ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT as of Sept. 21

MEMPHIS REDBIRDS - (AAA) - AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION (83-57, 1ST PLACE, 11.0 GA) STANDINGS *QUALIFIED FOR POSTSEASON • The Redbirds won the PCL finals Sept. 15 in 4 games over Fresno (AAA- Astros). INF Team (Class - League) Record went 5-5 Sept. 18 to help the club win its first -A title after defeating Durham (AAA-Rays) 14-4. (AAA - Pacific Coast)...... *83-57 • INF led the Redbirds in the with a .469 BA (15-32), 6 runs, 1 HR and 6 RBI. (AA - Texas)...... 60-79 Edman was named PCL playoffs co-MVP along with OF (.348, 5 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI). First Half...... 33-37 Second Half...... 27-42 • RHP threw 7.1 shoutout innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 walk and 6 in Game 4 vs. Fresno. In the playoffs, he had a 0.79 ERA (1 ER/11.1 IP) and 10 strikeouts in 2 games (1 start). (High-A - State)...... 75-58 First Half...... *39-25 Second Half...... 36-33 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS - (AA) - NORTH DIVISION (27-42, 4TH PLACE, 13.0 GB) (A - Midwest)...... 76-63 First Half...... *39-31 • INF Tommy Edman was the top batter for Springfield with a .299 BA (135-452), 6 HR and 36 RBI. Second Half...... 37-32 He had the team’s longest streak with a .365 BA (27-74) in 17 games from July 12-Aug. 5. (SS - NY-Penn)...... 36-40 • 2B Andy Young ended the season with a .319 average (43-135), 18 runs, 9 HR and 24 RBI in (Rk - Appalachian)...... 31-37 35 games for Springfield. Young will join Edman as infielders in the 2018 Fall League. GCL Cardinals (Rk - Gulf Coast)...... *40-16 • RHP finished with a 3.80 ERA (40 ER/94.2 IP) and 66 strikeouts in 22 outings (17 DSL Cardinals Blue (Rk - Dominican Summer)...... *51-21 starts). He will also be joining Edman and Young with the Surprise Saguaros in the AFL this fall. DSL Cardinals Red (Rk - Dominican Summer)...... 40-31

PALM BEACH CARDINALS - (HIGH-A) - SOUTH DIVISION (36-33, 3RD PLACE, 4.0 GB) ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS • Palm Beach finished 1st in its division overall and had the 2nd-most wins in the league with 75. The Rank Organization Record Win Pct. team lost both games of its best-of-3 playoff series vs. Fort Myers (High-A Twins) by a 3-1 score. 1. 539-354 .604 • 3B Elehuris Montero recorded a .500 batting average (4-8) in playoffs while the team batted 2. 424-331 .562 .209 (14-67). Montero finished the year batting .286 (28-98) in 24 games for Palm Beach. 3. St. Louis Cardinals 492-402 .550 • RHP Jake Walsh had 7 strikeouts and 1 walk in 5.0 innings Sept. 4 in the playoff opener. He went 4. 452-374 .547 7-4 with a 2.24 ERA (24 ER/96.1 IP) and 69 strikeouts in 17 outings (16 starts) for Palm Beach. 5. 474-405 .539 6. 483-423 .533 7. 395-352 .529 PEORIA CHIEFS - (A) - WESTERN DIVISION (37-32, T-3RD PLACE, 7.5 GB) 8. 433-389 .527 • The Chiefs lost in 4 games in the best-of-5 MWL finals Sept. 12-16 vs. Bowling Green (A-Rays) 9. 424-389 .522 after defeating Quad Cities (A-Astros) and Cedar Rapids (A-Twins) in best-of-3 playoff series. 10. 384-372 .508 • 1B Yariel Gonzalez finished the Midwest League finals with a .438 BA (7-16), which included 3 multi-hit games. He also led the team in OPS (.938) and slugging pct. (.500) for the finals. • RHP Zach Prendergast pitched 6.2 innings (2 H, O ER, 1 BB, 7 SO) in game 2 of the finals. He HITTING LEADERS led the league in postseason strikeouts with 18 and finished T-4th in (11.2). Batting Average *min. 150 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE)...... 415 Joerlin De Los Santos, OF (DSL RED)...... 359 Carlos Soler, OF (GCL, DSL BLUE)...... 337 STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (SS) - PINCKNEY DIVISION (36-40, T-3RD PLACE, 6.5 GB) Home Runs • INF Stanley Espinal finished the season leading the team in batting average (.286), slugging % , OF (MEM, SPR)...... 27 (.456), OPS (.806), HR (8), RBI (41) and extra-base hits (21) to earn team MVP honors. Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM)...... 26 • RHP Franyel Casadilla ended the year with a 4-3 record, 3.84 ERA (26 ER/61.0 IP) and compiled Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM)...... 22 a team-leading 1.03 WHIP among qualifiers. Casadilla was named the Spikes’ of the Year. RBI Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR)...... 88 Elehuris Montero, 3B (PB, PEO)...... 82 Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) & Johan Mieses, OF (SPR, PB)...... 71 JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS - (ROOKIE) - WEST DIVISION (31-37, T-3RD PLACE, 9.0 GB) Stolen Bases • OF Leandro Cedeno concluded the season with a .336 batting average (75-223), which ranked , OF (MEM)...... 31 6th in the league. He led the team in hits (75), home runs (14), RBI (47), and runs scored (47). Tommy Edman, INF (MEM, SPR) ...... 30 Randy Arozarena, OF (MEM, SPR)...... 26 • RHP Tommy Parsons finished with an overall record of 5-1 and a 3.00 ERA (19 ER/57.0 IP) that ranked 3rd in the league. He also ranked 2nd in the league with a 1.21 WHIP. OPS *min. 150 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)

• Led by GCL Manger of the Year , the club ended the regular season with a league- PITCHING LEADERS best .714 win pct. before dropping Game 3 of the GCL finals Aug. 29 to the GCL Tigers West. • OF Andrew Warner earned GCL MVP honors after hitting .342 (39-114) with 16 2B, 4 HR and 27 Wins , RHP (MEM)...... 13 RBI in 31 games. RHPs Brian Pirela and Edgar Escobar also made the postseason All-Star team. 5 Tied ...... 10

Earned Average *min. 70.0 innings pitched Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE)...... 2.05 DSL CARDINALS BLUE - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SOUTH DIVISION (51-21 1ST PLACE, 1.0 GA) Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO)...... 2.16 • 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 triple crown with a .415 BA, 13 HR and 59 RBI. He ended Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB)...... 130 Austin Warner, LHP (MEM, SPR, PB)...... 125 the year on a 7-game hit streak (11-27, .407) with 5 HR and 10 RBI. , RHP (MEM, SPR)...... 124 Saves Edward Mujica, RHP (SPR, PB)...... 13 DSL CARDINALS RED - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SAN PEDRO (40-31, 2ND PLACE, 10.5 GB) Will Latcham, RHP (SPR, PB)...... 12 • The DSL Cardinals Red climbed to 2nd in their division by going 11-5 in their final 16 games , 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 • OF Joerlin De Los Santos batted a team-high .425 (31-73) in August with 8 2B, 4 3B and 9 SB. He Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO)...... 0.99 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 5. C Memphis 3B Tommy Edman .279 41 73 12 2 4 24 25 13 .339 .385 .725 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 4-3 4.44 11 10 0 48.2 43 29 24 32 43 1.54 10. Griffin Roberts RHP Palm Beach RHP Connor Jones 4-2 4.11 11 10 0 50.1 53 26 23 20 35 1.45 11. Max Schrock 2B Memphis RHP Jake Woodford 3-7 4.88 14 14 0 72.0 83 43 39 33 51 1.61 12. OF Palm Beach Palm Beach (A+) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 13. Genesis Cabrera LHP Memphis C Jose Godoy .304 10 28 4 1 1 10 10 2 .390 .402 .793 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 16. 1B Peoria LHP Evan Kruczynski 4-1 3.83 11 11 0 54.0 52 25 23 16 56 1.26 17. Jonatan Machado OF State College RHP Anthony Shew 4-1 2.11 8 8 0 42.2 40 14 10 7 34 1.10 18. Jake Woodford RHP Memphis RHP Will Latcham 3-3 4.18 25 0 12 28.0 24 15 13 16 42 1.43 19. Steven Gingery LHP GCL Cardinals Peoria (A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 20. Ramon Urias INF Memphis 1B Yariel Gonzalez .308 29 69 12 1 3 31 19 0 .359 .411 .770 2B Irving Lopez .291 31 62 13 1 4 21 22 1 .370 .418 .788 21. RHP Memphis 3B Elehuris Montero .307 39 73 15 3 7 38 16 0 .359 .483 .842 22. RHP ST. LOUIS C Dennis Ortega .278 23 35 3 0 3 16 14 5 .345 .373 .718 23. Wadye Ynfante OF State College Peoria (A) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 24. RHP Peoria RHP Bryan Dobzanski 5-2 1.87 21 0 4 33.2 29 12 7 8 33 1.10 25. Alvaro Seijas RHP Peoria RHP Thomas St. Clair 2-2 1.65 20 0 5 32.2 12 8 6 15 41 0.83 26. Evan Mendoza 3B Springfield State College (SS-A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 27. Conner Greene RHP Memphis 2B Nick Dunn .263 31 49 14 2 2 29 21 3 .344 .392 .737 28. Delvin Perez SS State College 3B Edwin Figuera .281 21 47 7 1 0 13 6 12 .365 .335 .700 SS Delvin Perez .220 16 37 3 2 0 11 24 8 .321 .262 .583 29. Daniel Poncedeleon RHP ST. LOUIS 30. Connor Jones RHP Springfield DSL Cardinals Blue Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS SS Sander Mora .272 23 25 4 0 0 11 21 8 .414 .315 .729 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 AWARDS DSL Cardinals Red Pitcher W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP Name Pos. Award Date RHP Martin Cordova 4-0 0.39 4 4 0 23.1 22 2 1 4 17 1.11 Alex Mejia INF Triple-A Nat. Championship MVP -- Randy Arozarena OF PCL Playoffs Co-MVP -- Tommy Edman INF PCL Playoffs Co-MVP -- POST-SEASON ALL-STAR SELECTIONS * Overall stats with club Randy Arozarena OF All-Star Futures Game Selection -- Dakota Hudson RHP All-Star Futures Game Selection -- Memphis (AAA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Andrew Knizner C All-Star Futures Game Selection -- OF Tyler O’Neill .311 61 74 9 2 26 63 29 3 .385 .693 1.078 Dakota Hudson RHP PCL Pitcher of the Year -- Memphis (AAA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP Elehuris Montero 3B MWL Most Valuable Player -- RHP Dakota Hudson 13-3 2.50 19 19 0 111.2 107 34 31 38 87 1.88 MGR PCL of the Year -- MGR FSL Manager of the Year -- Springfield (AA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS OF Lane Thomas .260 63 100 16 4 21 67 43 13 .337 .487 .824 Frank Spinelli COA MWL Strengh of the Year -- Franyel Casadilla RHP SC Pitcher of the Year -- Palm Beach (A+) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Stanley Espinal 3B SC Player of the Year -- 2B Andy Young .276 43 82 10 2 12 34 31 4 .372 .444 .817 Andrew Warner OF GCL Most Valuable Player -- Peoria (A) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Erick Almonte MGR GCL Manager of the Year -- 1B Yariel Gonzalez .306 50 119 22 1 11 64 29 3 .350 .452 .802 3B Elehuris Montero .322 68 123 28 3 15 69 33 2 .381 .529 .910 Adolis Garcia OF PCL Batter of the Week July 23-29 Andy Young INF TL Batter of the Week July 23-29 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 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) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP Victor Roache OF TL Batter of the Week Apr. 30-May 6 RHP Tommy Parsons 5-1 3.00 13 9 1 57.0 59 23 19 10 43 1.21 1B TL Batter of the Week Apr. 23-29 GCL Cardinals (Rookie) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Stefan Trosclair 1B FSL Batter of the Week Aug. 13-19 DH Andrew Warner .342 24 39 16 1 4 27 13 3 .441 .605 1.046 Yariel Gonzalez INF MWL Batter of the Week July 23-29 GCL Cardinals (Rookie) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP Elehuris Montero 3B MWL Batter of the Week July 2-8 RHP Edgar Escobar 2-2 1.21 19 0 9 22.1 13 4 3 3 33 0.72 Juan Yepez 1B MWL Batter of the Week Apr. 5-15 RHP Brian Pirela 10-0 2.71 12 11 0 69.2 65 25 21 20 44 1.22 Stanley Espinal 3B NYPL Batter of the Week Aug. 6-12 Nolan Gorman 3B Ap. Lg. Batter of the Week July 30-Aug. 5 Kevin Woodall, Jr. 1B Ap. Lg. Batter of the Week July 16-22

