Graduated from Kingwood (Texas) High School in 2020...Earned District 22-6A MVP honors as a junior...Went 13-0 with a 0.67 ERA (76.1 IP) and 117 strikeouts on the mound and hit .417 with eight home runs and 46 RBI at the plate...Played only one game during his senior season in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic...Originally verbally committed to Stanford University, but then re-opened his recruitment in 2018 and signed his college letter of intent to attend the University of Arkansas...Was a summer ball and showcase teammate of Cardinals 2020 draft picks Jordan Walker and Tink Hence...As a sophomore in high school, was awarded MVP of the 2017 15U Pan-American tournament in Colombia. Hit .522 while recording a 1.80 ERA...Hobbies include playing video games...Signed by Jabari Bennett...Masyn is not related to former Major League All-Star outfielder/Cardinal Randy Winn (2010)...Is the youngest of five children...His older sister, Jazmyn Johnson, played college basketball at the University of Portland (Ore.) and the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas....Resides in Jupiter, Fla.
2024
NL Ranks: Multi-Hit Games (47, eighth), Singles (105, T-9th), Infield Hits (23, T-4th), Triples (five, T-11th), Line Drives (127, seventh), Defensive bWAR (2.4, second), Position Player bWAR (4.9, sixth), Baserunning Runs (5.88, fourth) MLB Rookie Ranks: Games (150, T-5th), Multi-hit Games (47, first), Pos. Player bWAR (4.9, first), Def. bWAR (2.4, first), Wins Above Average (2.9, second), Hits (157, second), Runs Scored (85, first), HR (15, T-6th), RBI (57, 10th), Doubles (32, second), Triples (five, T-6th), Line Drives (127, first), Line Drive Pct. (26.6, second) MLB Defensive SS Ranks: Defensive bWAR (2.4, first), Defensive Runs Saved (14, first), Zone Rating (.823, third), Range Factor/G (4.01, third), Double Plays Turned (100, third)...Entered the season rated as the No. 1 Cardinals prospect and No. 39 overall in Top 100 by Baseball America...Named to MLB Pipeline's All-Rookie Team at shortstop...Began the season as the fifth-youngest player in MLB behind Jackson Chourio, Jackson Merrill, Evan Carter and teammate Jordan Walker...Finished second among MLB rookies in bWAR behind NL Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes (5.9)...Led MLB rookies in Defensive bWAR (2.4) and trailed only Jackson Merrill (4.5) in Offensive bWAR (3.5) among MLB rookies...His 157 hits were the fourth-highest total by a Cardinals rookie since 1957, trailing three NL Rookie of the Years: Albert Pujols (194 in 2001), Vince Coleman (170 in 1985) and Bake McBride (173 in 1974)...Joined 1936 Johnny Mize (19-8-30) and 1930 George Watkins (17-7-32) as the third Cardinals rookie with 30+ doubles, five-plus triples and 15+ homers in a season (32-5-15)...Joined 1943 Stan Musial (13 HR + 9 SB) as the two Cardinals age 22 years or younger with both 13+ HR and 9+ SB in a single season...Hit 11 of his 15 home runs after July 13 to end the season, leading St. Louis...Was the fourth MLB rookie primary shortstop with 15+ HR, 10+ SB, and 150+ hits in a single season, joining 2006 Marlins Hanley Ramirez (17-51-185), 2003 Royals Ángel Berroa (17-21-163) and 1997 Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra (30- 22-209) (min. 80% of games at shortstop)...Became the eighth Cardinals rookie All-Time to lead St. Louis in runs (85), but first to also lead all MLB rookies...The last Cardinal to lead MLB rookies, but not St. Louis, was Ray Lankford (83 in 1991)...Winn (15 HR & 11 SB) and Ken Boyer (18 HR & 22 SB) are the only two Cardinals rookies since 1892 with 15+ home runs and 11+ stolen bases...Became the sixth Cardinal (ninth season) age 22 or younger to hit 50+ extra-base hits in a season, joining Dylan Carlson (2021), Albert Pujols (2001-02), Ted Simmons (1972), Stan Musial (1942-43) and Joe Medwick (1933-34)...At age 22.007, was the seventh youngest Cardinals Opening Day starting shortstop and youngest since Garry Templeton (21.014) in 1977...Became the youngest Cardinals shortstop (age 22.014) to record a hit in the home opener since Rogers Hornsby in 1918 (21.354) at Robison Field...Batted .300 (21-70) in April and .309 (25-81) in May, joining 2017 Aaron Judge (.303 & .347) as the only two Major League rookies since 2011 with .300+ batting averages in April and again in May (min. 75 plate appearances in each month) per Elias...Compiled 80 hits with two strikes, second in MLB to José Ramírez (92) and the second-highest total by any MLB rookie since the stat has been tracked in 1988 behind 2001 Rookie of the Year Albert Pujols (84)...Batted leadoff in 102 games, most in MLB among rookies and fourth-most by a Cardinals rookie in franchise history...Is the only Cardinal in Busch Stadium III history to record two first-inning hits during Game 1 of doubleheader on July 13 vs. the Chicago Cubs...He and Alec Burleson also scored two of the nine Cardinals runs in the first inning...Enjoyed a career-best 18-game hit streak from May 5-29 (.368/.389/.559, 25-68), which was snapped on May 31 in a pinch-hit at-bat...Hitting streak was the second-longest all-time by a Cardinals' rookie behind Joe McEwing (25 in 1999)...Hit .357 (41-115) against the NL West, the fourth-highest batting average by an MLB rookie since 1969...Became the first Cardinal under age 23 with two triples in his first 50 career games since Plácido Polanco (two from 1998-99).
2023
Began the season in Memphis (AAA) as the youngest player in Triple-A baseball (age 21-020) and played in 105 games before being selected to the Major League roster on Aug. 18 and making his MLB debut...Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect (No. 48 overall in the Top 100), “Best Athlete,” “Fastest Baserunner” and “Best Infield Arm” in the Cardinals organization...Finished tied for third in the International League in triples (seven) and fourth in runs scored (99)...His 99 runs scored established a new Memphis (AAA) single-season record since affiliating with the Cardinals in 1998...Led Cardinals Minor Leaguers in runs scored and ranked among organizational leaders, hits (128, fifth), triples (second), home runs (18, fourth), batting average (.288, ninth), slugging percentage (,474, sixth) and OPS (.834, eighth)...Was 17-for-19 in stolen base attempts for an 89.5% stolen base success rate...Posted four double-digit hitting streaks, topping out at 16 games from May 23-June 9 (.320, 24-75)...Tallied 13 games with at least three knocks, including a pair of four-hit efforts...Recognized as the Cardinal Minor League Player of the Month for July. Slashed .359/.427/.750 (33-92) while leading all qualified Cardinals Minor Leaguers in hits (33), OPS (1.177), home runs (eight), RBI (26), runs scored (26), extra-base hits (18) and total bases (69)...Batted .333/.398/.634 (61-183) with a 1.032 OPS in his final 45 games after the All-Star break...Sported a .983 fielding percentage across 102 Triple-A games between shortstop (76 games) and second base (26 games)...At the time of his promotion, led Minor League baseball in runs scored and ranked among Triple-A leaders in hits (128, T-second), total bases (128, T-sixth) and triples (seven, T-second)...Had his contract selected on Aug. 18 and made his MLB debut that night at Busch Stadium against the Mets...Became the youngest Cardinal to make his MLB debut at starting shortstop since Garry Templeton (age 20-138) on Aug. 9, 1976 vs. Houston at Busch Stadium II...Winn also was the first Cardinal to make an MLB debut at starting shortstop since Aledmys Diaz (April 5, 2016 at Pittsburgh), but first to do so in front of the St. Louis home crowd in the last 47 seasons since Templeton (Aug. 9, 1976)...Became the fourth-youngest Cardinals shortstop with a hit in his MLB debut, reaching base with an infield single vs. the New York Mets (Aug. 18) off Joey Lucchesi. Unaware of the significance, Pete Alonso unknowingly tossed Winn's first hit ball into the stands, but it was later recovered...Became the 11th starting MLB shortstop age 21-150 or younger since 2000 to record a hit in his MLB debut and the fourth-youngest Cardinals starting