ST LOUIS, MO - APRIL 24: A general view of Busch Stadium during between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds on April 24, 2021 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
St. Louis Cardinals minor league first baseman Juan Yepez is putting on a show in Memphis. He deserves a call-up in 2022.
When the St. Louis Cardinals traded first baseman Matt Adams to the Atlanta Braves for minor league first baseman Juan Yepez, it looked like a shot in the dark on the Cardinals’ side. Yepez had some pop, but the likelihood of his ever putting it together to become a big league ballplayer looked slim at best.