Eight of the St. Louis Cardinals top ten prospects are hitters according to Baseball America. Those eight are Jordan Walker, Nolan Gorman, Ivan Herrera, Lars Nootbaar, Joshua Baez, Masyn Winn, Juan Yepez, and Alec Burleson. Five of those hitters reached Triple-A last year as only Walker, Baez, and Winn played in the lower levels.
Having too much talent is a good problem, but the Cardinals will need to figure out what to do with all that talent. Gorman and Herrera have clear paths to the starting lineup at second base and catcher, respectively, and Lars Nootbaar has the fourth outfielder job locked down, though he probably can’t advance any higher than that with the Cardinals young starting outfield.