Congrats Walker, you’ve made it to May!

[Futuregm2]

When he takes his next May at bat, it will be Jordan Walker’s first May AB of his career in the MLB.

[Jatalk]

Interesting stat.

[pitchingandefense]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

[scoutyjones2]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

Defense is effort. Hitting takes talent

[ecleme22]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

Defense is effort. Hitting takes talent

So Jim Edmonds tried harder than Holliday?

[scoutyjones2]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

Defense is effort. Hitting takes talent

So Jim Edmonds tried harder than Holliday?

I said effort...

[ecleme22]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

Defense is effort. Hitting takes talent

So Jim Edmonds tried harder than Holliday?

I said effort...

So Jim Edmonds put more effort towards CF? It wasn’t his talent but rather effort?

[Handsomebachelor]

His Baseball Savant page is crazy to look at right now. The tools are jumping off the page in a good way while the production jumps off the page in a bad way.

The good tools by percentile:
Bat Speed: 99th
Max Exit Velocity: 98th
Arm Strength: 97th
Sprint Speed: 85th

The bad production by percentile:
Whiff%: 7th
Chase Rate: 11th
xwOBA: 8th

Major League quality breaking balls continue to be his kryptonite. It will be one of the main storylines of the season to watch unfold, to see if he can develop the discipline necessary to lay off the breaking balls out of the zone while damaging the ones that come into the zone. His incredible leap forward on defense shows he has the work ethic, now we will see if a steady diet of plate appearances allows him to improve his production at the plate.

Defense is effort. Hitting takes talent

So Jim Edmonds tried harder than Holliday?

I said effort...

Wtf they both take both lol

[scoutyjones2]

LoL. Hardest thing to do in sports? Is OF defense ever mentioned or do they claim, hitting a baseball?

[renostl]

When he takes his next May at bat, it will be Jordan Walker’s first May AB of his career in the MLB.

He had looked good yesterday in his AB's.

IF able to maintain that approach we might see him get
more than a game in May.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Reset. See who can play see who can’t. 162 game assessment period.
Part of this process is the sitting on bench games. Learning structure and predictability at the highest level. An over all learning process.