The latest trend in professional baseball appears to have teams moving high-level prospects up the minor leagues as quickly as they can based on performance – which should bode well for a former WVU baseball legend who is now excelling at the Triple-A level just over a year after being drafted seventh overall in the 2024 MLB Draft.
In his first 15 games playing for the St. Louis Cardinals' Triple-A affiliate Memphis Redbirds, former Mountaineer JJ Wetherholt posting a .321/.412/.714 slash line, equating to a 1.126 OPS so far in his Triple-A career. In addition to his extraordinary slash line and OPS, Wetherholt started Sunday’s game going 3-3 with a home run in the first four innings of the game.