Red-Hot Cardinals Pitching Prospect Placed on Injured List

Jul 15, 2025 4:58 PM EDT

St. Louis Cardinals No. 10 prospect Tekoah Roby – who has been lights out over his last four starts – was placed on the 7-day injured list on Monday following last week’s 5 2/3-inning shutout performance in which the righty struck out six.

Although the injury is unspecified, Roby’s absence can be added to a long list of injuries to pitching prospects in the Cardinals organization this season. No. 5 Tink Hence and No. 2 Quinn Mathews have both missed time and No. 11 Cooper Hjerpe has been out all season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

The 23-year-old prospect is in the midst of an excellent year on the mound, which propelled him from Double-A to Triple-A earlier in the campaign – his first promotion since before the 2023 season.

Busch Stadium during the third inning of a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves on July 11.
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After carrying a 2.49 ERA through 10 starts with Double-A Springfield in which he struck out 57 batters in 47 innings, Roby was promoted to Triple-A Memphis on June 9. The former third-round pick got off to a slow start with the Redbirds, allowing 12 runs in his first two starts, but seems to have found his footing over the last couple weeks.

Dating back to June 22, Roby has allowed just two earned runs in 21 innings across his last four starts. In that span, the Asheville, North Carolina native has struck out 21 batters and walked just five batters, carrying a 0.86 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.

Despite the growing list of injuries sustained by pitchers in the Cardinals minor league system, help is on the way after the team drafted 12 college pitchers in the MLB Draft earlier this week.