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS Daniel Poncedeleon RHP PCL Pitcher of the Week July 9-15 Surprise Sagueros - MGR Stubby Clapp (MEM); Strength & Cond. Coach Frank Witkowski (SPR) LHP PCL Pitcher of the Week May 21-27 Austin Gomber LHP PCL Pitcher of the Week Apr. 23-29 Pitchers B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Conner Greene R R 6-3 185 04/04/95 Santa Monica, Calif. MEM, SPR Evan Kruczynski LHP TL Pitcher of the Week July 30-Aug. 5 Evan Kruczynski L L 6-5 215 03/31/95 Franklin, Wis. SPR, PB Anthony Shew RHP TL Pitcher of the Week July 16-22 Connor Jones R R 6-3 200 10/10/94 Hartford, Ct. MEM, SPR Austin Warner LHP FSL Pitcher of the Week May 21-27 Andrew Morales R R 6-0 185 01/16/93 Covina, Calif. MEM, SPR Paul Balestrieri RHP MWL Pitcher of the Week June 4-10 Franyel Casasdilla RHP NYPL Pitcher of the Week Aug. 20-26 B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Michael Baird RHP NYPL Pitcher of the Week July 23-29 Jeremy Martinez R R 5-11 195 12/29/94 Fountain Valley, Calif. MEM, SPR Noel De Jesus RHP Ap. Lg. Pitcher of the Week June 18-24 Infielders B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Tommy Edman S R 5-10 180 05/09/95 San Diego, Calif. MEM, SPR Austin Gomber LHP STL Pitcher of the Month April Andy Young R R 6-0 195 05/10/94 West Fargo, N.D. SPR, PB Juan Yepez 1B STL Player of the Month April Austin Warner LHP STL Pitcher of the Month May B T Ht. Wt. DOB Birthplace 2018 Clubs Evan Mendoza 3B STL Player of the Month May Lane Thomas R R 6-1 210 08/23/95 Knoxville, Tenn. MEM, SPR Dakota Hudson RHP STL Pitcher of the Month June 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 Jake Walsh RHP STL Pitcher of the Month August Malcom Nunez 3B STL Player of the Month August