The 14 Springfield alumni on St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card roster, ranked by games played
Out of the 26 names on Wednesday's night's St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card roster, 14 are Springfield Cardinals alumni. We're counting down through all 14 sorted by the least time spent in the 417 to the most. 14) Genesis Cabrera // 5 games // 2018 Stats: 5 GS, 1-3, 4.74
Out of the 26 names on Wednesday's night's St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card roster, 14 are Springfield Cardinals alumni.
We're counting down through all 14 sorted by the least time spent in the 417 to the most.
14) Genesis Cabrera // 5 games // 2018
Stats: 5 GS, 1-3, 4.74 ERA, 24.1 IP, 21 K
13) Alex Reyes // 9 games // 2015, '18
Stats: 9 GS, 4-2, 2.55 ERA, 42.1 IP, 65 K
Our mans @AlexReyes_67 just waltzes in here and ties a nine-year old organization strikeout record with 13!
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) May 20, 2018
7.2 IP
0⃣ R
1⃣ H
3⃣ BB
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Ks pic.twitter.com/QhMwkLlK6c
12) Jack Flaherty // 11 games // 2017, '21
Stats: 11 GS, 7-2, 1.74 ERA, 67.1 IP, 65 K
#STLCards' Jack Flaherty is the first MiLB pitcher to seven wins, thanks to 7 2/3 scoreless IP for @Sgf_Cardinals: https://t.co/P2x3Ocb0WS pic.twitter.com/8iF6neI8d6
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) May 22, 2017
11) Dakota Hudson // 21 games // 2017, '21
Stats: 21 GS, 10-4, 2.36 ERA, 125.2 IP, 84 K
.@SWarmann: "When he does make that next step, Dakota Hudson is a name @Cardinals fans will not forget." @Sgf_Cardinals #STLCards pic.twitter.com/lJ4MLzVI4C
— Bally Sports Midwest (@BallySportsMW) July 24, 2017
10) Lars Nootbaar // 33 games // 2019
Stats: .269 AVG, 25 H, .685 OPS
Lars Nootbaar takes celebrating really seriously. pic.twitter.com/jerHjMHXqx
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 29, 2019
9) Juan Yepez // 36 games // 2019, '21
Stats: .252 AVG, 29 H, 6 2B, 7 HR, 19 R, 27 RBI, .830 OPS
Yep, ez gone!@budweiserusa x #BudweiserUSA pic.twitter.com/bqP8uhIrka
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) May 23, 2021
8) Kodi Whitley // 37 games // 2019, '21
Stats: 1 GS, 2-6, 7 SV, 3.07 ERA, 44.0 IP, 54 K
Kodi Whitley just got George Springer (yes that one) to fly out with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th in a 4-4 game.
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) June 23, 2019
😎😎😎#SGFCards | #RockYourRED pic.twitter.com/UATHLBLADa
7) Edmundo Sosa // 68 games // 2017-18
Stats: .272 AVG, 72 H, 17 2B, 7 HR, 34 R, 32 RBI, .729 OPS
Edmundo Sosa racked up a season-high four hits in a 4-for-6, two-RBI performance for @Sgf_Cardinals. Sosa is the #STLCards No. 12 prospect: https://t.co/zGqqpcVnte pic.twitter.com/3AlrK5j6j9
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 6, 2018
6) Harrison Bader // 82 games // 2016
Stats: .282 AVG, 90 H, 12 2B, 4 3B, 16 HR, 48 R, 41 RBI, 11 SB, .848 OPS
#STLCards No. 10 prospect Harrison Bader homers in third straight game for @Sgf_Cardinals. https://t.co/KYR6BOsse4 pic.twitter.com/zlJ8D3TLWm
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) May 29, 2016
5) Dylan Carlson // 108 games // 2019
Stats: .281 AVG, 117 H, 24 2B, 6 3B, 21 HR, 81 R, 59 RBI, 18 SB, .882 OPS
Let's all sit back and watch a #DylanDinger off the Dodgers Opening Day starter.pic.twitter.com/a4HRBn3ocB
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 24, 2020
4) Matt Carpenter // 117 games // 2010, '12, '16, '19
Stats: .305 AVG, 132 H, 27 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 81 R, 57 RBI, 11 SB, .884 OPS
3) Andrew Knizner // 128 games // 2017-18
Stats: .317 AVG, 147 H, 26 2B, 11 HR, 66 R, 63 RBI, .813 OPS
Our #2018Top100 Photos Series continues with our favorite 10 photos of Andrew Knizner Laughing at Things. 😆
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) September 24, 2018
📷 Check out all 10: https://t.co/XXOJuyUa6k pic.twitter.com/SrMApxr3wH
2) Paul DeJong // 132 games // 2016
Stats: .260 AVG, 129 H, 29 2B, 2 3B, 22 HR, 62 R, 73 RBI, .784 OPS
The #Cardinals' Paul DeJong has homered five times in his last six games with @Sgf_Cardinals https://t.co/XGVr3Ni5rE pic.twitter.com/gEl4H6PUD4
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) May 7, 2016
1) Tommy Edman // 172 games // 2017-18
Stats: .282 AVG, 189 H, 35 2B, 5 3B, 8 HR, 91 R, 62 RBI, 32 SB, .718 OPS
📢 Tommy Edman's hitting streak may have ended at 1⃣7⃣ last night, but he's still the hottest bat in the Texas League with a .343 average since June 1. pic.twitter.com/t61xD9pGbP
— Spooky Springfield Cardinals 🎃 (@Sgf_Cardinals) August 8, 2018
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