Cardinals: 3 ‘untouchable’ prospects St. Louis should protect at all cost

There were no players in the dugout on what would have been the Springfield Cardinals’ home opener at Hammons Field on Thursday, April 16, 2020.Openingday16

Cardinals untouchable prospect: Gordon Graceffo

Graceffo was drafted in the fifth round by the Cardinals in the 2021 Amatuer Draft out of Villanova University. Now with the AA Springfield Cardinals, he is 5-1 in nine games started. Graceffo has one complete game this season. He has a 3.21 ERA, with 53.1 innings and 41 strikeouts.

RHP Gordon Graceffo (AA) improved to 5-1 since joining Springfield, with 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB & 5 SO in last night's 3-1 win.

The Top 💯 prospect owns a 3.21 ERA & 0.98 WHIP in 9 starts since his May 24 promotion.

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Graceffo fields the position well too with a 1.000 fielding percentage this season. He has three putouts, five assists and no errors with Springfield.

Here’s a look at a nasty strikeout from his most recent game. Graceffo is 22 with a load of talent the Cards can not let get away. With so many pitching concerns over the past few seasons, seeing that a pitcher with Graceffo’s stock in the Cardinals pipeline is just wonderful to see.