Junior Fernandez was a player that seemingly was in prospect news forever. The now 22-year-old was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals at the age of 17 so in some ways, he’s has been in the system forever.
Beginning as a starter, Fernandez ultimately changed to the bullpen in 2018 and has flourished in the Minors ever since. Before being called up in August, Fernandez had a 1.52 ERA over 45 games between A+, AA, AAA. The big change this year for Fernandez was that he figured out how to strike people out and he gave up a combined zero homers in 65.