Welcome to The Show, Jordan Walker!

[cardsfantx]

If I was Oli, I'd be working on getting the ball into the infield. He always takes more steps than a true outfielder to get the ball in. Wasted time that is going to make a difference.

It’s the reading of balls in the corner on doubles for me. Runners on first are going to score. I cringe when I see a ball hit anywhere where Walker disappears from camera frame. His big body takes a long time to scoop the ball. It’s like Oneil Cruz at SS. He needs the strong arm to make up for huge body scooping slowly.

I would put him in left when Nootbaar is back. DH him more too.

yeah, I'm not sure why we've placed him in RF....it's the most difficult position in terms of reading the ball off the bat. he does have the strong arm for it, but I would most def have placed him in the easiest OF position, LF

[Lesson]

-4 DRS

Anyone worried about his play in the field? I know he’s 20, but I hope it gets better.

I'm not. He didn't start playing OF until August and he's only 20.

[thrill]

-4 DRS

Anyone worried about his play in the field? I know he’s 20, but I hope it gets better.

Not even a little bit. He’s played like 50 games in the OF in his life. He’ll adjust.

Same. I have no notes for Jordan Walker. He's doing great.

[heyzeus]

-4 DRS

Anyone worried about his play in the field? I know he’s 20, but I hope it gets better.

Not even a little bit. He’s played like 50 games in the OF in his life. He’ll adjust.

Same. I have no notes for Jordan Walker. He's doing great.

He could walk a bit more. But when you're ripping the [expletive] off of every ball, it's hard to complain.

[Big Amoco Sign]

-4 DRS

Anyone worried about his play in the field? I know he’s 20, but I hope it gets better.

Not even a little bit. He’s played like 50 games in the OF in his life. He’ll adjust.

Same. I have no notes for Jordan Walker. He's doing great.

He could walk a bit more. But when you're ripping the [expletive] off of every ball, it's hard to complain.

I would like to see > 8% walk rate but if the K/BB ratio remains solid, then it’ll be okay.

[Leroy]

None triples.

[Radbird]

[WAR God]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/this-articl ... ng-streak/

Nice fangraphs breakdown.

The last worry sign is perhaps also the most important. A game plan of swinging really hard and doing a lot of damage when you make contact clearly works in the major leagues; plenty of great hitters, Rodríguez included, use it to great effect. To really make that plan sing, however, you need to put the ball in the air when you make contact. Thus far, Walker has been hitting more grounders than you can shake a stick at, and that’s going to be a problem if he can’t turn it around.

Walker has put 34 balls in play in his short major league career, and 19 of them have been grounders. That’s a disastrous ratio, and while he’s still doing plenty of damage on contact, hitting for Walker’s level of power with so many grounders is an impossible balance to strike. He’s produced a gaudy .674 wOBA when he puts the ball in the air, a mark that would have ranked sixth in the majors last season – and yet only a .455 wOBA on contact overall, which would have ranked in the back end of the top 20

[Big Amoco Sign]

Cannot hit the ball in the air.

83 WRC+
1.5% walk rate
-2 OAA
-4 DRS
-31.7 UZR/150
-0.4 WAR.

I hope this is the worst of it.

[Felix The Cat]

VEB had a solid blog post that I agree with re: Walker. Might be worth swapping him with Yepez if Walker doesn't make adjustments soon. There's pressure to start him to get regular ABs but if he's not raking at the plate, he's a detriment on both offense and defense.

Things would be different if Gorman didn't have a stranglehold on the DH spot right now.

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2023/4/17/ ... -situation