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I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

You could have said many other things to make my world big and bright. But- looking like another athlete from a different sport- breaks me down.

Pull up some vids…..it ain’t pretty

Maybe that's a good thing. They come with their swings all dialed ( kind of like my driving range swing ) Than suck when the lights come on ( like I do on the golf course )

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

Like Michael Jordan?

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

Watched a video of him the other night on the Matrix Midwest app..shows him hitting...and some questions and answers on the team chemistry and stuff...and his new hobby...whichnis bowling....he seemed very exited for this year ...looked in fantastic shape...I thought his swing looked great...collapses quite a bit on the back leg ...not sure I'd that is for lift and power...just seemed more exaggerated than normal...I think he will be decent for the first 30 to 40 games ...then he's going to get hot and get his confidence back...would be so nice to have him as a threat in the middle of the order .

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

GF,

My friend and I were discussing this the other day. I habe long said that he has one of the most awkward stances/swings/finishes I've seen. Look at the still photos of all of his swings. You will notice things like his feet in weird spots, off-balancedness, amd just overall awkwardness. I habe long said he is not athletic as some believe/make him out to be. He reminds me of a young kid still trying to figure out how to exist in his monstrous, man-body. Awkward beyond belief. A lot of the changes he has tried to implement the past season or so have also made him more awkward.

I do think he looks less awkward in skme of these early videos, but I also still see some of it there. Maybe a work in progress? One can hope! But I am not confident.

Bushiro wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 11:49 am

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

Watched a video of him the other night on the Matrix Midwest app..shows him hitting...and some questions and answers on the team chemistry and stuff...and his new hobby...whichnis bowling....he seemed very exited for this year ...looked in fantastic shape...I thought his swing looked great...collapses quite a bit on the back leg ...not sure I'd that is for lift and power...just seemed more exaggerated than normal...I think he will be decent for the first 30 to 40 games ...then he's going to get hot and get his confidence back...would be so nice to have him as a threat in the middle of the order .

Honestly this is the op just having such a negative mindset that he can't view anything as positive. If Albert Pujols himself claimed Walkers swing looked good he would claim he was just being nice. He is one of the leaders of the I told you so fanclub.

I’m no swing expert but he definitely still looks a little awkward, especially his finish.

Lol… it’s the wannabe “hitting experts” on boards like this who con travel-ball parents out of $50 half-hour lessons all the time. I’ve seen it firsthand. Most of the time, the first thing the so-called expert does is nitpick the stance or mechanics and immediately overhaul the kid’s swing. The kid gets confused and starts struggling. The parent loses trust, goes to another instructor… and that guy changes everything again. Now the kid’s even more confused.

Moral of the story: there’s a reason you’re posting on a message board and not employed as a professional baseball coach. Acting like an expert doesn’t make you one.

Jordan Walker is going to sink or swim based on what got him here. Before people started messing with his swing — and his head — he was producing: .845 OPS over 1,474 MiLB plate appearances, then a .787 OPS with a 113 OPS+ as a 21-year-old rookie. That’s not accidental.

He needs to block out the noise and trust the tools and approach that got him to the show.

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:23 am

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

You could have said many other things to make my world big and bright. But- looking like another athlete from a different sport- breaks me down.

Has he ever posted anything positive?

hullie wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 12:47 pm

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:23 am

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

You could have said many other things to make my world big and bright. But- looking like another athlete from a different sport- breaks me down.

Has he ever posted anything positive?

Nope if he ain’t complaining he ain’t posting

JohnnyMO wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 12:25 pm I’m no swing expert but he definitely still looks a little awkward, especially his finish.

Agree... not actually seeing anything notably different. I'm also not convinced this video was actually intended to prove anything about serious changes in his swing.

Goldfan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 09:20 am I’ve watched many vids from ST
He looks off balanced
Not fluid
Awkward
Rear leg collapsing
A comment I saw on X summarizes it well.
He looks like an athlete from another sport attempting to take BP
He’s cooked.

You should reach out to him and let him know your expert analysis