2026 MLB Rookies Ready to Shake Up the Game: Who Will Become the Next Superstar?
Factor in a four-seam fastball that averaged 95.1 mph and a sinker that produced a 60.2% ground ball rate and it’s easy to see why the Mets are eager to make McLean a mainstay of their rotation.
JJ Wetherholt, St. Louis Cardinals
Position: 2B/3B; Age: 23; B/T: L/R; Highest 2025 Level: Triple-A
If McLean doesn’t run away with the NL’s Rookie of the Year award in 2026, it could very well go to the sweet-swinging Wetherholt.
How confident are the Cardinals that Wetherholt will be a fixture in their lineup for years to come? They traded away their best all-around player and their lone 2025 All-Star, Brendan Donovan, to clear space for Wetherholt’s arrival at the big-league level.


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