2024 overview
Rating: 3.86
MLB Stats: 7 G, 18.1 IP, 4.42 ERA, 6.17 FIP, 1.418 WHIP, -0.1 bWAR
Date of birth: June 28, 2001 (22-23 years old season)
Earnings: Pre-arbitration
2025 status: On the 40-man roster, two options remaining
The tall, lanky, lefty Blake Walston was once a first round draft pick (1-26) for the Dbacks out of high school in North Carolina. If you would have asked many of us myself included, projections were pretty high for the left hander largely because of his size, athleticism and ability to spin the breaking ball from the left side even as a high school kid. Walston was 6’5’’ and a lanky 175 pounds as a high schooler and so despite sitting 90-92 mph with his fastball, every…
