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JJ Wetherholt's Walk-Off Keeps Double-A Cardinals' Blistering-Hot June Rolling

The WVU product is knocking on the door of Triple-A.

Schuyler Callihan

Feb 25, 2025; Dunedin, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter JJ Wetherholt (87) prepares for batting practice before a spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images
Feb 25, 2025; Dunedin, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter JJ Wetherholt (87) prepares for batting practice before a spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images / Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images

The Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, continued their winning ways on Thursday, thanks to former West Virginia star JJ Wetherholt ripping a walk-off hit into right centerfield in the bottom of the 10th inning. The win moved the Cardinals to a 9-1 record in the month of June.

Wetherholt has had a phenomenal season in his first full year at the pro level, hitting at a .319 clip in 160 at-bats. He's hit four home runs and driven in 23, while banging eleven doubles and one three-bagger. In addition to squaring the ball up consistently, he's strung together quality at-bats on a nightly basis, drawing 32 walks to only 27 strikeouts. It seems safe to say that if he continues at this pace, he'll be getting a promotion to Triple-A before the end of the season. Heck, it may happen before the end of this month.

The former Mountaineer is the top-rated prospect in the Cardinals' farm system, and once he gets the call to the show, he'll reunite with his former WVU teammate, Victor Scott II, who is hitting .241 in the big leagues this season.

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

Schuyler Callihan is the publisher of West Virginia On SI and has been a trusted source covering the Mountaineers since 2016. He is the host of Between The Eers, The Walk Thru Game Day Show, and In the Gun Podcast. The Wheeling, WV native moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2020 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers.

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