The St. Louis Cardinals believed that they had a star on their hands when Jordan Walker was making his way to the big leagues. Walker has a huge arm, good speed and incredible power. He was unanimously one of the top prospects in the game of baseball.
Walker came up in 2023 and he looked to be everything that he was expected to be. Walker slashed .276/.342/.445 with 16 home runs and 19 doubles in his first 117 games in the big leagues. The Cardinals expected Walker to take a big jump in his sophomore year.
But all that Walker did was take a huge step back. In his second year, split into a few stints in the big leagues, Walker slashed .189/.248/.357 with just five home runs in 46 games…