During the 2024 MLB Draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected JJ Wetherholt with the seventh overall selection. He had made a name for himself in college playing for the University of West Virginia, being named the Big 12 Player of the Year during his sophomore year in 2023.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a lot of big decisions to make this offseason, and one of them has to do with former top prospect Jordan Walker.

T he St. Louis Cardinals have won their last two games after a five-game losing skid took them under the .500 mark and well out of contention in the National League postseason race. At 63-64, they are five games back of the New York Mets in the Wild Card race and 16 1/2 games back in the NL Central,

The St. Louis Cardinals face the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a 3-game set at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Thursday.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Tampa Bay Rays MLB game to be played on August 21, 2025 on ESPN.