Where this season puts Jordan Walker in the Cardinals’ plans going forward will be a conversation for the offseason, but there is still time in this season for him to inform the club’s view. Both the young outfielder and his coaches have clear ideas about what they want to see in the closing weeks.
“I need to see Jordan have a sense of urgency for the things that need to take place in order to give him consistent results,” manager Oli Marmol said Tuesday when asked by the Post-Dispatch what he hoped to see in the near term from Walker. “That goes with his move toward the ball, his preparation in the cage but also his approach in a game.
“You have to start to see progress,” the manager continued. “It think it’s important as you are evaluating the next month, you need to start to see progr