The St. Louis Cardinals may have already landed a major win with young third baseman Blaze Jordan.
Last season, St. Louis acquired Jordan from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for a short-term rental of Steven Matz, who became a free agent after the 2025 season and departed the organization. In return, the Cardinals gained a 23-year-old infielder with several years of team control remaining and the potential to develop into a significant offensive contributor in their lineup.
The Cardinals made the change from Nolan Gorman to Jordan earlier in the week and it has already paid dividends. It’s important to note that Cardinals manager Oli Marmol made it clear that the Cardinals aren’t giving up on Gorman.
“My hope in all this — and I want to be super clear on this — I and we as an organization are not giving up on Nolan Gorman,” Marmol said, as transcribed by Goold.
Since joining the club, Jordan has appeared in just two games but has already made a huge impact, going 4-for-8 with a home run, a triple, four RBIs, and two runs scored. His early performance has been nothing short of outstanding. In fact, according to Just Baseball, he became only the second player in franchise history to record at least four hits, four RBIs, and nine total bases over his first two career games, joining Joe Cunningham, who accomplished the feat in 1954.
“Players in Cardinals history with 4+ Hits, 4+ RBI and 9+ Total Bases in their first 2 career games: 1954 Joe Cunningham, 2026 Blaze Jordan. Blaze’s big league career is off to a fast start!”
The Cardinals Certainly Won The Blaze Jordan Deal
Jordan is on an absurd run to kick off his big league career and it’s certainly making the Cardinals’ front office look smart for making the move. The buzz around Jordan has been loud so far this season. As he shined down in Triple-A and Gorman struggled in the majors, there were plenty of people calling on the Cardinals to make a move.
One thing we’ve seen with this new front office under Chaim Bloom is the fact that the team isn’t afraid to make a change if they believe it will point the club in the right direction. With Gorman, he was a runway guy last year.
This year, he was struggling so St. Louis simply made a change. It’s a breath of fresh air for the organization and the right way to operate. Right now, the Cardinals are in a better place than they were a few days ago.
