Braden Davis named Texas League Pitcher of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, MO - Minor League Baseball has announced that Springfield Cardinals starter Braden Davis has been named the Texas League Pitcher of the week for the week of May 19-24, 2026. Davis is the first Cardinals player this season to earn a weekly award from the league.

Davis, the 26th-ranked prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals system according to MLB Pipeline, had the best start of his Double-A career thus far on Sunday evening in North Little Rock. The righthander tossed 5.2 innings of shutout ball while allowing just three hits and striking out a season-high ten batters. He did not walk a batter in his longest outing of the season. Ten strikeouts matches the most by a single Springfield pitcher this season alongside Jurrangelo Cijntje on May 16 in Tulsa.

This was the second time this season that the 23-year-old Davis didn't walk a batter in an outing this season. Back on April 22, the lefty struck out eight against the Midland RockHounds in five innings of two-run ball. He has won a Minor League Pitcher of the Week award three times prior to this: June 15 and July 13, 2025 in the Florida State League with Palm Beach and August 3, 2025 in the Midwest League with the Peoria Chiefs. Davis was a fifth round selection out of Oklahoma in 2024. This is his second season in the St. Louis system.

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