More than $29,000 raised for people in need!

Fans had the chance to mix and mingle with 23 members of the St. Louis Cardinals at the second annual Bats & Barrels charity whiskey tasting, hosted by teammates Ryan Helsley and Alec Burleson. The event raised $29,130 for Loaves and Fishes for St. Louis, an incredible nonprofit that provides shelter, food and hope to families in crisis. Click on the video below to learn more about the organization.



Participating Players

Helsley and Burleson were joined by Brandon Allen, Dusty Blake, Brant Brown, Stubby Clapp, Willson Contreras, Daniel Descalso, Brendan Donovan, Packy Elkins, Nolan Gorman, Jon Jay, John King, Sonny Gray, Kyle Leahy, Oli Marmol, Lars Nootbaar, Pedro Pagés, Yohel Pozo, Julio Rangel, Victor Scott II, Kleininger Teran and Jordan Walker.

2025 Sponsors

Special thanks to our hosts at Adventure Unknown and all of our generous sponsors for their support of this event — Spectrum, Super Smokers BBQ, Egizii Electric and The Fogelbach Agency. The event also would not have been possible without our participating spirits vendors: Pernod-Ricard, the Missouri Whiskey Society, Heaven Hill Brands, the St. Louis Bourbon Society, Bacardi, Fallen Brothers and The Washington Distilling Company.

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!