St. Louis Cardinals’s aerobatman, Jordan Walker, will be sidelined at least a week after having undergone a minor injury to the knee – the result of his market on a head of nozzle while pouring a fly ball during Tuesday’s spring training match against Washington Nationals.
Here is an overview of the room, which took place at the Nationals Nationals training center:
A later MRI has shown no structural damage to its left knee but has shown knee irritation. “This is what it is,” said the director of the cardinals, Oliver Marmol on Wednesday. “We are going to let him calm down for a week, then we will push this baby again, and we will always have time to see him in many games (spring training).”
The team expects Walker to be able to return to action in time to play several training games in the spring before the opening day, “Marmol said. At another level, however, the lost time could be significant, because Walker this spring works to insert the changes in the offseason in his swing.
The 22 -year -old Walker is expected to be the Cardinals’ right of the starting right in the coming season. Two Mlb Seasons, he struck .255 / .317 / .423 with 21 circuits in 168 games. Walker is not far from being one of the best hopes of all baseball, and its development as a striker is an organizational priority in Saint-Louis while the club pivots in the longer term and the emphasis on the development of young internal talents.