Top Prospect Sent In Jack Flaherty Trade Set To Make MLB Debut With Cardinals

St. Louis is going with a youth movement to close out the year

Scott Neville | Aug 21, 2023

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The St. Louis Cardinals are getting to see some of their top prospects get a taste of Major League Baseball to close out the 2023 season.

Outfielder Jordan Walker has been receiving playing time for the majority of the season, shortstop Masyn Winn finally got the call last week and there's now an intriguing southpaw expected to debut.

"Drew Rom, the headlining pitching prospect the Cardinals received from Baltimore in the Jack Flaherty trade, will start for St. Louis on Monday against Pittsburgh," The Athletic's Katie Woo tweeted Sunday.

Rom's season-long stats are not impressive but he's been suburb in his limited opportunities with the Cardinals organization.

The 23-year-old is 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA, 18-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .056 batting average against and 0.55 WHIP in 11 innings for Triple-A Memphis.

On the year, Rom is 9-6 with a 4.82 ERA in 97 innings -- all in Triple-A. He has a top-notch ability to generate swings and misses but struggled with command issues when employed by the Orioles.

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound hurler already was on the 40-man roster, making him an easy player to call up. Matthew Liberatore experienced some back tightness after his last start and will be pushed back to Wednesday.

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Published Aug 21, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the St. Louis Cardinals for FanNation's "Inside The Cardinals" on Sports Illustrated. Before starting "Inside The Cardinals", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." After a few months as the top Major League Baseball site in the program, Neville sought expansion and pitched "Inside The Cardinals," one of the newest additions to FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group. The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Cardinals" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu