What Should the St. Louis Cardinals Do with Jordan Walker?
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - MARCH 11: Jordan Walker #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals at bat during a spring training game against the Washington Nationals at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on March 11, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images) | Getty Images Jordan Walker is a riddle wrapped up in enigma hidden inside of a 3-lock box for the St.
Louis Cardinals. Since his major league debut in 2023, Walker has seen the optimism about his abilities fade into pessimism about whether he really can be fixed. I asked the question of what you would do if you were President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom regarding Jordan Walker’s future.
The answers varied from letting him be the starting right fielder for the Cardinals on Opening Day because the team doesn’t have a better option, send him to the low minor leagues and make him earn his promotions back to the big club or designate him for assignment. In case you missed our interview with St. Louis Cardinals manager Oli Marmol , here are his comments about Jordan Walker: “This has been one that…keeps us up at night.
We have to figure it out. When I say I’m committed to it, I need to think of a stronger word to make sure that this dude figures it out…with us…because there’s a real skill set there, but I do feel like we missed some time in getting to where we’re at now. I wished we would have gotten to this point sooner.
What I mean by that where there’s real vulnerability of what has actually happened…how do we feel…how are we gonna get on the other side of this to create real change…not just say we’re working on something, (but) six months later it looks very similar. I feel like we’re finally at a point where that’s happening. It could be a month before we feel good about it…it could be three months before we feel good about it…I may feel good about it in 3 hours….