ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT as of August 30

MEMPHIS REDBIRDS - (AAA) - AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION (81-54, 1ST PLACE, 11.0 GA) STANDINGS *QUALIFIED FOR POSTSEASON • The Redbirds are back-to-back divison champs under PCL Manager of the Year, , who Team (Class - League) Record won the award for the 2nd-straight year. They open the playoffs Sept. 5 at the Amer. North. champ. (AAA - Pacific Coast)...... *81-54 • OF Tyler O’Neill was named to the All-PCL team. He .311 (74-238) and totaled 26 home (AA - Texas)...... 59-75 runs and 63 RBI in the 64 games he played with the team. First Half...... 33-37 Second Half...... 26-38 • RHP was named PCL of the Year, marking the first time a Memphis pitcher has received the award. He went 13-3 wth a 2.50 ERA (31 ER/111.2 IP) in his 19 starts. (High-A - Florida State)...... 72-56 First Half...... *39-25 Second Half...... 33-31 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS - (AA) - NORTH DIVISION (26-38, 4TH PLACE, 10.0 GB) (A - Midwest)...... 76-58 First Half...... *39-31 • 2B Andy Young leads the team with a .341 average (42-123), recording at least 1 hit in 6 of the last 7 Second Half...... 37-27 games since Aug. 22. He tied his season-high 4 hits on Aug. 24 against NW Arkansas (AA-Royals). (SS - NY-Penn)...... 34-37 • OF Johan Mieses was the TL leader with 11 RBI from Aug. 18 to Aug. 28 while batting .289 (11- Johnson City Cardinals (Rk - Appalachian)...... 31-37 38) with 7 runs scored in 10 games, including 4 RBI on Aug. 26 and 3 RBI on Aug. 27. GCL Cardinals (Rk - Gulf Coast)...... *40-16 • LHP Evan Kruczynski has tallied 5 or more in 4 of his 5 outings since being promoted DSL Cardinals Blue (Rk - Dominican Summer)...... *51-21 from Palm Beach on July 27. He currently leads the team with his 1.82 ERA (7 ER/34.2 IP). DSL Cardinals Red (Rk - Dominican Summer)...... 40-31

PALM BEACH CARDINALS - (HIGH-A) - SOUTH DIVISION (33-31, 3RD PLACE, 4.5 GB) ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS • Dann Bilardello has been named FSL Manager of the Year. He led Palm Beach to the 1st half Rank Organization Record Win Pct. division title, and Palm Beach will play at the 2nd half winner to begin the playoffs Sept. 3 or 4. 1. 520-346 .600 • CF tallied 6 total bases Aug. 28 with 1 run, 2 hits, 4 RBI and 1 HR after coming off of the 2. St. Louis Cardinals 484-385 .557 7-day DL Aug. 26. He has a .341 BA (14-41) in 11 games since being promoted Aug. 1 from Peoria. 3. 405-325 .555 • RHP Jesus Cruz recorded 18 strikeouts, allowing 2 runs and 7 hits combined in starts on Aug. 9 and 4. 435-364 .544 Aug. 14. He remains undefeated at 6-0, overall, and has a 1.57 ERA (4 ER/23.0 IP) since Aug. 9. 5. 463-392 .542 6. 426-371 .535 7. 386-342 .530 PEORIA CHIEFS - (A) - WESTERN DIVISION (37-27, 2ND PLACE, 4.5 GB) 8. Arizona Diamondbacks 462-411 .529 • The Chiefs qualified for the playoffs by way of a first half wild card berth and begin the playoffs 9. 407-379 .518 at home Sept. 5 in a best-of-3 series against Quad Cities (A-Astros). 10. 372-358 .510 • 2B Wood Myers is batting .375 (15-40) since Aug. 15, which raised his batting average from .292 to .313 in that span. He currently holds a 7-game hitting streak (9-23, .391), since Aug.19. • LHP Patrick Dayton has not surrendered an earned run since July 28, (15.2 IP, 4 BB, 24 SO). He HITTING LEADERS holds a 0.86 ERA for the season (3 ER/31.1 IP) and opposing batters are hitting .193 against him. Batting Average *min. 100 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE)...... 415 Joerlin De Los Santos, OF (DSL RED)...... 359 Ivan Herrera, C (GCL)...... 