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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Wetherholt is a shortstop by trade, but he is ready to take over at second base in St. Louis after the club moved Brendan Donovan this offseason. A prospect without an obvious weakness, Wetherholt hit .306 with a .421 OBP, 17 home runs, 23 steals and a 14.7 percent strikeout rate in 109 games across Double-A and Triple-A in his first full season after getting drafted with the No. 7 overall pick in 2024. He went 23-for-26 on stolen-base attempts but isn't a burner and may slow down into his late-20s. Wetherholt has always been seen as a hit-over-power prospect, but his hit tool is good enough that he should access 15-plus homer power early in the majors and could eventually be a 20-25 homer threat in his mid-to-late-20s. Wetherholt could eventually net the Cardinals a Prospect Promotion Incentive pick, so he should be expected to break camp on the Opening Day roster, given that he has nothing left to prove at Triple-A. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in March of 2026.
Plays hero again Saturday
Wetherholt went 2-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Rays.
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With one out and runners on second and third in the 10th inning, Wetherholt walked it off by hooking a grounder into right field. The 23-year-old second baseman has made an impact in two straight games to begin his MLB career after homering in his debut Thursday, and while he also committed a throwing error Saturday, he has otherwise quickly established his credentials as an early favorite to win NL Rookie of the year.
With one out and runners on second and third in the 10th inning, Wetherholt walked it off by hooking a grounder into right field. The 23-year-old second baseman has made an impact in two straight games to begin his MLB career after homering in his debut Thursday, and while he also committed a throwing error Saturday, he has otherwise quickly established his credentials as an early favorite to win NL Rookie of the year.
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| Since 2024vs Left | .733 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | ||||
| Since 2024vs Right | .900 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .300 | ||||
| 2026vs Left | .733 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | ||||
| 2026vs Right | .900 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .300 | ||||
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| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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| Since 2024Home | .872 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .308 | ||||
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| 2026Home | .872 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .308 | ||||
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
The Cardinals selected Wetherholt, who had been rumored to be an option for the Guardians at 1-1, with the seventh overall pick last year. A hamstring issue limited Wetherholt to 36 games as a junior at West Virginia, but he was extremely productive all three years in the Big 12 and during brief stints in summer leagues, including a .978 OPS in eight Cape Cod League games. Most scouts expected the 5-foot-10 middle infielder to end up at second base pre-draft and he will certainly end up there with Masyn Winn entrenched at shortstop in St. Louis. He is a plus runner, but Wetherholt's calling card is a potential 70-grade hit tool that led his draft class. The lefty-hitting Wetherholt's contact and strikeout rates were elite en route to a career .370 average with the Mountaineers, and he hit .295 with a .405 OBP, two homers and two steals in 29 games with Single-A Palm Beach. The working assumption is that the Cardinals kept him at Single-A because they didn't want to send him all the way up to Peoria, their High-A affiliate, but the fact remains we haven't seen Wetherholt perform yet against quality minor-league pitching. As long as he can be a 20-homer threat, Wetherholt's ceiling is very high in fantasy, but it's not a given that he'll get to that much power.
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Goes deep in major-league debut
Wetherholt went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 9-7 win over the Rays.
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Batting leadoff in MLB debut
Wetherholt will start at second base and bat leadoff in Thursday's opener versus the Rays.
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Officially added to 40-man roster
The Cardinals selected Wetherholt's contract from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday.
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Likely to bat leadoff Opening Day
Wetherholt is likely to bat leadoff on Opening Day against the Rays, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Makes Opening Day roster
Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said Monday that Wetherholt will be on the team's Opening Day roster, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
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Favorite for ROTY?
According to Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline, MLB executives voted Wetherholt as the prospect most likely to win National League Rookie of the Year in 2026.
Analysis
The 23-year-old is St. Louis' top prospect and excelled during his first full professional season in 2025, posting a .306/.421/.510 slash line with 17 homers and 23 steals in 109 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. Wetherholt has been invited to big-league spring training and will have "every opportunity" to make the Cardinals' Opening Day roster, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Masyn Winn is likely locked in at shortstop, but there's a job available at third base following the trade of Nolan Arenado, and second base would also open up if the Cardinals trade Brendan Donovan.
The 23-year-old is St. Louis' top prospect and excelled during his first full professional season in 2025, posting a .306/.421/.510 slash line with 17 homers and 23 steals in 109 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. Wetherholt has been invited to big-league spring training and will have "every opportunity" to make the Cardinals' Opening Day roster, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Masyn Winn is likely locked in at shortstop, but there's a job available at third base following the trade of Nolan Arenado, and second base would also open up if the Cardinals trade Brendan Donovan.