The St. Louis Cardinals have invited their top prospect JJ Wetherholt to big league spring training, which starts next month.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced 26 non-roster invitees to 2025 Spring Training camp today. Highlighting the list of those set to report to Jupiter the second week of February are three Cardinals first round draft picks and several top prospects.

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The St. Louis Cardinals announced 25 non-roster invitees for 2025 Spring Training and among the invitees includes the Cardinals three most recent first-rounders and Baseball America’s 2024 Minor League Pitcher Of The Year.

Matthew Liberatore is considering a move to the starting rotation amid a Cardinals rebuild that leaves them in need of pitching.

The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan made a stop in Paducah Monday afternoon at the McCracken County Convention Center.

The chances for the young starting pitchers, such as 2024 minor-league pitcher of the year Quinn Mathews, are not quite as obvious.

Before that though, most of the MLB teams make their annual tours, to visit with all their fans, and that includes the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Post-Dispatch staff will provide rolling, and constantly updated coverage from the first day of the Cardinals' Winter Warm-up.

As Major League Baseball's top spenders continue to raise the bar with staggering investments into the game's top talents, the St. Louis Cardinals ownership group remains committed to a time-tested strategy: "Draft and develop" from within and spend selectively when the opportunity allows.

There were no reasonable expectations that the St. Louis Cardinals ... and catchers report for spring training, the expected free agents have walked away and the Cardinals have done nothing ...

The St. Louis have invited numerous non-roster prospects to spring training next month and that ... more seasoned than most young prospects. The Cardinals took him with the seventh overall pick ...