JUPITER, Fla. • On the farthest side of the Cardinals clubhouse hangs the jersey of the youngest player in camp, and as players have started move out and over to the minor-league side of the complex, Dylan Carlson has remained.
Carlson, at 20, is the switch-hitting Class A prospect the Cardinals brought as a non-roster invite to big-league spring training for depth in the outfield and the head start he could get on the coming season. Wearing No. 91, he’s the latest in the line of young, rising outfielders like Colby Rasmus and Oscar Taveras before him to get an early sniff of the big-league clubhouse and big-league spring, and then there’s what Carlson has done with it.