cards doing walker no favors keeping him with big club

[imadangman]

I'm just sick over Walker's regression at this point. Seems like he's got great make-up and is an all around quality young man who deserves to succeed. Every time he is up I'm pulling for him so hard and its just not happening at all. He's done a great job making himself a solid outfielder but man oh man he is just lost with the bat. He's such an integral part of this team's future (or at least that was what we all thought) that you can't give up on him but like the above posters have said he's been sent down to Memphis before and its not helped in the least.

Just imagine how much optimism there would be for the future of this franchise if he and Gorman actually developed into their potential. I'm an eternal optimist and still think it will happen to some extent but with each passing series my optimism is fading.

Think about what it would mean to Walker to get sent down right now. Especially right now, just as the team gets hot. It would make a real statement to Walker, this team is going on without you. I like Walker too, but this would be a very humbling experience I imagine. Especially if he went down to AA instead of AAA. I like the idea because it would place a real punctuation on what has been Walker's career up to this point. But Walker would be in Springfield, the last place he really exceeded. So maybe spending the rest of the year there would get him back focused and feeling good to move up to AAA next year.

[ramfandan]

What we don't know right now is the specific work he is doing with hitting coach Brant Brown . Sometimes people assume that a player on a major league roster reports to the clubhouse a few hours before the game, does some exercising , loosen up and get ready for the game .
Actually some players report quite early and work with their coaches . It might be Jon Jay on OF drills for those guys . Brant Brown batting cage work , video consultaions with Brant. As fans, we don't get the 'inside scoop' on all that Walker is working on . So he is getting instructions just like he would be if in Memphis. If one is to believe Brant Brown is a very good batting coach, then he may have the best guy working with him right now. Would a different placement give him better chance for development ? Not so sure . Hitting a baseball well and not doing so is a fine line.We have seen that with our own eyes. Masyn Winn couldn't hit squat the first month of the year . Then he 'found it' and bingo.
Willy Con is a quality veteran major leaguer. He could hardly hit .200 in his first month or so . Then bingo he has gone nuts hitting the ball.
Remains to be seen what will get Walker going . Maybe he never will .

[Adam2]

He is starting to give off Gregory Polanco vibes.

How dare you

[3dender]

What we don't know right now is the specific work he is doing with hitting coach Brant Brown . Sometimes people assume that a player on a major league roster reports to the clubhouse a few hours before the game, does some exercising , loosen up and get ready for the game .
Actually some players report quite early and work with their coaches . It might be Jon Jay on OF drills for those guys . Brant Brown batting cage work , video consultaions with Brant. As fans, we don't get the 'inside scoop' on all that Walker is working on . So he is getting instructions just like he would be if in Memphis. If one is to believe Brant Brown is a very good batting coach, then he may have the best guy working with him right now. Would a different placement give him better chance for development ? Not so sure . Hitting a baseball well and not doing so is a fine line.We have seen that with our own eyes. Masyn Winn couldn't hit squat the first month of the year . Then he 'found it' and bingo.
Willy Con is a quality veteran major leaguer. He could hardly hit .200 in his first month or so . Then bingo he has gone nuts hitting the ball.
Remains to be seen what will get Walker going . Maybe he never will .

Winn and Contreras had pretty obvious timing issues, not complete swing fiascos.

Brant Brown has been excellent at getting most of the team to have a much more strategic approach at the plate, with RISP, etc. That doesn't automatically mean he's gonna be a swing maestro to be able to deconstruct and remake a swing fiasco like Walker's.

[Goldfan]

His stance and swing would work great for a touring slow pitch softball team….is that still a thing?

[ramfandan]

What we don't know right now is the specific work he is doing with hitting coach Brant Brown . Sometimes people assume that a player on a major league roster reports to the clubhouse a few hours before the game, does some exercising , loosen up and get ready for the game .
Actually some players report quite early and work with their coaches . It might be Jon Jay on OF drills for those guys . Brant Brown batting cage work , video consultaions with Brant. As fans, we don't get the 'inside scoop' on all that Walker is working on . So he is getting instructions just like he would be if in Memphis. If one is to believe Brant Brown is a very good batting coach, then he may have the best guy working with him right now. Would a different placement give him better chance for development ? Not so sure . Hitting a baseball well and not doing so is a fine line.We have seen that with our own eyes. Masyn Winn couldn't hit squat the first month of the year . Then he 'found it' and bingo.
Willy Con is a quality veteran major leaguer. He could hardly hit .200 in his first month or so . Then bingo he has gone nuts hitting the ball.
Remains to be seen what will get Walker going . Maybe he never will .

Winn and Contreras had pretty obvious timing issues, not complete swing fiascos.

Brant Brown has been excellent at getting most of the team to have a much more strategic approach at the plate, with RISP, etc. That doesn't automatically mean he's gonna be a swing maestro to be able to deconstruct and remake a swing fiasco like Walker's.

you say WillyCon and Winn’s issue was timing and Walker’s problem is ‘swing fiascos’. Please describe what that is. The guy hit .276 his rookie year. Did he change his swing since then ?
Chip said on air that he was launching balls into the 2nd deck during pregame batting practice, so is it his swing or other issues not allowing to translate into game mode?

[3dender]

What we don't know right now is the specific work he is doing with hitting coach Brant Brown . Sometimes people assume that a player on a major league roster reports to the clubhouse a few hours before the game, does some exercising , loosen up and get ready for the game .
Actually some players report quite early and work with their coaches . It might be Jon Jay on OF drills for those guys . Brant Brown batting cage work , video consultaions with Brant. As fans, we don't get the 'inside scoop' on all that Walker is working on . So he is getting instructions just like he would be if in Memphis. If one is to believe Brant Brown is a very good batting coach, then he may have the best guy working with him right now. Would a different placement give him better chance for development ? Not so sure . Hitting a baseball well and not doing so is a fine line.We have seen that with our own eyes. Masyn Winn couldn't hit squat the first month of the year . Then he 'found it' and bingo.
Willy Con is a quality veteran major leaguer. He could hardly hit .200 in his first month or so . Then bingo he has gone nuts hitting the ball.
Remains to be seen what will get Walker going . Maybe he never will .

Winn and Contreras had pretty obvious timing issues, not complete swing fiascos.

Brant Brown has been excellent at getting most of the team to have a much more strategic approach at the plate, with RISP, etc. That doesn't automatically mean he's gonna be a swing maestro to be able to deconstruct and remake a swing fiasco like Walker's.

you say WillyCon and Winn’s issue was timing and Walker’s problem is ‘swing fiascos’. Please describe what that is. The guy hit .276 his rookie year. Did he change his swing since then ?
Chip said on air that he was launching balls into the 2nd deck during pregame batting practice, so is it his swing or other issues not allowing to translate into game mode?

Was the batting practice throwing him low/away junk? Cause that's what the league figured out he can't hit over 2 years ago, and he still hasn't made the adjustment (or can't make it bc his swing is a fiasco).

Also: Chip should not be a trusted source of positive news for you, just fyi. He's literally paid to make everything about the team sound shiny and happy.