Only 19 years old, Cardinals' top prospect continues to demolish Double-A pitching

Cardinals’ Young Star Just Went Off...

Rainiel Rodriguez is making it increasingly difficult for the St. Louis Cardinals to ignore his arrival timeline. The organization’s top prospect delivered another monster performance [...]

MLU: This is Not Normal

Welcome to the Minor League Update. Every day, we tell you the latest about what happened to the prospects you care about, and maybe a few more you should. Here’s who made waves yesterday: Hitter of the Day Rainiel Rodriguez, C/1B, St. Louis Cardinals (Double-A Springfield): 4-5, 2B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI. BP Prospect Team member Grant Schiller unequivocally called Rodriguez a future star in a ten pack from earlier this season, and the 19-year-old has …

Only 19 years old, Cardinals' top prospect continues to demolish Double-A pitching

For the third time in just over three weeks, the Double-A Springfield scoreboard went final with four knocks in the hit column for Rainiel Rodriguez. The Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect has been blistering the baseball down the stretch — he has slashed .414/.494/.771 since the first four-hit performance of his career on Aug. 18. By virtue of his 25th roundtripper of the year — 21st at Double-A — in Springfield’s 16-6 win over Arkansas at Route 66 Stad…