So is Walker really a AAAA player?

[AL57]

Walker needs to go to a team who will develop him...if he stays with the Cardinals he'll be out of baseball in two years...

[dugoutrex]

He's toast as far as I'm concerned. They F'd him up so bad by messing with his swing and trying to rush his development. All because Mo needed a shiny new toy to take the attention off his blunders.

He's still young so there's a chance but I agree with whoever said he looks confused. Having been an athlete the majority of my life, I've worn and witnessed "the look" a player wears when they've figured it out and have confidence.

His face says the opposite.

nobody (bleep) him up - he just isn't that good

[Hoosier59]

He's toast as far as I'm concerned. They F'd him up so bad by messing with his swing and trying to rush his development. All because Mo needed a shiny new toy to take the attention off his blunders.

He's still young so there's a chance but I agree with whoever said he looks confused. Having been an athlete the majority of my life, I've worn and witnessed "the look" a player wears when they've figured it out and have confidence.

His face says the opposite.

nobody (bleep) him up - he just isn't that good

His minor league results say you might be mistaken!

[rockondlouie]

Bloom has no investment in Walker, his failures are all on Mo/Oli's resumes.

Unless he shows something these final weeks and the first half of 2026, then we could see him gone by this time next season.

[Red Bird Classic]

In all fairness, he was hitting almost .290 since the All-Star break, and looking a lot better, but then Nootbaar came off the IL and now Walker is sitting every other day. That doesn’t help give a kid much confidence! If the Cardinalsvare going to keep messing with him, he’d be better off somewhere else. Then, when he takes off, everyone will be screaming!

Right. Before going 1 for 11 so far in August, he was hitting over 300 with a 800+ OPS after coming off the DL. Looked like he was figuring things out then he started sitting more.

I'm more interested in seeing what his July through September numbers look like for a better picture going forward to 2026.

You're making too much of hot and cold spells. You can take any player on the team and find similar streaks. It probably means nothing.

And as I said on another thread: If having Noot as competition is too tough for you, you probably don't belong in big-league baseball.

[bakker]

His at bats just look careless and sloppy, and always has that dumb confused look on his face.

We REALLY need Wetherholt and Bernal to pick up the prospect slack

one too many A's there buddy

Maybe even 2.

.257 .331 .414 .745 Walker in 529 AAA plate appearances which is below average for a AAA hitter. And of course he's well below average defensively.

That's what's amazing. Some act as if he successful at AAA. He hasn't been.

[3dender]

He was good as a rookie until they changed his swing.

His swing has nothing to do with him *still, in August 2025* struggling to lay off a slider two feet off the plate.

That is pitch recognition which afaik is very hard to teach.

[Alex Reyes Cy Young]

Time to move on from several of these guys.

[imetsatchelpaige]

He can’t hit lefthanders.
He barely hits right handers.
He is not a decent platoon player.
So the answer is….

[ScotchMIrish]

He was good as a rookie until they changed his swing.

His swing has nothing to do with him *still, in August 2025* struggling to lay off a slider two feet off the plate.

That is pitch recognition which afaik is very hard to teach.

Depends on what they did to him. I'm pretty sure he was seeing sliders as a rookie when he was hitting good.

[WaltsSuccessor]

In all fairness, he was hitting almost .290 since the All-Star break, and looking a lot better, but then Nootbaar came off the IL and now Walker is sitting every other day. That doesn’t help give a kid much confidence! If the Cardinalsvare going to keep messing with him, he’d be better off somewhere else. Then, when he takes off, everyone will be screaming!

Right. Before going 1 for 11 so far in August, he was hitting over 300 with a 800+ OPS after coming off the DL. Looked like he was figuring things out then he started sitting more.

I'm more interested in seeing what his July through September numbers look like for a better picture going forward to 2026.

You're making too much of hot and cold spells. You can take any player on the team and find similar streaks. It probably means nothing.

And as I said on another thread: If having Noot as competition is too tough for you, you probably don't belong in big-league baseball.

Hence why I said let's see where he's at overall for the second half of the season. Agree that larger sample size means more.

[Jobu's Rum]

He's toast as far as I'm concerned. They F'd him up so bad by messing with his swing and trying to rush his development. All because Mo needed a shiny new toy to take the attention off his blunders.

He's still young so there's a chance but I agree with whoever said he looks confused. Having been an athlete the majority of my life, I've worn and witnessed "the look" a player wears when they've figured it out and have confidence.

His face says the opposite.

nobody (bleep) him up - he just isn't that good

Starting to think the same, I know he had 3 hits yesterday but not like they were scorchers, looks like he has no real control

[MrPostman01]

His at bats just look careless and sloppy, and always has that dumb confused look on his face.

We REALLY need Wetherholt and Bernal to pick up the prospect slack

I corrected your title. Use AN before A. That is very elementary school.. It makes your thread look careless and sloppy.