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By Mark Powell
Cardinals Rumors: Masyn Winn is a prospect to watch
St. Louis Cardinals top prospect Masyn Winn is ranked 43rd in all of baseball by MLB Pipeline. While his expected arrival time to the majors is 2024, his current offensive output suggests he could make an impact in St. Louis a little earlier than expected.
Josh Jacobs of Redbird Rants projected that Winn will make his debut in the second half. This, it should be noted, was one of his bolder predictions:
"“After a really slow March and April for Winn in Triple-A, he stabilized himself with a .799 OPS in May and .763 OPS in June, while exploding to slash .306/.375/.556 during the course of July. The Cardinals have cracked the door open once again on the shortstop position by giving Tommy Edman an extended run in center field. If he is dealt at the deadline, that door really swings open, but if not, I still think there is a good chance Winn can pick up reps in the middle infield. Edman is also dealing with a wrist injury right now, so he may be down for a bit.”"
St. Louis has some flexibility at the shortstop position, as Jacobs notes. Edman can move off his position if needed.
Masyn Winn is rolling in Triple-A. Just launched his 11th HRof the season and also stole his 16th base tonight.
— Aram Leighton (@AramLeighton8) July 15, 2023
Entered the game slashing .298/.371/.460 over his last 30 games. One of the youngest players at the level at 21 years old. pic.twitter.com/9BOthAzhJB
If St. Louis continues to fall behind in the NL Wild Card race, their mission should be to build for 2024. One way they can do just that is to see what they have in Winn, rather than making his first real action against big-league pitching in spring training.
Should Winn succeed this season, Mozeliak can pencil him in as the team’s starting shortstop for 2024.