Quinn Mathews is Baseball America’s 2024 Minor League Pitcher of the Year
September 25, 2024
Quinn Mathews is Baseball America’s 2024 Minor League Pitcher of the Year
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>At the end of a meteoric ascent through the Cardinals’ system, a season in which he collected accolades and confounded hitters as he soared through four full-season levels, Quinn Mathews’ first pro season had one last memento to give him.
>It will take a few months to get over the last month, he said.
>“Going into the winter, there’s going to be a bitter, sour taste—and that’s my motivation,” Mathews said. “I’ve got to give the hitters credit. I will remember September, and that’s going to give me the little edge going through the offseason.”
>A year that began at Low-A Palm Beach with 11 strikeouts in his second professional start finished on the brink of the majors at Triple-A Memphis, where he put the finishing touches on only the second 200-strikeout season by a minor league pitcher since 2011.
>Only Mathews and Diamondbacks righthander Brandon Pfaadt in 2022 have had 200-strikeout seasons in the minors in the past 13 years. Mathews is the 10th Cardinals minor leaguer to reach the threshold, and the first since Rick Ankiel in 1998.
Hopeful he can keep it up! We desperately need a lefty who can get guys out.
Sounds promising and good to hear some positive news about a pitcher in our minor league system.
Mo spins his bow tie and trades him for an over the hill starter. /s. I hate being pessimistic with the FO.
Old Oli can’t wait to ruin this kid!
He rocks! Can’t wait to see his debut
I really think the Cardinals are going to find a way to have Mathews, McGreevy, Graceffo, and Hence compete for the fifth spot in the rotation next year. Gray, Fedde, and Pallante should be locked into next year. The fourth spot is likely for Mikolas, Gibson, or Lynn (likely in that order). Matz is a wildcard but will spend more time on the IL than the field.
Kloffenstein, Robberse, Rom, Hjerpe, Rajcic, and Roby are also guys that can make some noise in Spring Training.
Can’t wait for his progress to stall out in the majors like every other promising player is recent memory (excepting Mason Wynn… for now)
Can’t wait to see Mathews in 2025 and then Lin in 2026.
How will this organization fuck Him up?
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So Tink, Crooks, and Matthews all got high accolades this season. Very nice!
If mo and marmol are back next season they will 100% mess him up.
Whatever organization we trade him to is going to love him.
15 comments
>At the end of a meteoric ascent through the Cardinals’ system, a season in which he collected accolades and confounded hitters as he soared through four full-season levels, Quinn Mathews’ first pro season had one last memento to give him.
>It will take a few months to get over the last month, he said.
>“Going into the winter, there’s going to be a bitter, sour taste—and that’s my motivation,” Mathews said. “I’ve got to give the hitters credit. I will remember September, and that’s going to give me the little edge going through the offseason.”
>A year that began at Low-A Palm Beach with 11 strikeouts in his second professional start finished on the brink of the majors at Triple-A Memphis, where he put the finishing touches on only the second 200-strikeout season by a minor league pitcher since 2011.
>Only Mathews and Diamondbacks righthander Brandon Pfaadt in 2022 have had 200-strikeout seasons in the minors in the past 13 years. Mathews is the 10th Cardinals minor leaguer to reach the threshold, and the first since Rick Ankiel in 1998.
Hopeful he can keep it up! We desperately need a lefty who can get guys out.
Sounds promising and good to hear some positive news about a pitcher in our minor league system.
Mo spins his bow tie and trades him for an over the hill starter. /s. I hate being pessimistic with the FO.
Old Oli can’t wait to ruin this kid!
He rocks! Can’t wait to see his debut
I really think the Cardinals are going to find a way to have Mathews, McGreevy, Graceffo, and Hence compete for the fifth spot in the rotation next year. Gray, Fedde, and Pallante should be locked into next year. The fourth spot is likely for Mikolas, Gibson, or Lynn (likely in that order). Matz is a wildcard but will spend more time on the IL than the field.
Kloffenstein, Robberse, Rom, Hjerpe, Rajcic, and Roby are also guys that can make some noise in Spring Training.
Can’t wait for his progress to stall out in the majors like every other promising player is recent memory (excepting Mason Wynn… for now)
Can’t wait to see Mathews in 2025 and then Lin in 2026.
How will this organization fuck Him up?
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So Tink, Crooks, and Matthews all got high accolades this season. Very nice!
If mo and marmol are back next season they will 100% mess him up.
Whatever organization we trade him to is going to love him.
Make Randy Flores our GM yesterday.