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Baseball’s normalcy dictates that St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker’s problems are very understandable for a player his age, and many current great had similar start to their careers.
The early-season difficulties of erstwhile top prospect Jordan Walker, whose.155 batting average through 20 games in 2024 has earned him a ticket to Triple-A Memphis, have caused St. Louis Cardinals fans to become anxious. Walker’s debut in 2023 was anticipated with almost more excitement than any other in recent Cardinals history following a rough Spring Training. However, some impatient fans have blamed the Cardinals for not developing the young slugger due to Walker’s poor start to the season.
Walker still has a great chance to become a superstar, and young players typically have difficult starts in 2024. Walker is twenty-one years old, and many hitters his age are still batting against minor-league or college-level pitchers rather than competing at the highest level. Fans of the Cardinals should take comfort in the fact that other players who started their careers at Walker’s age have gone on to become stars.
This season, CJ Abrams of the Washington Nationals is hitting.305 with an OPS of 1.013. Abrams hit just.246 in his first season at age 21, with an OPS+ of 75, which is 25 points below the league average. with his first full season with Boston, Xander Bogaerts, who was also 21 years old, hit.240 with an OPS+ of 84. Since then, the shortstop has been selected for four All-Star teams and won five Silver Sluggers. Finally, in his first 635 plate appearances in the major leagues from the ages of 20 to 22, veteran Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez hit just.239 with eight home runs. Since then? Not to mention six top-10 MVP votes, four Silver Sluggers, and five All-Star appearances.
This should demonstrate that there is every reason to think that Walker can catch up to big-league pitching and that he is far too young to make any judgments. He possesses the work ethic to make the required corrections at the plate, as evidenced by the significant improvement in right field defense he has already made.
Fans of the Cardinals shouldn’t anticipate that every highly anticipated prospect will immediately develop into Albert Pujols. The Cardinals’ future is not in jeopardy—just look at the aforementioned instances to understand that these growing pains are typical and anticipated of a player Walker’s age.
