Selected in the second round of the 2020 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Kingwood (Texas) High School... earned District 22-6A MVP honors as a junior when he 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, he was awarded MVP of the 2017 15U Pan-American tournament in Colombia when he hit .522 while recording a 1.80 ERA... hobbies include playing video games... signed by Cardinals scout Jabari Bennett...is the youngest of five children; his older sister, Jazmyn Johnson, played college basketball at the University of Portland (Oregon) and the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas... resides in Kingwood, Texas.
2023
Appeared in 105 games with Triple-A Memphis and made his Major League debut with St. Louis on on Aug. 18, 2023... played in 37 Major League games with St. Louis, where he hit .172 with two homers and 12 RBIs
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.