The 2023 MLB Draft finished up on Tuesday with the St. Louis Cardinals adding 18 new players to the organization. The team was without a second round pick due to signing Willson Contreras in the offseason and that meant that the allotted bonus pool money for that pick also disappeared. As a result, the Cardinals had the fourth lowest bonus pool of the 30 MLB organizations and that led to them staying in the college ranks for every pick except their last.
Despite the lack of money, the Cardinals were able to add upside to their organization by selecting a number of promising hitters, including the guy I was hoping they would take in the first round, and some later round arms with real swing-and-miss potential.