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Sent down to Triple-A The Cardinals optioned Bernal to Triple-A Memphis on Saturday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Impact Bernal spent all of 2025 at Double-A Springfield, where he slashed .247/.332/.394 with 13 homers, 69 RBI, 58 runs scored and 13 steals over 107 games. After going 2-for-5 with two walks in Grapefruit League play, he'll receive a promotion to Triple-A to begin the season.

MARCH 7 • ROTOWIRE

Wetherholt leads way as 5 Cards prospects make Top 100 list ST. LOUIS -- Queried at a recent Baseball Writers' Association of America awards banquet about what would make their respective 2026 seasons...

JANUARY 24 • MLB.COM

Protected from Rule 5 Draft The Cardinals selected Bernal's contract from Double-A Springfield on Tuesday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

Impact Bernal spent the entire 2025 campaign at Springfield and slashed .247/.332/.394 with 13 homers, 69 RBI, 58 runs scored and 13 steals across 454 plate appearances. The 21-year-old backstop will be ineligible for the Rule 5 Draft now that he owns a 40-man spot, and he could potentially receive a promotion to Triple-A Memphis to begin 2026.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Kyle Teel of White Sox off Top 100 prospect list; Yankees, Cardinals prospects rise Kyle Teel is out. Carlos Lagrange and Leonardo Bernal are in. Teel, a rookie catcher for the Chicago White Sox, graduated Monday from the ML...

JULY 22, 2025 • SI.COM

Cardinals' Prospect Joins MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Amid Breakout Season Leonardo Bernal joins JJ Wetherholt and Quinn Mathews as Cardinals ranked on the list.

JUNE 26, 2025 • THENEWSTRIBUNE.COM

Thriving at Double-A Bernal homered for the second straight game and reached base in all four plate appearances Friday at Double-A Springfield.

Impact Bernal is putting together a breakout season at Springfield. After collecting just a .683 OPS with one home run in April, the switch-hitting catcher is slashing .351/.407/.676 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI over 29 games since the start of May. The 21-year-old also boasts an 11.8 percent walk rate and 15.5 percent strikeout rate in his first full season at the Double-A level. Between Ivan Herrera in the majors, Jimmy Crooks at Triple-A Memphis, Bernal at Springfield and Rainiel Rodriguez at Single-A Palm Beach, the Cardinals boast an enviable collection of young catching talent.

JUNE 14, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Thriving at Double-A Bernal homered for the second straight game and reached base in all four plate appearances Friday at Double-A Springfield.

Impact Bernal is putting together a breakout season at Springfield. After collecting just a .683 OPS with one home run in April, the switch-hitting catcher is slashing .351/.407/.676 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI over 29 games since the start of May. The 21-year-old also boasts an 11.8 percent walk rate and 15.5 percent strikeout rate in his first full season at the Double-A level. Between Ivan Herrera in the majors, Jimmy Crooks at Triple-A Memphis, Bernal at Springfield and Rainiel Rodriguez at Single-A Palm Beach, the Cardinals boast an enviable collection of young catching talent.

JUNE 14, 2025 • ROTOWIRE