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Cardinals prospect compared to all-time great, but not for reasons you were hoping

If you were compared to Babe Ruth, you'd probably see it as an awfully high honor. That's exactly what Baseball America writer Geoff Pontes did regarding one of the newest members of the St. Louis Cardinals organization when he was interviewed on the St. Louis sports radio station 101 ESPN.

Blaze Jordan has Babe Ruth-like attributes — in a way.

Jordan, whom the Cardinals acquired from the Boston Red Sox for Steven Matz at the 2025 trade deadline, had been making national headlines since he was 13 years old with his prodigious power displays.