348 STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (SS) - PINCKNEY DIVISION (34-37, 4TH PLACE, 5.0 GB) Home Runs • INF Imeldo Diaz has had at least one hit in his last 9 games (12-31, .387) since Aug. 18, including Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM)...... 26 a .417 average (5-12) in his last 4 games with 1 run scored and 1 RBI. , OF (MEM, SPR)...... 25 • RHP Kevin Hamann has a 2.08 ERA (7 ER/30.1 IP) with 20 strikeouts in 23 relief outings, which Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM)...... 22 are tied for the 2nd-most in the NYPL. He is also tied for 2nd in the league with 9 saves. RBI Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR)...... 83 Elehuris Montero, 3B (PB, PEO)...... 80 Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) & Johan Mieses, OF (SPR, PB)...... 71 JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS - APPALACHIAN LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - WEST DIVISION (31-37, T-3RD PLACE, 9.0 GB) Stolen Bases • OF Leandro Cedeno was 2nd on the team in August with a .337 average (35-104), including 17 Oscar Mercado, OF (MEM)...... 31 XBH and 7 HR (T-1st in the Appalachian League). He also posted a 1.011 OPS for the season. , INF (MEM, SPR) ...... 29 Randy Arozarena, OF (MEM, SPR)...... 26 • RHP Dionis Zamora posted an ERA of 1.86 (6 ER/29.0 IP) while striking out 26 batters over five appearances in August. He ended the season 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA (26 ER/60.2 IP) and 57 SO. OPS *min. 100 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE)...... 1.272 Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM)...... 1.078 Leandro Cedeno, OF (JC)...... 1.011 GCL CARDINALS - GULF COAST LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - EAST DIVISION (40-16, 1ST PLACE, 12.5 GA)

• The GCL Cardinals reached the GCL finals but lost the deciding game of the best-of-3 series, PITCHING LEADERS 9-2, Aug. 29 to the GCL Tigers West. They ended the reg. season with a GCL-best .714 win pct. • RHP Perry DellaValle tied for the league ERA title at 1.97 (10 ER/45.2 IP) and led the GCL in Wins Dakota Hudson, RHP (MEM)...... 13 strikeouts (67) against 7 walks. He had 7+ strikeouts in 5 of his last 6 outings (5 starts). Chris Ellis, RHP (MEM, SPR) & , RHP (PEO).... 10 Brian Pirela, RHP (GCL) & Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB).... 10 *min. 70.0 innings pitched DSL CARDINALS BLUE - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SOUTH DIVISION (51-21 1ST PLACE, 1.0 GA) Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE)...... 2.05 Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO)...... 2.22 • The DSL Cardinals Blue won their division and finished T-2nd in the 44-team DSL with 51 wins. Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP (MEM)...... 2.24 They dropped both games of their best-of-3 playoff series vs. the DSL Rangers1 from Aug. 27-28. Strikeouts • 3B Malcom Nunez won the DSL batting crown with a .415 BA, 13 HR and 59 RBI. He ended Chris Ellis, RHP (MEM, SPR)...... 124 the year on a 7-game hit streak (11-27, .407) with 5 HR and 10 RBI. Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB)...... 124 Austin Warner, LHP (MEM, SPR, PB)...... 122 Saves Will Latcham, RHP (SPR, PB)...... 12 - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SAN PEDRO (40-31, 2ND PLACE, 10.5 GB) DSL CARDINALS RED Edward Mujica, RHP (MEM)...... 12 • The DSL Cardinals Red climbed to 2nd in their division by going 11-5 in their final 16 games Preston Guilmet, RHP (MEM) ...... 11 since Aug. 7. They finished with the best team batting average (.273) in the 44-team league. WHIP *min. 70.0 innings pitched Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO)...... 1.00 • OF Joerlin De Los Santos batted a team-high .425 (31-73) in August with 8 2B, 4 3B and 9 SB. He Jake Walsh, RHP (PB, PEO)...... 1.05 led the DSL in runs (66), and finished 2nd in batting (.359) and T-2nd in hits (84) for the season. Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE)...... 1.07

