St. Louis Cardinals Have a Neftali Feliz of Their Own

View this entire article, along with breaking news from the Cardinals' entire organization and new prospect information daily by checking out www.CardinalsFrontOffice.wordpress.com! Watching the late innings of a Springfield Cardinal game can be exciting these days. Depending on the score, you’ll get to see two of the top relief pitching prospects in the Nation. Eduardo Sanchez and Francisco Samuel are the fourth and eighth top prospects in the Cardinals system. Before this month, Samuel was Springfield’s pride and joy when it came to closing out games. Samuel, not Sanchez, played in the Futures Game in St. Louis. Samuel, not Sanchez, was the one getting all of the National attention and hype. Nevertheless, Sanchez was promoted to the closer position recently. Springfield Manager Pop Warner said, “It hasn’t been for lack of stuff. He has big league stuff. He just has to be able to harness it and be able to command the strike zone. The big thing ...