Pedro Pagés #43

Graduated from Gulliver Prep High School in Miami, Fla...Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year during his junior season at Florida Atlantic University, throwing out 40.0% (17 CS/43 SB ATT) of attempted base-stealers and added three pick-offs, making him one of 14 finalists for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award (formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award) in 2019...Batted .295 with 14 HR, 98 RBI over 143 career games in a three-year career at FAU...Had a broken hamate injury that ended his 2018 season early...Played one season for Hyannis in the 2018 Cape Cod League, batting .260 with three HR and 17 RBI in 36 games...Venezuelan-born catcher is bilingual in English and Spanish...Signed by Mike Dibiase...Resides in Miami, Fla.

2023

Received Texas League (AA) Post-Season All-Star honors...Finished the season ranked as the No. 27 prospect in the Cardinals Minor League system according to Baseball America...Set career highs in games played (117), hits (113), doubles (23), triples (two), home runs (16), RBI (72), runs scored (63), walks (59), stolen bases (three) and slugging pct. (.443)...Ranked among Cardinals Minor Leaguers in sacrifice flies (six, T-second), RBI (72, seventh), home runs (16, ninth) and hits (113, 10th)...Tied for the team lead in doubles (23), was T-second in RBI (72) and third in hits (113), walks (59), extra-base hits (41), total bases (188) and OPS (.805)...Had a season-high, 10-game hitting streak from 6/3-14, batting .395 (15-38) with three home runs, 13 RBI and nine runs scored in that span...Reached base safely in 18 consecutive games from 7/15- 8/8, posting a .410 on-base pct. and 1.007 OPS in that stretch...Homered in three straight games form 6/3[1]-6/6 as part of a four-game streak of two hits and at least two RBI, going 8-for-16 (.500) with 10 RBI during that span...Drove in a career-high five runs on 4/18 vs. Midland, going 3-for-3 with a three-run home run while serving as the designated hitter...Had a career-high-tying four hits both on 5/16 at Northwest Arkansas and 9/14 at San Antonio, hitting each of his two triples on the season in those two contests...Threw out a career-high 47 base stealers in 123 attempts (38.2%). 

2022

Split the season between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA), playing 42 games at Double-A before a promotion to Triple-A on June 16 and remained there the rest of the season playing in 44 games...Posted career-highs in games played (86), innings caught (578.2), home runs (10), RBI (44), runs (38), walks (38) and sacrifice flies (seven)...Threw out 30.4% (21 CS/69 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers on the season...Reached base safely in 61-of-84 games (73%) in which he recorded a plate appearance...Hit two solo home run vs. Amarillo (5/13) in a 12-8 win...Posted a season-high four RBI twice; vs. Tulsa (4/24) and vs. NW Arkansas (5/3)...Played 13 games, starting 12 at catcher, for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, posting a .279 BA with one home run and seven RBI.

2021

Played 80 games at Peoria (High-A), starting 63 games at catcher, 16 as designated hitter and one at first base... Reached base safely by hit, walk or hit by pitch in 65-of-80 (81.3%) games... Tied for 3rd on the Peoria squad with nine home runs, 2nd with 39 RBI and 4th with 34 walks... Batted .304 (24-79) against left-handed pitchers with four home runs. Hit five home runs against right-handers.

2020

Reported to the Alternate Training Site in Springfield but was not recalled to St. Louis or travel on the Taxi Squad.