St. Louis Cardinals minor league players

José Miguel Fermín (born March 29, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Fermín signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Indians.

On November 9, 2022, the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Fermín from the Guardians and he was added to their 40-man roster.[1] Fermín suffered a quadriceps strain in spring training and was optioned to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds to begin the 2023 season.[2]

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Moisés Manuel Gómez (born August 27, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Gómez was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent in 2015, and spent seven years in their minor league system, making it as high as Double-A with the Montgomery Biscuits.[3]

Following the 2021 season, Gómez asked for his release so he could play in a winter baseball league in Venezuela.[4] Before he could begin winter play, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent. He opened the 2022 season with the Springfield Cardinals, batting .321 with 23 home runs and 54 RBIs over sixty games.[5] He was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds in late June.[6] Over sixty games with Memphis to end the season, he hit .266 with 16 home runs and forty RBIs.[7] Between both teams, he finished with a combined .294 batting average with 39 home runs and 94 RBIs; his total of 39 home runs for the season led the minor leagues and he was awarded the Joe Bauman Home Run Award.[8]

On November 7, 2022, the Cardinals selected his contract and added him to the 40-man roster.[9] Gómez was optioned to Triple-A Memphis to begin the 2023 season.[10]

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Gordon Joseph Graceffo (born March 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Graceffo attended Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey and played college baseball at Villanova University. As a redshirt sophomore in 2021, he started 11 games and went 7-2 with a 1.54 ERA, 86 strikeouts, and 13 walks over 82 innings.[11] After the season, he briefly played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves.[12][13] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[14]

Graceffo signed and made his professional debut with the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Single-A Florida State League, going 1-0 with a 1.73 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 26 innings.[15] He opened the 2022 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the High-A Midwest League.[16] After eight starts in which he went 3-2 with a 0.99 ERA, 56 strikeouts, and four walks over 45+2⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Texas League.[17] He was named the Cardinals' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for both April and May.[18] Over 18 starts with Springfield, Graceffo posted a 7-4 record with a 3.94 ERA and 83 strikeouts over 93+2⁄3 innings.[19] To begin the 2023 season, Graceffo was assigned to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A International League.[20]

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Markevian Hence (born August 6, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Hence attended Watson Chapel High School in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he played baseball.[21] During his senior year in 2020, he pitched three innings before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 63rd overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[23][24][25] He signed for $1.12 million, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Arkansas.[26]

Hence did not play after signing with the Cardinals due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[27] He made his professional debut in 2021 with the Florida Complex League Cardinals, pitching a total of eight innings for the season while giving up eight earned runs and three walks while striking out 14.[28] He opened the 2022 season in extended spring training before he was assigned to the Palm Beach Cardinals in mid-May.[29] On June 15, he pitched three innings of a combined no-hitter versus the Clearwater Threshers.[30] Over 16 starts with Palm Beach, Hence went 0-1 with a 1.38 ERA, 81 strikeouts and 15 walks over 52+1⁄3 innings.[31] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters after the season.[32] To begin the 2023 season, Hence was assigned to the Peoria Chiefs of the High-A Midwest League.[33]

Two of Hence's older brothers, Braelin and Blake, played college baseball at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.[34]

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Joseph Daniel King (born February 23, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

King graduated from Woodside High School in Woodside, California, in 2019. That year, he was named the baseball player of the year in the Peninsula Athletic League's Ocean Division.[35] He attended the University of California, Berkeley and played college baseball for the California Golden Bears. The St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the ninth round of the 2022 MLB draft. He signed with the Cardinals and reported to extended spring training.[36] He pitched for the Great Britain national baseball team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[37]

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Ryan William Loutos (born January 29, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Loutos attended Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois where he played baseball and posted a 0.47 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 59 innings as senior in 2017.[38] After high school, he enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis where he played college baseball. As a senior in 2021, he went 11-1 with a 1.33 ERA over 13 starts.[39] Loutos went unselected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an undrafted free agent.[40]

Loutos made his professional debut with the Palm Beach Cardinals, going 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA over 22+2⁄3 innings.[41] He opened the 2022 season with the Peoria Chiefs and was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals and Memphis Redbirds during the season.[42][43] Over 46 games (two starts) between the three teams, he went 3-6 with a 3.96 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 63+2⁄3 innings.[44] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters after the season.[32] He returned to Springfield to open the 2023 season.[45]

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Connor Alexander Lunn (born July 8, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Lunn attended Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, California and played college baseball at the University of Southern California. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[46] As a junior in 2019, he pitched in 15 games and went 7-4 with a 3.69 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 83 innings, earning All-Pac-12 Conference honors.[47] After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[48]

Lunn signed with the Cardinals and made his professional debut with the State College Spikes with whom he posted a 1.96 ERA over 18+1⁄3 innings. He spent the 2021 season with the Peoria Chiefs and started 23 games, going 6-8 with a 3.96 ERA and 121 strikeouts over 120+1⁄3 innings.[49] Lunn played the 2022 season with the Springfield Cardinals.[50] Over 21 games (17 starts), he went 4-7 with a 6.61 ERA and 78 strikeouts over 81+2⁄3 innings.[51]

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Brycen Alexander Mautz (born July 17, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Matz attended Westview High School in San Diego, California and played college baseball at the University of San Diego, after joining the team as a walk-on.[52][53] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[54]

Mautz made his professional debut in 2022 with the Palm Beach Cardinals.

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Thomas Britton Parsons (born September 1, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Parsons graduated from New Albany High School in New Albany, Ohio, in 2014. After graduating, he enrolled at Adrian College where he played college baseball. For his career, he started 44 games and compiled a 40–4 record with a 2.21 ERA, all three being program records.[55] He was undrafted in the 2018 MLB draft and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an undrafted free agent.[56]

After signing, Parsons made his professional debut that summer for the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 5–1 with a 3.00 ERA in 13 games (nine starts), earning a spot on the All-Star team.[57][58][59] In 2019, Parsons began the year with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League.[60][61] He was named the Midwest League Player of the Month for April after giving up only one run in thirty innings of work.[62][63] He was promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in May, and earned another promotion to the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League in June.[64] In August, he made one start for the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. Over 27 starts between the four clubs, Parsons went 11–9 with a 3.53 ERA, while leading the minor leagues with 165+2⁄3 innings pitched.[65]

Parsons did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[66] For the 2021 season, he returned to Memphis, appearing in 24 games (nine starts) in which he went 2-6 with a 5.86 ERA over 73+2⁄3 innings.[67] He returned to Memphis for the 2022 season.[68] Over 38 games (17 starts), he posted a 12-4 record with a 4.31 ERA and 110 strikeouts over 135+2⁄3 innings.[69]

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Maxwel Scott Rajcic (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Rajcic attended Lutheran High School of Orange County in Orange, California. As a junior in 2019, he went 8-1 with a 0.55 ERA and 78 strikeouts over 63.1 innings.[70] That summer, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game, the High School All-Star Game at Progressive Field, and for the 18U USA Baseball team.[71][72][73] During his senior season in 2020, he gave up no runs and struck out 32 batters over 22.2 innings before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[74] Rajcic was considered a top prospect for the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball draft but went unselected and enrolled at UCLA to play college baseball.[75]

As a freshman at UCLA in 2021, Rajcic served as the Bruins' closer, going 2-1 with a 1.65 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 32.2 innings.[76] Over the summer of 2021, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[77][78] As a sophomore in 2022, he moved into the starting rotation and went 8-5 with a 3.28 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 85 innings and 15 starts.[79] After the season, Rajcic was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round with the 187th overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[80] He signed with the Cardinals for $600,000.[81]

Rajcic made his professional debut in 2023 with the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Single-A Florida State League.[82]

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Jhon Hansser Torres (born March 29, 2000) is a Colombian professional baseball outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Torres signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in 2016.[83] He made his professional debut that summer with the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Indians, batting .255 with five home runs and 35 RBIs over 54 games.[84] He began the 2017 season with the Rookie-level Arizona League Indians.

On July 31, 2018, Torres (alongside Conner Capel) was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Oscar Mercado.[85] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals, with whom he finished the season. Over 44 games combined between the two teams, Torres slashed .321/.409/.525 with eight home runs and thirty RBIs.[86] In 2019, he began the season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League. However, after batting only .167 with eight RBIs over 21 games,[87] he was reassigned to the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League where he hit .286/.391/.527 with six home runs and 17 RBIs over 33 games to end the year.[88]

Torres did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[66] For the 2021 season, he returned to Peoria, now members of the High-A Central, and slashed .238/.302/.366 with six home runs, 32 RBIs, and 25 doubles over 97 games.[89] He returned to Peoria to begin the 2022 season, but opened the year on the injured list.[90][91]

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Sidney Connor Thomas (born May 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Thomas attended Tift County High School in Tifton, Georgia.[92] As a junior in 2015, he went 8-1 with a 0.67 ERA.[93] Unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Georgia Tech where he played college baseball.

In 2017, as a freshman at Georgia Tech, Thomas pitched 10+1⁄3 innings in which he gave up 13 earned runs.[94] As a sophomore, he moved into the starting rotation, going 7-4 with a 3.34 ERA and 106 strikeouts over 97 innings and fifteen games.[95] In 2019, his junior year, Thomas made 16 starts in which he compiled a 9-2 record and 3.11 ERA over 113 innings.[96] After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[97]

Thomas signed with the Cardinals and made his professional debut with the State College Spikes of the Low-A New York–Penn League before being promoted to the Peoria Chiefs of the Single-A Midwest League in July. Over 43 innings pitched between the two clubs, he went 4-1 with a 3.77 ERA.[98] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Central.[99] After compiling a 4.87 ERA over 20+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A East.[100] Over 22 games (14 starts) with Memphis, Thomas went 6-4 with a 3.10 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 101+2⁄3 innings.[101] Thomas returned to Memphis for the 2022 season.[102] Over 28 games (25 starts), he posted a 6-12 record with a 5.47 ERA and 110 strikeouts over 135 innings.[103] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) for the Salt River Rafters after the season.[32] He compiled a 1.75 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 25+2⁄3 innings and was named the AFL Pitcher of the Year.[104]

On November 15, 2022, the Cardinals selected his contract and added him to the 40-man roster.[105] Thomas was optioned to Triple-A Memphis to begin the 2023 season.[106]

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