The Cardinals have made a couple of moves and likely have one more in the tank, if not more. In the middle of the day yesterday, the Cardinals traded Ryan Helsley for three prospects in High A who will not need a 40 man spot this upcoming offseason. Later that night, they traded Steven Matz for a near-MLB ready 1B/3B prospect named Blaze Jordan. Let’s get a little more specific.

Ryan Helsley return

Jesus Baez, SS/3B - 20-years-old

5’10, 180 pounds

Scouting (FG): 30/45 Hit, 35/50 Power, 50/55 Raw Power, 40/40 Speed, 40/45 Fielding

Stats (High A): 69 G, 293 PAs, .242/.332/.390, 11 BB%, 16.3 K%, .148 ISO, .261 BABIP, 118 wRC+

Baez was the 15th ranked prospect by Fangraphs, however he ranked as high as 6th by Baseball Prospectus and 9th by Amazin Avenue, the SB Nation site for the Mets

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