An avid chess player, JJ Wetherholt recently showed off his noticeable confidence and comfort in an MLB clubhouse by taking ...

JJ Wetherholt’s run in spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals big-league club has come to an end. St. Louis announced Wednesday morning that it has re-assigned the former WVU ...

Last spring, JJ Wetherholt was a part of a lot of history ... He continued to show a keen eye in the Florida State League and performed well with an all-fields approach against most pitch types.

The Cardinals reassigned Wetherholt to minor-league camp Wednesday. Wetherholt was given lots of playing time this spring but didn't do much at the plate, going 2-for-20 with one home run, three ...

JJ Wetherholt, the No. 7 overall pick in last summer’s MLB Draft, is ranked among the 10 best prospects at his position in all of Minor League Baseball ... 326. The Mars, Pennsylvania, native ...

More to the point, Wetherholt ... my barrel a little bit better. My swing felt really good.” Growing up in Mars, he modeled his game after Jose Altuve, a 5-6 former American League MVP.

Once the fans gathered at the fence had his attention and he was quickly at work signing his first autographs of his first big league camp, JJ Wetherholt fielded the question that will find him ...

Due up fifth in a hitting group highlighted by Masyn Winn, Alec Burleson and Nolan Gorman, top-ranked Cardinals prospect JJ Wetherholt ... is top of the league,” said Wetherholt, who pulled ...

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Wetherholt went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run Sunday in Grapefruit League action versus the Astros. Making his spring training debut, Wetherholt had a bloop single in the fourth inning and ...