JJ Wetherholt 2025 MVP Highlights! Walk-offs, HRs, gems | Double-A

JJ Wetherholt is the fourth straight Springfield Cardinal to be named Texas League Most Valuable Player. He joins past Cardinals Jimmy Crooks (2024), Thomas Saggese (2023), Moisés Gómez (2022), Dylan Carlson (2019), Oscar Taveras (2012) and Matt Adams (2011) as winners of this prestigious award. The organization’s consensus top-ranked prospect began his first full season in professional baseball with Double-A Springfield in 2025, playing in 62 games and slashing .300/.425/.466 while swatting seven home runs, driving in 34 runs and stealing 14 bases. His Springfield career was highlighted by multiple dazzling defensive plays and a pair of walk-off singles on June 12 against the Tulsa Drillers and July 1 against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. His final game in Double-A on July 6, Wetherholt tallied his first multi-home run game as a professional, launching a pair of homers against Northwest Arkansas. This summer, the first rounder became the 27th Future’s Game Selection in team history, although he was already with Triple-A Memphis by the time of the All-Star Break, earning his call-up to the highest level of Minor League Baseball on July 7. He finished 2025 as the sixth-best prospect in all of baseball. Follow the Springfield Cardinals: Twitter:   / sgf_cardinals   Instagram:   / springfield_cardinals   TikTok:   / springfieldcardinals   Facebook:   / springfieldcardinalsbaseball   Website: https://www.milb.com/springfield