***Official 2024 STL Cardinals Thread ***

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeup.

Has, at best, neutral splits. In reality he has a slight reverse split.

And remember how I said that he'll struggle with outside stuff? Gee, I wonder if lefties can hit that outside corner easier than righties can.

Remember fellas, there are still pitchers in this league that CANNOT get a ball to the outer 1/3 without it coming through the hitting zone. They can throw one wide of the zone or they come inside, but to get it to the outer 1/3 of the zone, they have to give you a pitch that comes through the zone first.

These are RH pitchers that throw at 3/4 or lower and pitch from the 3b side of the rubber. There are PLENTY of them. You won't realize it until you start looking for it.

Those are guys that Walker should punish. Because he can sit on that pitch and if the pitcher throws him one that he can't hit, he knows he can spit on it and it'll be a ball. If it's one he can hit, he can turn on it because it's GOING to cross into the hitting zone on the way to the outside.

A lefty, however, can just stay out on the outer 1/3 and work him over.

Bringing Walker up for the short side of a platoon is almost certainly the dumbest thing this organization has ever done with him. And that's an INSANELY high bar to clear. Yet they managed.

I cannot get over what a poorly run ship this is. Every single thing they do is wrong.

I went to a batting cage that was regulation MLB size and speed. Circa mid 2000's when the fast ball was 95. It would thrown sliders, curves or fastball and an algorithm to run it. you didn't know what was coming, couldnt time the pitch. I had no chance. Made me appreciate MLB players that can lay off that outside pitch.