shortstop to do so behind Garry Templeton (20-138) on Aug. 9, 1976, Creepy Crespi (20.210) on Sept. 14, 1938 and Tommy Thevenow (20.364) on Sept. 4, 1924...All three of his multi-hit games came at Busch Stadium. Hit. .224 (13-58) at home...Both home runs were hit on the road (Sept. 6 at Atlanta and Sept. 22 at San Diego)...Belted his first homer at Atlanta off Darius Vines, a 366-ft solo shot to left field...Became the fifth-youngest opposing player to go yard at Petco Park & the 16th-youngest overall in stadium history (2004-23)...The only Cardinal younger than Winn to homer in the city of San Diego was Garry Templeton (age 21-159), who went deep for St. Louis on Aug. 3, 1977 at San Diego Stadium...Recorded sacrifice flies in consecutive games (Sept. 26-27). Joined David Green (1982) as second Cardinal age 21 or younger and was third Cardinals rookie (since 1954) to do so in their MLB debut season with Dal Maxvill (1962) and Bill Virdon (1955)...Averaged 92.4 mph on 208 big league throws, third-fastest among MLB infielders to Casey Schmitt (92.5) and Elly De La Cruz (96.0). Maxed at 98.4 mph (sixth-fastest among MLB infielders)...In the time period (Aug. 18-end of season) following his MLB debut, Winn was ranked among MLB shortstop leaders in fielding pct. (.980, 7th), putouts (54, 6th), double plays (25, 3rd), and range factor/game (3.89, 5th)...After the season, was voted as the Top MLB prospect in the International League (AAA) by league managers. Previous recipients have included Gunnar Henderson (2022) and Bobby Witt Jr. (2021).
2022
Combined to hit .283/.364/.468 (134-for-474) with an .832 OPS across 119 games between Peoria (High-A) and Springfield (AA) in his transition to playing shortstop full-time...Led Cardinals minor leaguers in doubles (36) and triples (8), and ranked among organizational leaders in runs scored (91, 2nd), games played (119, T-5th), hits (134, 3rd), stolen bases (43, 2nd), walks (63, T-2nd), total bases (222, 4th) and sacrifice flies (8, T-2nd)...Was 43-for-48 in stolen base attempts for an 89.6% stolen base success rate...Enter the season rated as the No. 8 prospect in the Cardinals organization, and was listed as the “Best Athlete,” “Fastest Baserunner,” & “Best Infield Arm” in the Cardinals organization in the publications “Best Tools” survey...Began his year in Peoria, hitting .349/.404/.566 (45-129) with a .970 OPS, seven triples, and 11 doubles in 33 games while going 15-for-15 on stolen-base attempts...At 20 years old, opened the campaign as the sixth-youngest player in the Midwest League...Promoted to Springfield on 5/24 with pitchers Gordon Graceffo and Michael McGreevy...At the time of his promotion, Winn's seven triples co-led all of Minor League Baseball with Carson Williams, a Single-A Charleston RiverDogs shortstop in the Rays organization...Ended the season hitting .258/.349/.432 (89-345) with a .781 OPS, 11 home runs and 25 doubles in 86 games with Springfield...Swiped 28 bases in 33 attempts (7th in Texas League)...Led Texas League shortstops with .983 fielding pct...Finished the season as the second-youngest player in the Texas League to teammate Jordan Walker, who is two months younger...Batted 8th and started at shortstop for the National League in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium, going 0-for-2...Unleashed a 100.5 mph throw from shortstop at the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, breaking the record for the hardest infield throw since Statcast began tracking in 2015...Is the only MLB/MiLB infielder to record a 100+ mph throw (2015-present), which also topped the previous Statcast record set by Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz (97.8 mph) earlier in the week...In a vote of league managers in Baseball America's Best Tools survey following the season, was recognized as having the "Best Infield Arm" in the Midwest and Texas Leagues, and as the Midwest League's "Best Defensive Shortstop."...Played for Salt River in the prospect-laden Arizona Fall League and earned a selection to the Fall Stars Game.
