St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Report: Another Impressive Start for Luke Weaver; Anthony Garcia and Big Dave Washington Homer for Memphis; Paul DeJong Hits His 19th Home Run for The S-Cards; Tommy Edman Goes Deep for State College

• Charlie Tilson (CF): 0-3
• Harrison Bader (LF): 0-3, K
• Efren Navarro (1B): 1-3, R, HR, RBI
• Jose Martinez (RF): 2-3, R, 2B, SB
  
• Carson Kelly (C): 1-3
  
• Jeremy Heffner (SP): 4.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR

Triple-A: Memphis 6 - Oklahoma City 5 (7 Innings)

• Charlie Tilson (CF): 1-3, RBI
  
• Anthony Garcia (LF): 1-3, R, HR, RBI
• Dave Washington (RF): 1-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB, K
• Mike Ohlman (C): 2-3, R, 2 RBI, K
  
• Kurt Heyer (SP): 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER,12BB, 2 K
• Sam Tuivailala (RP): 1 IP, 3 K

Anthony Garcia is doing his best to remain on at least the fringes of prospect relevance. He has hit 3 homers since being called back up from Springfield on July 19th, those 3 home runs matches his season total from the 100 at bats he had during his first stint in AAA...Sam Tuivailala has pitched into some tough luck this year, he is sporting an abnormally low strand rate and a very high BABIP, but he's also been his own worst enemy at times with a BB% pushing 10%. But he has also only walked two batters since June 9th (an extremely arbitrary end point) so hopefully if he can limit his free passes and things break his way his ERA will start to match up with his peripherals.

Double A: Springfield 10 - NW Arkansas 2

• Jacob Wilson (2B): 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
• Brandon Moss (1B): 0-3
  
• Paul DeJong (3B): 1-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, K
• Casey Turgeon (DH): 1-2, RBI, BB
  
• Luke Weaver (SP): 8 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 HR

There are some new faces in Springfield. Brandon Moss is in town on a rehab assignment, Jacob Wilson is down from Memphis, trying to regain some traction in the system. He had a very good 2014 split between Palm Beach and Springfield, but has struggled above A ball the last two years, and has been banged up this year to boot. Casey Turgeon is up from Palm Beach. He has hit at various spots in the low minors since being drafted in 2014. His best offensive attributes are his contact ability, patience, and gap power. He's walked almost as much as he's struck out in the Florida State League, and he's racked up doubles and even a few triples, but a move to the hitter friendly Texas League may make homers a bigger part of his game. He's most often listed as a 2B, but he is increasingly being deployed at 3B and LF, so he may be becoming more of a utility bat. Although the Cardinals would do well to get him some time at the keystone if only to so he gets the standard Springfield Second Baseman boost (AKA The Hoffpauir Effect)...Luke Weaver is second in the Texas League in ERA, posting very impressive BB and K rates and he's keeping the ball in the park. He appears to have AA hitters figured out at the moment, and even though it has only been 10 starts he may be in line for a promotion, especially if the big club continues to raid the Memphis rotation.