{"id":120886,"date":"2026-05-01T22:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/jordan-walkers-start-is-a-rorschach-test-and-cardinals-fans-are-split\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:24:46","slug":"jordan-walkers-start-is-a-rorschach-test-and-cardinals-fans-are-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/jordan-walkers-start-is-a-rorschach-test-and-cardinals-fans-are-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Walker\u2019s Start Is a Rorschach Test\u2014and Cardinals Fans Are Split\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jordan Walker\u2019s first month has contained some of the highest highs any player is ever going to reach, and some familiar lows. How do we rationalize what we\u2019ve seen so far?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We\u2019re about one month into the baseball season for the 2026 St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>. In the grand sweep of the season, this is but the opening line. It\u2019s too early to draw any conclusions from what we\u2019ve seen thus far. But, if you\u2019re like me and watching essentially every inning, it feels<\/em> like a lot of baseball has been played. Which brings me to a thought I\u2019ve been wrestling with for the last few games. What\u2019s the rational way to react to Jordan Walker\u2019s start?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Let\u2019s go to caveat land first. He should play the whole season no matter what \u2013 this is the year to learn what he\u2019s really got in the tank. It\u2019s still early. We\u2019ve seen two versions of Walker and that will likely normalize as the year goes on. He\u2019s the same age as JJ Wetherholt and has had an odd career track up to this point. (Now, hold these residents of caveat land in your head all the way through \u2013 please and thank you!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Through roughly 30 games, we\u2019ve seen two versions of Jordan Walker. Let\u2019s start with the Thanos version of him first<\/a>. (Yes, I\u2019m using Thanos positively here as a kind of destroyer-of-worlds-template in favor of the Cardinals.) From the hallowed stretch of April 4th through April 16th, Jordan Walker turned the difficulty level down to Rookie and treated the league like MLB the Show. Let\u2019s just laugh together at some highlights: .370\/.408\/.848, a .478 ISO, a 246 wRC+, and 7 homers. Try to export those numbers to another country and Walker would be charged with war crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He ran career lows in groundball rates, sprayed the ball all over the field, and ran a miniscule 6.5% weak contact rate. The eye test confirmed this. Every ball off his bat was a scud missile buried somewhere in the side of the wall or doing architectural damage to the stadium beyond the fence. Every single problem we wanted him to solve was solved to a Sherlock Holmes degree in this microdose of games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It went beyond the numbers, though. Walker seemed in control<\/em> at the plate<\/a>. He was jumping on hittable pitches early and was patient on balls out of the zone. He didn\u2019t seem to be lunging like Richard Simmons at every slider low and away. The defense was quite improved (still is!) and he was even stealing bases like Victor Scott II. (Or, not like Victor Scott II \u2013 yikes<\/a>.) In a nutshell, it was everything that everyone who roots for the Cardinals had ever wanted for Jordan Walker. He was a national topic \u2013 Eno Sarris was buying in<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ok, now take a deep breath. Remember, there have been two Jordan Walkers so far. From April 17th through this writing (April 29th), Jordan Walker has looked like Old Jordan Walker. As Ecclesiastes says, there is a time for dancing and a time for mourning. Let us mourn together: .216\/.333\/.243 (the OBP isn\u2019t bad there!), an .027 ISO, a 78 wRC+, and one extra base hit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s worse than that (do you still have you citizens from caveat land on board?), he struck out 37.8% of the time and doubled<\/em> his groundball rate from his thermonuclear streak. He\u2019s been lunging at low and away sliders like I lunge at toasted ravioli (just trust me!), and working seemingly every single count to 0-2 immediately. It\u2019s been ugly the last couple of weeks \u2013 and it\u2019s been ugly in a recognizable way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So, let\u2019s step back. What do we make of this first month? It seems to be a matter of perspective. If you told Cardinal fans at the beginning of the year that Walker would have a 151 wRC+ after the first month, they\u2019d probably ask you how someone got ahold of Yadier Molina\u2019s blood for ritual purposes. That\u2019s an unqualified success \u2013 no doubt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, it\u2019s more complicated than that because of the nature of his performance. He went from Aaron Judge lookalike to Old Jordan Walker all in the same month. This is where opinions are going to vary. If it scares you to see the old habits rear their heads, then you\u2019ve got all the ammunition you need to worry. If you\u2019re thrilled that we\u2019ve seen Peak Jordan Walker, then you\u2019re probably feeling good that we\u2019ve seen what\u2019s possible<\/em> from a 23 year old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In short, Jordan Walker is a walking Rorschach test<\/a>. His ink blot can be read in either direction you\u2019d like to read it. Obviously, as he plays more this season, that ink blot will begin to take a more definite shape that we can use to adjust our expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I can\u2019t and won\u2019t tell you how to fan, but I will share my perspective. I\u2019m worried. We have an enormous amount of data that tells us that Jordan Walker may never figure it out. He turned into an MVP for roughly two weeks and then reverted back. I\u2019m not rooting against him. I\u2019m just concerned that his body of work shows that he\u2019s back to the approach and habits that landed him in an early career tailspin in the first place. I\u2019d like nothing more than for Jordan Walker to develop into the cleanup hitter of the future for the Cardinals. I\u2019m not ruling it out by any stretch. His underlying physical gifts are such that he could flip the switch at any second by refining his approach again. That\u2019s what I want. I just don\u2019t know if the Cardinals inkblot is going to deliver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Let me know how you\u2019re feeling in the comments. And, as always, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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