SAN DIEGO — Regardless of the moves they make in the coming months to fill obvious vacancies, the Cardinals intend to reach spring training with one assured opening.
An opportunity will await prospect Jordan Walker.
“He’s an exciting player,” said John Mozeliak, Cardinals president of baseball operations. “He does something that I think everyone agrees is a skill. He hits the ball hard, and he hits it often, and usually that translates to being able to do it here.”
Walker, who turns 21 in May, thundered through Class AA with a .898 OPS for Springfield, and when invited to the elite Arizona Fall League, the right-handed hitter from Georgia greeted advanced pitching with a .