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Higher risk, but more star potential. You CANNOT come out of this draft, your first time in the top 10 in years, with someone that can't potentially be a cornerstone player. If you're looking at floor, defensive versatility or your internal depth charts when you're making this pick, you're doing it wrong. You take the guy that has the best chance of being a superstar and hang any other considerations. |
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Age is definitely still on Walker's side. The worrisome part is that he has subpar numbers in Triple-A and Triple-A pitching is considered around baseball circles a considerable step down from MLB pitching. Like the pitching quality has never been further apart than the majors.
Barring a hitting tear from Walker, I don't see him coming back up until September. |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Jordan Walker is one of the few things the Cardinals have gotten right.
He’s not a big leaguer right now. At all. And letting him continue to hit 50% of his balls into the dirt would’ve been an insane waste. They’ve done all they can do. The rest is on Walker. He can grow up and earn his way to St. Louis (or out of St. Louis through reviving his trade value) or he can languish away in Memphis and then ride the bench for 4 years. The Cardinals aren’t remotely to blame for Walker. His failings are on him. |
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Join Date: Sep 2019
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MLB Pipeline's final draft predictions for the Cardinals at 7.
7. Cardinals Callis: Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas (No. 5) If the Guardians pass on Wetherholt, he could get all the way to No. 7 and be the best-case scenario for the Cardinals. Smith and Burns both would be attractive to St. Louis, which also has interest in Rainer and maybe Kurtz. Mayo: Jac Caglianone, 1B,/LHP, Florida (No. 3) It didn’t seem possible that Caglianone would get to this part of the top 10, but here we are. The Cardinals could go with Hagen Smith if they opt for an arm instead. |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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And he had a solid august/September last season afterward. I don’t think that’s something you can still hold against the team. 2023 was rocky but with the way it ended, 2024 was a clean slate for both sides. The Cardinals learned from 2023 (at least as it relates to Walker) and Walker didn’t. |
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