Baseball is a tough business, and Taijuan Walker was reminded of that when his 2.54 ERA across six starts this year couldn’t help him avoid an entirely circumstantial move to the bullpen.
He picked up right where he left off, and then some.
Walker was dominant in his bullpen season debut to cap Wednesday’s 7-0 win over the Rays. The Phillies righty struck out seven batters and allowed one hit in three innings for his first career save.
He was the headliner from a Phillies pitching standpoint on Wednesday, and that’s saying something. Cristopher Sánchez was electric in front of him, surrendering just one singular hit against the team that traded him to Philadelphia in 2019.