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... MID-SEASON ALL-STAR SELECTIONS * First Half stats with club only PROSPECTS * according to MLB.com

Memphis (AAA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Rank Name Pos. Current Team 3B .297 52 85 18 1 12 50 34 9 .326 .413 .739 1. RHP ST. LOUIS Memphis (AAA) W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 2. 3B Peoria RHP Dakota Hudson 12-2 2.42 17 17 0 104.1 101 31 28 36 79 1.31 3. Dakota Hudson RHP ST. LOUIS RHP Daniel Poncedeleon 8-3 2.39 17 16 0 83.0 64 35 22 46 98 1.34 4. RHP Memphis Springfield (AA) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 3B Tommy Edman .279 41 73 12 2 4 24 25 13 .339 .385 .725 5. C Springfield OF Victor Roache .260 39 64 6 2 15 45 19 3 .317 .484 .801 6. Randy Arozarena OF Memphis OF Lane Thomas .252 40 61 13 0 13 44 29 12 .336 .467 .803 7. Elehuris Montero 3B Palm Beach Springfield (AA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 8. Justin Williams OF Memphis RHP Chris Ellis 4-0 4.19 15 7 2 53.2 46 27 25 16 56 1.16 9. Conner Capel OF Palm Beach RHP Conner Greene 4-3 4.44 11 10 0 48.2 43 29 24 32 43 1.54 RHP Connor Jones 4-2 4.11 11 10 0 50.1 53 26 23 20 35 1.45 10. Griffin Roberts RHP GCL Cardinals RHP 3-7 4.88 14 14 0 72.0 83 43 39 33 51 1.61 11. Max Schrock 2B Memphis Palm Beach (A+) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 12. OF Palm Beach C Jose Godoy .304 10 28 4 1 1 10 10 2 .390 .402 .793 13. Genesis Cabrera LHP Springfield 3B Evan Mendoza .349 22 52 7 0 3 16 9 1 .394 .456 .850 14. Junior Fernandez RHP Springfield 2B Andy Young .288 29 57 9 0 8 23 21 2 .382 .455 .837 15. SS/3B Memphis Palm Beach (A+) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP LHP Evan Kruczynski 4-1 3.83 11 11 0 54.0 52 25 23 16 56 1.26 16. Luken Baker 1B Peoria RHP Anthony Shew 4-1 2.11 8 8 0 42.2 40 14 10 7 34 1.10 17. Jonatan Machado OF State College RHP Will Latcham 3-3 4.18 25 0 12 28.0 24 15 13 16 42 1.43 18. Jake Woodford RHP Memphis Peoria (A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 19. Steven Gingery LHP GCL Cardinals 1B Yariel Gonzalez .308 29 69 12 1 3 31 19 0 .359 .411 .770 20. Ramon Urias INF Memphis 2B Irving Lopez .291 31 62 13 1 4 21 22 1 .370 .418 .788 3B Elehuris Montero .307 39 73 15 3 7 38 16 0 .359 .483 .842 21. RHP Springfield C Dennis Ortega .278 23 35 3 0 3 16 14 5 .345 .373 .718 22. RHP Memphis Peoria (A) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 23. Wadye Ynfante OF State College RHP Bryan Dobzanski 5-2 1.87 21 0 4 33.2 29 12 7 8 33 1.10 24. Johan Oviedo RHP Peoria RHP Thomas St. Clair 2-2 1.65 20 0 5 32.2 12 8 6 15 41 0.83 25. Alvaro Seijas RHP Peoria State College (SS-A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 26. Evan Mendoza 3B Springfield 2B Nick Dunn .263 31 49 14 2 2 29 21 3 .344 .392 .737 3B Edwin Figuera .281 21 47 7 1 0 13 6 12 .365 .335 .700 27. Conner Greene RHP Memphis SS Delvin Perez .220 16 37 3 2 0 11 24 8 .321 .262 .583 28. Delvin Perez SS State College DSL Cardinals Blue Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 29. Daniel Poncedeleon RHP Memphis SS Sander Mora .272 23 25 4 0 0 11 21 8 .414 .315 .729 30. Connor Jones RHP Springfield DSL Cardinals Red Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS OF Joerlin De Los Santos .333 32 36 8 2 0 15 26 16 .471 .444 .915 DSL Cardinals Red Pitcher W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP AWARDS RHP Martin Cordova 4-0 0.39 4 4 0 23.1 22 2 1 4 17 1.11 Name Pos. Award Date Randy Arozarena OF All-Star Futures Game Selection -- Dakota Hudson RHP All-Star Futures Game Selection -- POST-SEASON ALL-STAR SELECTIONS * Overall stats with club Andrew Knizner C All-Star Futures Game Selection -- Memphis (AAA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Dakota Hudson RHP PCL Pitcher of the Year -- OF Tyler O’Neill .311 61 74 9 2 26 63 29 3 .385 .693 1.078 Elehuris Montero 3B MWL Most Valuable Player -- Memphis (AAA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP Stubby Clapp MGR PCL Manager of the Year -- RHP Dakota Hudson 13-3 2.50 19 19 0 111.2 107 34 31 38 87 1.88 Dann Bilardello MGR FSL Manager of the Year -- Palm Beach (A+) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Frank Spinelli COA MWL Strengh of the Year -- 2B Andy Young .276 43 82 10 2 12 34 31 4 .372 .444 .817 Adolis Garcia OF PCL Batter of the Week July 23-29 Peoria (A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 1B Yariel Gonzalez .306 50 119 22 1 11 64 29 3 .350 .452 .802 Andy Young INF TL Batter of the Week July 23-29 3B Elehuris Montero .322 68 123 28 3 15 69 33 2 .381 .529 .910 Chris Chinea C TL Batter of the Week June 25-July 1 Lane Thomas OF TL Batter of the Week June 4-10 Johnson City (Rookie) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 3B Nolan Gorman .350 41 50 10 1 11 28 24 1 .443 .664 1.107 Victor Roache OF TL Batter of the Week Apr. 30-May 6 John Nogowski 1B TL Batter of the Week Apr. 23-29 Johnson City (Rookie) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP RHP Tommy Parsons 5-1 3.00 13 9 1 57.0 59 23 19 10 43 1.21 Stefan Trosclair 1B FSL Batter of the Week Aug. 13-19 Yariel Gonzalez 1B/3B MWL Batter of the Week July 23-29 Elehuris Montero 3B MWL Batter of the Week July 2-8 Juan Yepez 1B MWL Batter of the Week Apr. 5-15 PARTICIPANTS Stanley Espinal 3B NYPL Batter of the Week Aug. 6-12 Nolan Gorman 3B Ap. Lg. Batter of the Week July 30-Aug. 5 Surprise Sagueros - MGR Stubby Clapp (MEM); Strength & Cond. Coach Frank Witkowski (SPR) Kevin Woodall, Jr. 1B Ap. Lg. Batter of the Week July 16-22 Pitchers B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Conner Greene R R 6-3 185 04/04/95 Santa Monica, Calif. MEM, SPR Daniel Poncedeleon RHP PCL Pitcher of the Week July 9-15 Evan Kruczynski L L 6-5 215 03/31/95 Franklin, Wis. SPR, PB Austin Gomber LHP PCL Pitcher of the Week May 21-27 Connor Jones R R 6-3 200 10/10/94 Hartford, Ct. MEM, SPR Andrew Morales R R 6-0 185 01/16/93 Covina, Calif. MEM, SPR Austin Gomber LHP PCL Pitcher of the Week Apr. 23-29 Evan Kruczynski LHP TL Pitcher of the Week July 30-Aug. 5 B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Anthony Shew RHP TL Pitcher of the Week July 16-22 Jeremy Martinez R R 5-11 195 12/29/94 Fountain Valley, Calif. MEM, SPR Austin Warner LHP FSL Pitcher of the Week May 21-27 Infielders B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Paul Balestrieri RHP MWL Pitcher of the Week June 4-10 Tommy Edman S R 5-10 180 05/09/95 San Diego, Calif. MEM, SPR Franyel Casasdilla RHP NYPL Pitcher of the Week Aug. 20-26 Andy Young R R 6-0 195 05/10/94 West Fargo, N.D. SPR, PB Michael Baird RHP NYPL Pitcher of the Week July 23-29 Outfielder B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Noel De Jesus RHP Ap. Lg. Pitcher of the Week June 18-24 Lane Thomas R R 6-1 210 08/23/95 Knoxville, Tenn. MEM, SPR Austin Gomber LHP STL Pitcher of the Month April Juan Yepez 1B STL Player of the Month April Austin Warner LHP STL Pitcher of the Month May Evan Mendoza 3B STL Player of the Month May Dakota Hudson RHP STL Pitcher of the Month June Rangel Ravelo 1B/OF STL Player of the Month June Daniel Poncedeleon RHP STL Pitcher of the Month July Adolis Garcia OF STL Player of the Month July TBD . STL Pitcher of the Month August TBD . STL Player of the Month August