Michael Watson

SHSU Baseball ‘24 ⚾️ Proverbs 27:2

[Cardinals Player Development @CardsPlayerDev]

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[Brian Walton @B_Walton]

Michael Watson is The Cardinal Nation’s 2025 Peoria Chiefs Relief Pitcher of the Year. The #stlcards 23-year-old lefty prospect had a solid run in High-A, with three saves and a .164 batting average against. @MarkWagsSports compares the candidates. https://t.co/8QoNtBga9s

[Redbird Farmhands @RedbirdFarmhand]

Michael Watson, since getting promoted to AA

Games: 15
IP: 20.0
ERA: 1.35
K/9: 11.70
BB/9: 4.05
LOB%: 81.8
HR/9: 0.0
BAA: .157

Truly has had an outstanding year and is becoming one of the best relief prospects in the system. Might be setting himself up for a 2026 MLB debut.

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Michael Watson struck out the side to close out Springfield's 6-3 win last night. Season stats (AA):

16.1 IP
1.10 ERA
23 K | 6 BB
0.92 WHIP
.158/.262/.228

[Rob Rains @RobRains]

Michael Watson was a kid from a small town in Texas with a big dream to play professional baseball. The story of how he is making that dream come true in #STLCards organization - "Never be afraid to bet on yourself."
https://t.co/bzby3xZ58r

[Redbird Farmhands @RedbirdFarmhand]

New promotions

Cade Winquest ➡️AA
Michael Watson➡️AA

Braden Davis➡️A+
Brandt Thompson➡️A+

Clearing way for the new draftees in Palm Beach

[Michael Watson @mbwatson02]

@nickstrong This take is reaching a lot. Players asking questions that concern their development/future should not be considered a red flag.

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Michael Watson was dominant tonight, pitching three hitless innings in relief with five punchouts.

Watson induced a total of 11 whiffs on 18 swings (61% whiff rate), 10 of which via his low-launch, high-carry heater.

[Peoria Chiefs @peoriachiefs]

Love us a mid-week win!

#peoriachiefs

[Michael Watson @mbwatson02]

@shsufootballfan @KatsOnTop69420 Understand the frustration, but there’s nothing that can be said in a mound visit that’s going to save him from a jam. At the end of the day, as the man on the hill it’s your responsibility to get outs.

[Michael Watson @mbwatson02]

@KatsOnTop69420 @shsufootballfan Trust the process

[Michael Watson @mbwatson02]

@KatsOnTop69420 @shsufootballfan 👎

[Michael Watson @mbwatson02]

Whammer.

[Sam Houston Baseball @BearkatsBSB]

Hunter Autrey with his 100th career RBI after a 382 ft homerun!
#EatEmUpKats 🔗 https://t.co/dtIgpCGCij

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Michael Watson has been dominant since his promotion to High-A Peoria:

7 IP
0.00 ERA
0.57 WHIP
40.0% K%
12.0% BB%
.045 BAA

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Michael Watson topped out at just 92.1 MPH last year.

He averaged 92.3 MPH (T93.5) on his heater tonight in his season debut. The low-launch lefty struck out 47.1% of hitters in 13 1/3 innings for Palm Beach last season.

[Mason Ronan @ronanthrowin]

If I could go back and talk to 17-year-old me, here’s everything I’d tell him about pitching, development, and getting the most from your career:

🧵

[Bear Graves @BearGraves9]

Ball hot in the pen today
Pitcher-@mbwatson02
@KovaSportsTx @GPLion_Baseball

[Jaxon Rickert @JaxonRickert]

Sat 89-90 and topped 91 2 times!! Hit 90 like 5 times too. Change up 85-87. Slider 77-78. First sliders at high intent as well, felt really good and really comfortable with it!! Arm is feeling amazing!! Still going up in velo!!

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Michael Watson struck out the side in the 11th inning to close out Palm Beach’s 10-6 win tonight. Season stats:

13.1 IP
0.68 ERA
1.05 WHIP
.200 BAA
24:5 K:BB

[Josh Gessner @joshgessner]

I gained 50 pounds going from 165 lbs to 215 lbs in 2 years.

This led to a 16mph increase to my pitching velocity.

Here's my EXACT plan to gaining weight for pitching velocity (as a hardgainer):