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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Wetherholt is a shortstop by trade, but he is ready to take over at third base in St. Louis after the club moved Nolan Arenado 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
'Every opportunity' to make roster
The Cardinals plan to give Wetherholt "every opportunity" to make the Opening Day roster, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Manager Oliver Marmol confirmed as much over the weekend at the team's Winter Warm-Up fan event, saying Wetherholt "definitely has a chance" to make the team. What position he might play is not yet locked down. The Cardinals opened up third base by trading Nolan Arenado, and Wetherholt is currently set to compete for playing time there with Nolan Gorman and Thomas Saggese. However, if St. Louis winds up trading Brendan Donovan, Wetherholt would then likely focus on winning the second-base job. The Cardinals' top prospect and one of the better hitting prospects in all of baseball, Wetherholt slashed .306/.421/.510 with 17 home runs, 23 stolen bases and a 72:73 BB:K over 109 games between Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis in 2025.
Manager Oliver Marmol confirmed as much over the weekend at the team's Winter Warm-Up fan event, saying Wetherholt "definitely has a chance" to make the team. What position he might play is not yet locked down. The Cardinals opened up third base by trading Nolan Arenado, and Wetherholt is currently set to compete for playing time there with Nolan Gorman and Thomas Saggese. However, if St. Louis winds up trading Brendan Donovan, Wetherholt would then likely focus on winning the second-base job. The Cardinals' top prospect and one of the better hitting prospects in all of baseball, Wetherholt slashed .306/.421/.510 with 17 home runs, 23 stolen bases and a 72:73 BB:K over 109 games between Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis in 2025.
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| Since 2023vs Left | 1.168 | 40 | 3 | 5 | .343 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .934 | 181 | 7 | 20 | .307 |
| 2025vs Left | 1.157 | 40 | 3 | 5 | .343 |
| 2025vs Right | .765 | 181 | 7 | 20 | .307 |
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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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Returning to action Wednesday
Wetherholt will return to the lineup at Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday after missing five games with general soreness, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
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Unlikely to make MLB debut in 2025
The Cardinals are unlikely to promote Wetherholt from Triple-A Memphis before the end of the season, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Stays hot at Triple-A
Making his first professional start at third base, Wetherholt went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and three RBI in Sunday's game with Triple-A Memphis.
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Will play some 3B at Triple-A
Wetherholt is expected to play some third base at Triple-A Memphis, in addition to shortstop and second base, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Heads to Triple-A
The Cardinals promoted Wetherholt from Double-A Springfield to Triple-A Memphis on Monday.
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Could make Opening Day roster
Wetherholt has a chance to make the Cardinals' Opening Day roster for the 2026 season, according to Derrick Gould of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Wetherholt is among the top prospects in the Cardinals' organization and split the 2025 season between Double-A and Triple-A, so it seems it's just a matter of time before he earns a promotion to the majors. Wetherholt is a shortstop and should play either at that position or third base once he reaches the majors. The Cardinals' manager, Oliver Marmol, hinted that Wetherholt has a chance of making the Opening Day roster when talking about the team's depth at third base, so a move to the hot corner can't be ruled out at the moment.
Wetherholt is among the top prospects in the Cardinals' organization and split the 2025 season between Double-A and Triple-A, so it seems it's just a matter of time before he earns a promotion to the majors. Wetherholt is a shortstop and should play either at that position or third base once he reaches the majors. The Cardinals' manager, Oliver Marmol, hinted that Wetherholt has a chance of making the Opening Day roster when talking about the team's depth at third base, so a move to the hot corner can't be ruled out at the moment.