Jordan Walker

[WAR God]

Watched highlights from last night’s game.

His swing looks different. Shorter, more emphasis on flipping wrists, and an upward plane. Looks a little deliberate, but can’t argue with the results.

[GeddyWrox]

It's good to see him doing well. He looked like he was having FUN last night.

[GeddyWrox]

I have a family member who works for the Cardinals and he says JW is the nicest guy in the world. I can't help but root for the guy to reach his potential.

[sighyoung]

I have a family member who works for the Cardinals and he says JW is the nicest guy in the world. I can't help but root for the guy to reach his potential.

My daughter went to college with someone who went to high school with Walker. The person said the same thing: genuinely nice guy.

[cardsfantx]

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Smacks of a guy who has had trouble making adjustments since AAA. It’s probably hard to be told for years that your hit tool is elite(exit velocity), then be flogged by MLB pitching. The club says you gotta adjust; short too, long through. But to yourself, you’re still the guy that everyone hyped. There’s pride involved here. Being a “nice guy” is good for the clubhouse. But it doesn’t make you pliable/coachable.

[heyzeus]

Don't love seeing the hitting coach putting a player on blast like that.

[Spider John]

Tuesday (today) Marmol was joined by Cardinals hitting coach Brant Brown, and a large part of the on-air discussion focused on struggling Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker.

Just to bring you up to date, Walker has 328 plate appearances through Monday’s loss to the A’s.

Among 245 MLB hitters that have a minimum 320 plate appearances this season, here’s where Walker ranks in various categories:


.220 batting average, No. 225

.267 on-base percentage, No. 238

.313 slugging percentage, No. 239

.587 OPS, No. 240

66 wRC+, 34% below league average offensively, No. 238


.092 Isolated Power, No. 231

31.7% strikeout rate, No. 240

WAR: minus 1.1, No. 244

In addition, Walker has five home runs in 304 at-bats, which computes to one homer every 60.8 at-bats. Walker averaged a homer every 26.25 at-bats as a rookie in 2023, and hit a long ball every 32.8 at-bats last season.

It’s easy to see – and conclude – that Walker is going the wrong way. He isn’t improving; he’s getting worse.

Walker has a Batting Run Value of minus 11 – which puts him in the bottom eight percent of MLB hitters. He’s also in the bottom two percent of hitters in whiff-swing rate (34.7%) and strikeout rate, and is in the bottom three percent in chasing pitches out of the strike zone (34.3%).

Walker has lapsed into really bad habits at the plate. And though he’s still just 23 years old, Walker is closing in on 1,000 big-league plate appearances. By now it’s reasonable to expect to see progress from him. Any progress will do.

https://www.stlsportscentral.com/2025/0 ... iew-9-2-25

Carlson, Gorman, Walker, who else am i missing that has never met their expected potential?

[cardsfantx]

Don't love seeing the hitting coach putting a player on blast like that.

I agree, but I guess it depends also?

Brant is fighting for his job. So i doubt he’s only told Walker things once and then decides to say it in public. I’m betting he’s been told a ton, and he’s just not either listening or just doesn’t get it.

And we all know hitting coaches are let go all the time. And if your supposed prized offensive centerpiece (till JJ came along), still isn’t panning out, it looks bad on you.

But I agree…I don’t like seeing him put it out there in public. But again, since he could get fired, I can see where he’s coming from.

[booger71]

Walker stands too far away from the plate to try and pull those pitches that are a foot outside.