past and use it as a guide going forward. As a scouting director, I need to be disciplined to implement it and sell it to our department of scouts, who might not always agree with what we think the optimal decision is. Overall: Some unknown, but a worthwhile gamble as the system is relatively short on power, especially from the right-handed batters box. Very mechanically sound and repeats very well. In 2018 Yepez's average flyball distance was 272 feet, per Prospect Live's MinorsGraphs tool. Overall: Prater can become a backend starter if the control moves to plus and/or if the changeup takes a step forward. . Generally, interns are expected to work a minimum of 15 hours per week. Copyright 2017-23 The Cardinal Nation. The St. Louis Cardinals have traditionally been a force in the National League. FREE AGENT. Id guess having a background in analytics influences the way I look at assembling a staff, but at the end of the day, Id prefer not to have a department where we all think the same way or have the same set of experiences to draw upon. Overall: His game right now is built around running and defense. Most scouts already regard the fastball as a plus pitch. Timed at and around 4.39 down the line from the right side. The 22-year-old improved his control every season after finishing his freshman year with 5.1 walks per nine innings and ended 2021 with 1.5 walks per nine innings. July 24, 2009: A's trade Holliday to the Cardinals for 3B Brett Wallace, OF Shane Peterson, P Clayton Mortensen. For more than 60 years, Delaware North Sportservice has been teaming up with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium to provide the passionate Cardinals fans a memorable game-day experience. Grade: 30, Control and Command: Struggles to go long stretches where he hits his spot. In the summer of 2019, the right-hander finished with a 2.89 ERA while working out of the rotation and the bullpen. Basically, we translate every piece of available information into runs. He does scold the ball though and is one of the organizational leaders in exit velocity. Shows some pitch recognition skills. Physical Description: Short, not physically imposing or intimidating on the mound, but is a bulldog that attacks hitters. Two-pitch mix but will mix in the occasional changeup, which I haven't seen enough of. Ultimately, what you need to do is develop a feel for scouting. Great at blocking pitches. The St. Louis Cardinals midseason Top 30 prospects for 2021 . That's too high for a player over the league average age. Standard High 3/4 slot. Interested to see what FaGalde looks like to start the season, and I think he can be a middle reliever long term. Baez is one of the youngest players in the class, which seems to be an early trend for the Cardinals. Baez has a strong throwing arm that makes him a good fit for a move to right field. Overall: Redmond profiles as a utility bat with a plus power tool, but as it turns out that may be his only average or better tool which limits his upside. Improvements to his fastball to play along with the slider would go a long way with him fitting into high leverage situations. Top Prospect . Modest toe tap. Other part-timers will also not be back with the. Really needs a DH in the National League though. On Tuesday morning, DeWitt Jr. and the Cardinals announced an extension of Mozeliak's contract as president of baseball operations through 2025, tacking two more years onto his deal that was set. Overall: Nogowski debuted with the Cardinals in 2020. Interns should not work over 30 hours per week. Tool plays up due to his high IQ and ability to get the ball out of his glove quick. [Projecting a timetable] is always difficult since it doesnt really happen in a vacuum. Timing is good, everything is where you want it to be on foot strike. Can resemble a slider, but his arm slot is a difficult one to throw a big curveball with tremendous depth. Delivery & Mechanics: Over the top arm slot. Repeatability is high. Thick core and lower half. Speed isn't a positive part of his game. Fast arm. Prater and organization have to find that consistency. Fastball velocity was down and curveball also looked to have lost some of its signature bite. He's never going to be an exceptional strike thrower. 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