Cardinals promote pitching prospect Alex Reyes from High-A Palm Beach to Double-A Springfield

As noted by John Nagel of Cardinals Farm and Viva El Birdos, St. Louis has promoted its top pitching prospect, 20-year-old right-hander Alex Reyes, from High-A Palm Beach to Double-A Springfield.

Reyes earned the bump to Double-A by posting a 2.26 ERA and 96 strikeouts across 63 2/3 innings this year in the High-A Florida State League. He has some control issues -- a 4.6 career BB/9 -- but there have been positive strides in that department.

J.J. Cooper of Baseball America wrote this about the fast-rising Reyes in his Midseason Prospect Update ...

This is the kind of career progression teams hope to see in a young pitching prospect. Reyes’ stuff still is as spectacular as it was last year—he touched 100 mph this year and has an at-times devastating curveball—and he knows how to use it. His 13.4 strikeouts per nine innings ranks first among minor league starters.

Reyes could be in the mix for a rotation spot in St. Louis by the early part of 2016. It’s a rich-getting-richer situation for the Cardinals, who carry the best team ERA in the major leagues this season at 2.68.

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