Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Baez seems much more balanced as a hitter. https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/top ... s-pipeline
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 11:55 am Baez seems much more balanced as a hitter. https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/top ... s-pipeline
This might even be a new low for you, and that is saying something there!
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 11:55 am Baez seems much more balanced as a hitter. https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/top ... s-pipeline
well, that is a pretty LOW bar
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 11:55 am Baez seems much more balanced as a hitter. https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/top ... s-pipeline
He already is.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 11:55 am Baez seems much more balanced as a hitter. https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/top ... s-pipeline
My grandmother is a better hitter than walker at this point. don't start taking credit for baez
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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a better hitter than Walker?
would't take much.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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The way some of you are slighting Walker, it seems you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
Settle down, Beavis . . .
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:37 pm
Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
High level? No we don't.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:40 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:37 pm
Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
High level? No we don't.
How about average MLB hitters. Will any Cardinals' outfielders qualify this season?
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are slighting Walker, it seems you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, its just your daily polls asking us to try and predict how good players will be in 2 years.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:37 pm
Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
We don't have a single hitter on the team that is "high level". High level is perennial all star. We don't have a single all star after the donnie trade
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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Adam2 wrote: 10 Feb 2026 15:19 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:37 pm
Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
We don't have a single hitter on the team that is "high level". High level is perennial all star. We don't have a single all star after the donnie trade
Yeah, I thought that was a given. Shoot, the Cardinals have had an OF issue for years.
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Re: Could Joshua Baez end up being a better hitter than Walker?

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WeeVikes wrote: 10 Feb 2026 15:23 pm
Adam2 wrote: 10 Feb 2026 15:19 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:37 pm
Cardinals4Life wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:35 pm
Shady wrote: 10 Feb 2026 14:33 pm The way some of you are talking, you'd rather have Baez starting in RF than Walker, right now. Is that correct?
No, because Baez isn't ready yet.
Walker is less so.
So, right now, do the Cardinals have any current outfielders that are actually ready to be high level MLB hitters?
We don't have a single hitter on the team that is "high level". High level is perennial all star. We don't have a single all star after the donnie trade
Yeah, I thought that was a given. Shoot, the Cardinals have had an OF issue for years.
Getting an outfielder that is pretty close to being a productive MLB outfielder is something Bloom probably could have done a better job at with all his off season deals.
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