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Viva El Birdos Top Prospects 2017
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #2 Luke Weaver
Starter or Reliever?
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #3 Harrison Bader
He makes hard contact
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #5 Jack Flaherty
Flaherty keeps moving up the ladder.
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #6 Delvin Perez
Did the Cardinals get a steal in last year’s draft?
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #7 Austin Gomber
Tall lefty keeps putting up good numbers
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #8 Junior Fernandez
He also throws really hard, and he just turned 20.
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #9 Sandy Alcantara
He throws really hard
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #10 Ronnie Williams
Young groundballer still improving
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #11 Paul DeJong
Former Illinois State star is working to make himself versatile.
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #12 Edmundo Sosa
The Panamanian shortstop didn’t have a great year, but the potential is still there
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #13 Dakota Hudson
Hudson has a live arm. We’ll see how he progresses this year, but he has a sinker/cutter combo like a potential HOFer.
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #14 Ryan Helsley
Right-hander with eye-catching strikeout and walk rates
Viva El Birdos 2017 Cardinals Top Prospects: #15 Magneuris Sierra
Red Baron is a bit down on Sierra
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #16 Jake Woodford
The next Cardinals groundball pitcher
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #17 Bryce Denton
A Justin Upton-like potential is high praise
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #18 Nick Plummer
After a lost season, we are sticking with the Bobby Abreu comp
2017 Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #19 Zac Gallen
Breaking out a Woody Williams comp for the recent draftee
2017 Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #20 Dylan Carlson
This high school draft pick has us dreaming of Lance Berkman
2017 Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #21 Randy Arozarena
This Cuban player has a lot of upside
2017 Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #22 Connor Jones
This Virginia product came to the Cardinals in last year’s draft
2017 Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #23 Jeremy Martinez
This young catcher made quite the debut
Viva El Birdos Top Prospect Community Rankings
It’s now super-easy to contribute to VEB community prospect rankings
Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs talks Cardinals top prospects
We asked FanGraphs top prospect writer about the Cardinals’ system
Keith Law on Carson Kelly, Delvin Perez and Cardinals prospects
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Keith Law answered a few of our questions. We followed up and he answered a few more
Keith Law discusses Cardinals top prospects
Jack Flaherty, Junior Fernandez, Luke Weaver, Randy Arozarena merit mentions
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #24 Eliezer Alvarez
Second baseman had a fantastic year in 2016
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #25 Jonathan Machado
One of the Cardinals’ biggest Cuban signings from last summer
Viva El Birdos Cardinals Top Prospects: #26 Tommy Edman
Breaking down the Cardinals Top Prospects
A Not-Top-Prospect Closer Look: Luke Voit
A deep dive on a player on the outside looking in at the prospect party.
Viva El Birdos 2017 Top Prospects List Part Six: Wrapping it Up
The lists have all been written now, and it’s time to take the longview.