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Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis.

The Cardinals needed to free up a spot on their active roster for the expected promotion of Joshua Baez from Triple-A Memphis on Saturday and it looks like Prieto drew the short straw this time around. He’ll continue to serve as extra infield depth at the Triple-A level.
- David Shovein

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Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis.

With Lars Nootbaar being traded to the Diamondbacks, the Cardinals will call up
Prieto, who is hitting .307/.373/.517 in 71 games at Triple-A with 12 home runs and six steals. Bryan Torres will likely play a lot of left field until August 14th, when the team can call up Joshua Baez without exhausting his rookie eligibility.
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Cardinals optioned César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis.

Prieto had just 17 plate appearances since being called up on May 4, and he did not record a single hit in that timespan. He’ll head back to Triple-A Memphis — where he was hitting .311/.357/.566 before being recalled — and try to get things back on track.

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Masyn Winn (knee) is out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Pirates.

Winn remains out of the lineup after making an early exit from Sunday’s game against the Royals with left knee discomfort. The 24-year-old hasn’t been sent to the injured list, which is an encouraging development. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now. It’ll be César Prieto handling shortstop in his absence.

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Cesar Prieto

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Cardinals recalled 2B César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis

Prieto is hitting .311/.357/.566 in 28 Triple-A games with six home runs and 19 runs scored. He has just a 90 mph average exit velocity and 40 percent hard-hit rate, so the underlying metrics aren’t supporting that level of slugging, especially with a 57 percent groundball rate. The 27-year-old will most likely just be a bench bat for now.

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Tink Hence

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Cardinals optioned RHP Tink Hence, C Jimmy Crooks, INF Cesar Prieto, C Leo Bernal and UTIL Bryan Torres to Triple-A Memphis and reassigned INF Skylar Hales to minor league camp.

Hence is not long removed from being an upper-echelon prospect, but he was limited to just 21 innings due to injury in 2025. Bernal is one of the top catching prospects in baseball but likely is a couple years away from making his debut.

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STL Shortstop #31
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Cesar Prieto homered and doubled as the Cardinals crushed the Marlins 10-2 on Saturday.

Prieto’s homer traveled 339 feet down the left field line, whereas the double was hit 12 mph harder and went 392 feet to center. The 26-year-old Prieto made his major league debut last season, going 1-for-6 with five strikeouts in three games with the Cardinals. His chances of making the Cardinals as a utilityman took quite a hit when the team signed Ramón Urías earlier this month.

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Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis.

Prieto, who had his contract selected a week ago, went 1-for-6 with five strikeouts during his first stint in the majors.

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Cardinals selected the contract of INF Cesár Prieto from Triple-A Memphis.

Prieto has performed well in Triple-A in 2025 with a .296/.358/.453 slash along with 10 home runs and 11 stolen bases. The 26-year-old isn’t considered a top prospect, but there’s enough upside in his bat that he could develop into a regular, with solid bench option a more likely landing spot. That’s the future, however, Prieto can be ignored for now in fantasy formats.

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Jimmy Crooks

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Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the Cardinals will promote catching prospect Jimmy Crooks and infield prospect Cesár Prieto prior to Friday’s game against the Reds.

Crooks and Prieto will get a chance to make their MLB debuts in the series against Cincinnati. They will replace Alec Burleson; who is hitting the injured list because of his ailing wrist, and Yohel Pozo due to a head-related injury. Both have a chance to be regulars someday in the majors, but their fantasy value for 2025 will be limited.

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