As they do each year, the St. Louis Cardinals reward their best-performing position player and pitching prospects with their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year awards, and this year, the two recipients are knocking on the door of making their mark in St. Louis.
The Cardinals announced today that their top prospect, JJ Wetherholt, was their Minor League Player of the Year, and that recent 40-man roster addition, Brycen Mautz, was taking home the Minor League Pitcher of the Year honors.
JJ Wetherholt and Brycen Mautz are the Cardinals Minor League Players of the Year
To no one's surprise, Wetherholt took home the Minor League Player of the Year award after masterfully rising through their system in his first year of professional baseball.