One of the biggest question marks among MLB prospects in the last few months has been the question of when former WVU infielder JJ Wetherholt was going to get the call-up to the big-league team this season. We now might have an answer to that question, but not one that WVU faithful wanted to hear.
During an interview earlier this month with “The Morning After,” an ESPN radio show, St. Louis Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak did not think it was a good idea to call up Wetherholt when MLB rosters are expanded in September. Citing that Wetherholt would be protected from the Rule 5 Draft.