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Our Minor League Player of the Month is C Rainiel Rodriguez! Rodriguez, 18, slashed .370/.520/.852 and led all Cardinals minor leaguers in OBP, SLG, OPS (1.372), HR (7), XBH (12) and R (22) in 18 games with the Rookie-level FCL Cardinals. He homered in a career-high 4 straight

Luis Gastelum’s stats since 5/10 for Springfield (AA): 11.2 IP 1.54 ERA 2.21 FIP 43.5% K% 8.7% BB% .167 BAA 0.94 WHIP Gastelum has settled in after allowing 11 runs over his first 10.1 innings. Among pitchers with at least 20 IP, his 37.4% K% ranks 4th in the Texas League.

Rainiel Rodriguez smokes this ball 102.2 MPH, picking up an RBI single. Rodriguez has recorded a hit in each of his three games since being promoted to Single-A Palm Beach.

Rodriguez drilled a foul ball 108.6 MPH earlier in the at-bat

Episode 64 is out! Kareem joins to discuss the Cardinals young production and to update on some of the notable prospects in the farm system. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! #ForTheLou #LouSportsTalk Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0ad6oJj8J… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Through 4 innings tonight, here are Quinn Mathews' pitch specs. Fastball vert is back up to 17", while averaging a consistent 95 MPH (T96.0).

Quinn Mathews' final line: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Mathews' stuff looked the liveliest it’s been since returning back to the mound. His heater averaged 95 MPH w/ 17” vert. SL and CH both recorded 4 whiffs a piece. Also mixed in a 77 MPH CB.

This is Mathews' first game at the Triple-A level in which he didn’t surrender a walk

Another stellar outing for Ixan Henderson: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R (unearned), 3 BB, 9 K.

Justin Turner👋

Tink Hence’s final line: 2.2 IP, H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Hence’s fastball was up 1.5 ticks from his previous rehab outings, averaging 95 MPH and registering 7 whiffs. He also mixed in a hard gyro-SL, a low-80s CB w/ minimal depth, and is still finding feel for his CH.

Hence's pronation bias is kinda wild lol

Braden Davis recorded 8 whiffs on 11 swings (73% whiff rate) with his changeup tonight. Among pitchers who have thrown at least 500 pitches, Davis leads the FSL with a 40.7% whiff rate.

Luis Pino tallied two 107+ MPH BBE tonight: 109.7 mph EV, 9° LA (Double) 107.1 mph EV, 23° LA (Double)

JJ Wetherholt stays red-hot, recording his fourth consecutive multi-hit game. Wetherholt’s season OPS is up to .888

Today’s Minor League Starters: MEM (34-26): RH Zach Plesac (Season debut) vs. Indianapolis (PIT) SGF (31-25): RH Max Rajcic (2-3, 4.40) at Frisco (TEX) PEO (22-32): RH Chen-Wei Lin (G1) & RH Jose Davila (G2) vs Quad Cities (KC) PB (25-30): RH Nolan Sparks (2-3, 5.03) at Fort

JJ Wetherholt can’t be stopped! He just recorded his second hit of the game, marking his fifth consecutive multi-hit performance.

Stats over the five-game multi-hit streak: 11-for-19, HR (4), 3B, 2B, 5 R, 3 RBI, 3 BB Wetherholt is now slashing .313/.429/.473 (.902 OPS) with 28 BB to 24 K in 184 PA for Springfield (AA).

Rainiel Rodriguez continues to impress, collecting another hit today—his fourth consecutive game with a hit since being promoted. BBE today: 103.4 mph EV, 2° LA (Single) 101.3 mph EV, 22° LA (Flyout) 100.1 mph EV, 4° LA (Groundout) 93.4 mph EV, 9° LA (Lineout)

Not enough people are talking about the year Leonardo Bernal is having as a 21-year-old in Double-A: 175 PA .301/.383/.542 .925 OPS 12.0% BB% 14.3% K%