The Johnson City Cardinals, the Rookie League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, are playing for the Appalachian League championship. Game two of three is tonight. Down 1-0, the Cardinals must beat the Burlington (NC) Royals on the road tonight to keep their championship goal alive.
The JC Cardinals have a few hot prospects whose names you might recognize: Jhon Torres, wearing #7, was originally signed as an international free agent. He is the Cardinals’ Great Hope to prove that they were not hasty in trading Oscar Mercado to the Cleveland Indians for a couple of total prospects (though the other prospect, Connor Capel, shocked everyone by turning in a 1.