Cardinals Select 8 Players In Day Two Of 2023 MLB Draft

Organization Selects College Players With First 9 Picks for Second Straight Year; Outfielder Travis Honeyman & Left-Handed Pitcher Quinn Mathews First Two Taken On Second Day

ST. LOUIS, Mo., – The St. Louis Cardinals continued their 2023 Major League Baseball Draft, selecting eight players on the second day of the three-day event.  The Cardinals selections by position included five pitchers and three outfielders.  Of the five pitchers, two are left-handed.

The players represented four different states including four of the eight hailing from California.  It is the second consecutive draft where St. Louis selected all college players with its first nine selections.

The 2023 MLB Draft concludes tomorrow, July 11, with rounds 11-20 starting at 1:00 PM CT.

OF Travis Honeyman     3^rd Round (90^th overall)             Boston College

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Massapequa, NY
• Height: 6’2”         Weight: 190 lb.                 Age: 21 years (October 2, 2001)
• Lifetime .307/.382/.502 (104-339) with 12 home runs, three triples, 24 doubles, 51 RBI, and .883 OPS in 94 games over three seasons at Boston College.
• Slashed .304/.383/.534 (49-161) with six home runs, two triples, 15 doubles, and 30 RBI in 39 games this Spring.
• Suffered a shoulder injury in late April that forced him to miss the season’s final 15 games.
• Named a 2022 Cape Cod League All-Star, hitting .289 (24-83) with 4 HR, 10 RBI in 24 games.
• Won the 2021 New England Collegiate Baseball League MVP Award and NECBL Rookie of the Year award following his freshman season, setting a league record with a .430 batting average with 7 HR, 26 RBI in 30 games.
• Played shortstop and third base in high school before moving to outfield at Boston College, helping Massapequa (NY) High School to a 2018 state title with a championship appearance in 2017.
• Older brother, Bobby, was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 29^th round of the 2018 Draft after a four-year career at Stony Brook.  Father, Rob Honeyman, played football at Central Connecticut State.  Uncle, James Dietz, was a pitcher in the Detroit Tigers & Philadelphia Phillies farm system.

LHP Quinn Mathews       4^th Round (122^nd overall)        Stanford University

• Bats: Left               Throws: Left                       Hometown: Aliso Viejo, CA
• Height: 6’5”         Weight: 188 lb.                 Age: 22 years (October 4, 2000)
• Fourth-year senior at Stanford, pitched out of the rotation in 2021, followed by a swingman/multi-inning relief role in 2022 and served as the Cardinal’s Friday night starter this Spring.
• Named 2023 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, after going 10-4 with a 3.75 ERA and 158 strikeouts over 18 starts (19 games) across 124.2 innings pitched.
• Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division I with 158 strikeouts in 2023, also the second-most in Stanford baseball history.
• Threw a 156-pitch complete game in the 2023 Stanford Super Regional against Texas on June 11, racking up 16 strikeouts, three runs allowed and one walk in an 8-3 victory.
• Previously drafted in the 19^th round of the 2022 Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays, but did not sign.
• Posted a 9-2 record with a team-best 3.08 ERA and nine saves over 27 appearances (nine starts) as a junior in 2022, the only pitcher in the nation that season with nine or more wins and saves.
• Older sister, Remy, played collegiate soccer at Rice University.

OF Zach Levenson            5^th Round (158^th overall)          University of Miami

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Oviedo, FL
• Height: 6’2”         Weight: 211 lb.                 Age: 21 years (March 6, 2002)
• Career .295/.406/.546 hitter in two seasons with the Hurricanes, with 21 HR, three triples 22 doubles, 73 RBI, and a .951 OPS in 114 games played.
• Named to All-ACC Third Team after swatting a team-leading 17 doubles with 14 HR and 45 RBI while hitting .292 (68-233) this Spring.
• Transferred to Miami from Seminole State College of Florida after his freshman year where he was named Second Team All-Mid-Florida Conference after hitting .291 with team-high 12 home runs and 39 RBI in 44 games.
• Four-year letterman at Lake Howell (FL) High School, serving as captain in final two seasons.  Also played football.
• Older brother, Matt, played baseball at Winthrop and father, Dan, played baseball at UNC-Wilmington.

