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Late-blooming Cardinals prospect optimistic that adjustments can propel him to MLB

Cade Winquest made some adjustments to his pitching this past year, and he enters the 2026 season coming off his greatest season since being drafted.

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Cade Winquest's path to professional baseball was anything but linear. The 25-year-old starting pitcher played four years for Texas-Arlington before being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round of the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft.

Winquest's success as a prospect wasn't immediate; his 4.