Cardinal fans see how a future star arrives in real time

The St. Louis Cardinals exceeded all expectations this season. A big 14: 7 victory in the night cream of a Doublehead against the Philadelphia Phillies achieved nine victories in the last 10 games and is now only one game of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

This year it should be a reset, an opportunity for the team to take his medicine and see what it had in his young pieces. But then a funny thing happened: these young pieces proved to be a bit ready than someone who noticed and accelerated this timeline dramatically. Breakouts are available from Victor Scott II and Lars Nokbarar in the outer field to Ivan Herrera behind the plate and Matthew Liberatore in the rotation. The most impressive of all and what the team’s short and long-term future means- has come in Shortstop.

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Masyn Winn makes the leap in the second year with the cardinals

As a second round in the draft of 2020 MLB, it took a while for St. Louis in Winn, who had to fight for a professional in his first taste, what they had. From there, even though he continued the Cardinals system, the pause and the pause ranking, thanks to its combination of elite-shortstop defensive, enormous sportiness and contact-oriented approach on the plate.

Winn held its own, an average bat in 2024, which looked more than just the role with the glove. But he was more regular than the star that the Cardinal fans had dreamed that he could become – the star that this team was looking for over a large part of this decade. Of course, he was also only 22 years old and increased the possibility that he could improve with experience at the highest level.

And boy, he ever has. Some fans punished the panic button after implementing a terrible spring training on the plate, and he could not take a single goal compared to his first 21 spots of the regular season. Since then it has been hot: Winn’s Slash line has an attack with four goals on Wednesday evening in his last 28 games with five Homern, six doubles and two steals. The defensive is almost never before; If this is the way it can be with the bat-he strikes the ball harder and puts it into the air more often than in 2024, the cardinals suddenly have a bonafide all-star in their hands.

Admittedly, this is a small sample size. But it is supported by its physical tools, and its approach on the plate is greatly improved. It is not from the area of ​​the possibility that Winn becomes a 20-20 (or even 20-30) players in his heyday becomes a 20-20 player (or even 20-30) who would give Chaim a fundamental piece to set up to bring this team back into battle. Scott II, NOotbarar and Co. are nice, but what this team needs is a star, and Winn is her best shot at one time.