On Monday, JJ Wetherholt became the first Cardinals position player to reach Triple-A within one year of being selected in the MLB draft since Wallace in 2009.
Pitcher Michael Wacha was the most recent pitcher to achieve the feat, that achievement coming in 2013.
The Cardinals selected Wetherholt with the No. 7 overall pick in 2024 out of college at West Virginia, where he won the NCAA batting championship as a sophomore with a .449 average.
MLB Pipeline ranks him as the No. 1 prospect in the Cardinals’ system, No. 19 overall. He was selected to represent the National League in the Futures Game on Saturday.
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