Chase Heath Powers Palm Beach to Opening Day Win

 
⚾ The Cardinal Chronicle
Minor League Player of the Day
St. Louis, MO
By Ray Mileur

Chase Heath Powers Palm Beach to Opening Day Win
You don’t have to look far to find Thursday night’s standout.

Chase Heath made sure of that.

The 22-year-old backstop out of O’Fallon, Missouri put together a statement performance for Single-A Palm Beach, going 2-for-3 with a home run, 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, and a stolen base, finishing the night with a staggering .667 average and 2.417 OPS.

And the biggest swing of the night?

Opening Day, fourth inning — Heath turned on a pitch and launched a go-ahead three-run home run, flipping the game and helping power the Palm Beach Cardinals to a 6–3 win over St. Lucie.

That’s how you introduce yourself.

Drafted in the 20th round (600th overall) in 2025, Heath isn’t a name that showed up on many preseason lists—but performances like this have a way of changing that conversation in a hurry.

Early returns say there’s something here.

Through his first 17 professional games (48 ABs), Heath is slashing .282/.452/.563 (1.015 OPS) with 4 home runs, a double, and 10 RBI, while showing advanced plate discipline with 10 walks.

That combination—power, patience, and production—will play at any level.

For now, he’s a catcher getting reps at DH, but if the bat keeps talking like this, the Cardinals will find a place for it.

Sometimes the story isn’t the top prospect.

Sometimes it’s the guy who just keeps showing up and producing.

Chase Heath did exactly that on Opening Day.