One was a Division III All American, but not drafted in 2018, and signed as a free agent. One played at a small Division I school, but wasn’t taken until the 16th round of the 2018 MLB Draft. One is a right-hander and the other is a lefty. One is being groomed as a starter and the other seems destined for a bullpen role. Neither is in any top prospect listing, but both are rising in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system.
While they both had rather different paths to this point, Tommy Parsons and Evan Sisk have risen steadily from Johnson City in the Rookie League to Class-A since arriving in June 2018.