For Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, the difference he sees with rookie Jordan Walker in his recent return to the majors is evident.
“He looks more and more comfortable at the plate and he's taking some really good swings,” Marmol said pregame Wednesday.
The rookie feels it, too.
“Last series I felt a little bit more relaxed,” Walker said prior to Monday’s series opener against the Giants. “The first few games in MLB it was a little you know, nerves. Jumping a little bit. A little overexcited and swinging a little bit too hard.”
Across his first 11 games since getting recalled to the majors on June 2, Walker hit safely in all but two games and went 12-for-38 with a pair of home runs and five RBIs in that stretch.