RHP Jason Savacool     6^th Round (185^th overall)          University of Maryland

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Baldwinsville, NY
• Height: 6’1”         Weight: 195 lb.                 Age: 21 years (May 21, 2002)
• Pitched three seasons at Maryland, compiling 24 career wins and 269 career strikeouts, ranking second and third-most in school history, respectively.
• Named to the All-Big Ten Second Team this Spring after leading the conference with nine wins and ranking 5th with a 4.12 ERA, helping Maryland win both the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.
• Earned 2022 All-Big Ten First Team honors after helping Maryland win its first Big 10 regular season title in 2022 with a team-leading 2.93 ERA and eight victories.  His 123 strikeouts were the 4th-most in a single season in school history.
• Nicknamed “The Doctor” while at Maryland.
• Named the 2019-20 Gatorade New York Baseball Player of the Year while at Charles W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville, NY.

RHP Charles Harrison IV        7^th Round (215^th overall)         University of California-Los Angeles

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Canyon Country, CA
• Height: 6’2”         Weight: 211 lb.                 Age: 21 years (December 23, 2001)
• Four-year member of the UCLA baseball program from 2020-23, pitched to a 3.15 ERA exclusively out of the bullpen during his Bruin career with 87 strikeouts over 80 innings (72 appearances).
• 2023 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention after a breakout senior season, going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA and .214 batting average against over 26 innings (22 appearances)
• Finished 2023 with the lowest ERA on the team and limited opponents to an anemic .106 batting average with runners on base while stranding 13 of his 14 inherited runners for the season.
• Three-time UCLA Director’s Honor Roll
• Spent his high school summers training with pitching guru Ron Wolforth at the Texas Baseball Ranch. 

LHP Ixan Henderson       8^th Round (245^th overall)         Fresno State University

• Bats: Left               Throws: Left                       Hometown: Fresno, CA
• Height: 6’2”         Weight: 180 lb.                 Age: 21 years (January 29, 2002)
• First named pronounced EE-shawn.
• Earned All-Mountain West First Team honors in back-to-back seasons at Fresno State from 2022-23.
• Made 15 appearances as the Friday night starter for the ‘Dogs in 2023, pitching 89.0 innings with a team-leading 3.74 ERA while striking out a Mountain West-leading 100 batters.
• Started a team-leading 14 games as a sophomore in 2022, topping the Mountain West with 98 strikeouts while leading the Bulldogs with seven wins.
• Attended Clover West High School in Fresno helping lead the Golden Eagles to the school’s first Valley baseball championship since 2004.

RHP Christian Worley     9^th Round (275^th overall)         Virginia Tech

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Alton, VA
• Height: 6’1”         Weight: 170 lb.                 Age: 21 years (June 14, 2002)
• Appeared in 26 games, all out of the bullpen, during his three-year career at Virginia Tech, going 3-0 with a 4.42 ERA across 36.2 innings pitched.
• Limited to five games in 2023 with an arm injury, did not pitch after March 17.
• Struck out multiple batters in 11 of 14 appearances in 2022 and 4 of 5 appearances in 2023.
• Helped the Hokies to a 45-14 record and a NCAA Regional Championship in 2022 with a career-high 14 appearances.
• Had a 57:12 strikeout-to-walk ratio in his career at Virginia Tech.

OF Caden Kendle           10^th Round (305^th overall)       University of California-Irvine

• Bats: Right            Throws: Right                    Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
• Height: 5’11”       Weight: 195 lb.                 Age: 21 years (March 13, 2002)
• Named 2023 Big West Co-Field Player of the Year after ranking 2^nd in the conference with 56 RBI and 5^th with a .434 on-base percentage, while also setting career-highs with a .335 batting average, 16 doubles and eight home runs.
• Tied a UC-Irvine single-season record with 69 runs scored this season, which led the Big West. Reached safely in 54 of 55 games in 2023 and ended his collegiate career on a 43-game on-base streak and 16-game run scored streak. From his sophomore season, Kendle reached safely in 92 of his last 93 games.
• 2022 First Team All-Big West selection, leading Irvine with a .328 average, .465 on-base percentage and .533 slugging percentage in 46 games.
• Was a running back on his Marina (CA) High School football team.