The most notable additions were righthanded pitcher Jake Woodford, a 23-year-old who pitched at Class AAA Memphis, and 21-year-old third baseman Elehuris Montero, who was mostly at Class AA Springfield but had to battle a fractured hamate bone in his left hand for much of the season. The third promoted was 21-year-old Seijas, who excelled in Class A at both Peoria and Palm Beach.
Woodford, impressive this past spring training in Cardinals camp, was 9-8 with a 4.15 earned run average at Memphis, where he was a mid-season All-Star and went on to rank second in the Pacific Coast League in innings pitched at 151u2154 and first in both opponents’ batting average and slugging average at .