Cardinals' Jordan Walker 'having fun' displaying consistent power from new cleanup role
Young St. Louis slugger clubbed four homers during a five-game stretch.
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Louis Cardinals youngster Jordan Walker is having "a lot of fun. " Three home runs in three games, four in five? Who wouldn't be having fun?
One of MLB's top sluggers to open the season, Walker on Wednesday connected on Brad Lord's 85-mph, full-count slider and delivered a 107. 8-mph line drive over the center-field wall at Nationals Park, barely evading the effort of Washington Nationals outfielder Jacob Young. The fifth-inning solo homer helped propel the Cardinals to a 6-1 victory and earn the three-game series win.
The Cardinals (7-5) open a three-game series against the slow-starting Boston Red Sox (4-8) on Friday at Busch Stadium. After producing just 11 home runs in 574 plate appearances in 162 combined games during 2024 and '25, the 23-year-old fourth-year player slammed five homers in 49 plate appearances to start '26. Is Walker finally developing into the consistent power threat the Cardinals' front office envisioned when it drafted him No.