Springfield Cardinals’ 22-year old right-handed pitching prospect, Junior Fernandez, has caught the attention of Jacob Shafer of Bleacher Report. In a piece titled “Every Team’s Impact Prospect Who Has Earned an ASAP Big League Call-Up”, Shafer names Fernandez as the prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals organization who has earned an ASAP call up.
Admittedly, this seems premature on the surface. After all, Fernandez has only pitched in 28 games and 41 innings at AA Springfield over parts of two seasons. He currently shows a 3.67 ERA during that time period. Not bad, but is it impressive enough to skip AAA and earn a call up to St.