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St. Louis • #87 • 2B

JJ Wetherholt

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Preseason
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HOU
Fri, Mar 21
L 5-3
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NYM
Fri, Mar 21
L 3-2
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MIA
Sat, Mar 22
W 8-2
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WAS
Sun, Mar 23
L 2-1
Regular season
vs
MIN
Thu, Mar 27
W 5-3
vs
MIN
Sat, Mar 29
2:15 pm
FS1
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MIN
Sun, Mar 30
2:15 pm
TWTV
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LAA
Mon, Mar 31
7:45 pm
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LAA
Tue, Apr 1
7:45 pm
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LAA
Wed, Apr 2
1:15 pm
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The Cardinals selected JJ Wetherholt, who had been rumored to be an option for the Guardians at 1-1, with the seventh overall pick last year. A hamstring issue limited Wetherholt to 36 games as a junior at West Virginia, but he was extremely productive all three years in the Big 12 and during brief stints in summer leagues, including a .978 OPS in eight Cape Cod League games. Most scouts expected the 5-foot-10 middle infielder to end up at second base pre-draft and he will certainly end up there with Masyn Winn entrenched at shortstop in St. Louis. He is a plus runner, but Wetherholt's calling card is a potential 70-grade hit tool that led his draft class. The lefty-hitting Wetherholt's contact and strikeout rates were elite en route to a career .370 average with the Mountaineers, and he hit .295 with a .405 OBP, two homers and two steals in 29 games with Single-A Palm Beach. The working assumption is that the Cardinals kept him at Single-A because they didn't want to send him all the way up to Peoria, their High-A affiliate, but the fact remains we haven't seen Wetherholt perform yet against quality minor-league pitching. As long as he can be a 20-homer threat, Wetherholt's ceiling is very high in fantasy, but it's not a given that he'll get to that much power.

Fantasy Stats

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Batting Average
2025 — — — — — — — .000
2024 — — — — — — — .000
2023 — — — — — — — .000
3y Avg. — — — — — — — .000
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Fantasy News

  • Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt: Starting season at Double-A level

    Rotowire
    Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Monday that Wetherholt will begin the season at Double-A Springfield, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Wetherholt played just 29 games with Single-A Palm Beach in his pro debut last year but will skip over High-A Peoria and start the 2025 campaign in the Texas League. The 22-year-old will play shortstop with Springfield, but with Masyn Winn manning that spot in St. Louis, Wetherholt's eventual home could be at second or third base.
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  • Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt: Reassigned to minors camp

    Rotowire
    The Cardinals reassigned Wetherholt to minor-league camp Wednesday. Wetherholt was given lots of playing time this spring but didn't do much at the plate, going 2-for-20 with one home run, three stolen bases and a 5:6 K:BB. The top prospect is slated to open the 2025 season either at High-A Peoria or Double-A Springfield.
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  • Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt: Cranks first spring homer

    Rotowire
    Wetherholt went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run Sunday in Grapefruit League action versus the Astros. Making his spring training debut, Wetherholt had a bloop single in the fourth inning and then in the fifth drilled an opposite-field, three-run homer off righty A.J. Blubaugh. The No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, Wetherholt slashed .295/.405/.400 in 29 games with Single-A Palm Beach in his pro debut last year. The 22-year-old will likely begin the 2025 season either at High-A Peoria or Double-A Springfield.
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  • Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt: Nets spring invite from St. Louis

    Rotowire
    The Cardinals have extended Wetherholt an invitation to big-league camp during spring training. Wetherholt has just 29 games of professional experience under his belt after being taken with the seventh pick of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, but the Cardinals will give their top prospect a look this spring. The 22-year-old will likely begin the 2025 season either at High-A Peoria or Double-A Springfield. In addition to Wetherholt, the Cardinals also invited top pitching prospect Quinn Mathews to camp.
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