Cardinals' Nathan Church looking to make the most of his early opportunity
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Cardinals' Nathan Church looking to make the most of his early opportunity originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Nathan Church played college baseball for the University of California, Irvine.
By his junior year, he would be a leader on the team, hitting . 309 across 53 games. He would catch the attention of the St.
Louis Cardinals , who drafted him in the 11th round of the 2022 MLB Draft. He would make his way through the minors, and Church would go on to make his MLB debut on August 17th last season against the New York Yankees . The young slugger would play in 27 games last year with the Cardinals.
He hit . 179 with one home run and eight runs batted in. MORE: This looks like phenom version of Jordan Walker for Cardinals Cardinals' Nathan Church looking to make the most of his early opportunity Nathan Church would go on to make the Opening Day roster for the Cardinals this season.