Source: Playing cards set to recall prime prospect Walker from Triple-A

The Cardinals will recall Jordan Walker forward of Friday’s sport towards the Pirates, a supply advised MLB.com. The membership has not confirmed the transfer.

The outfielder/third baseman is rated because the Majors’ No. 1 prospect in keeping with MLB Pipeline.

After a robust exhibiting in Spring Training, Walker didn’t simply make the Cardinals’ 2023 Opening Day roster, he began in proper discipline and batted eighth towards the Blue Jays within the season’s first sport. Walker, who only recently turned 21 years previous, greater than held his personal throughout his first 20 MLB video games with a league-average 101 wRC+. He additionally set a Cardinals’ report for recording successful in every of his first 12 MLB video games.

In the midst of a poor stretch from the Cardinals and an outfield logjam in late April, St. Louis optioned Walker to Triple-A, a stage he’d by no means performed at after making the direct soar to the Majors from Double-A. In 29 video games with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, Walker hit .239/.348/.398 with 4 dwelling runs.

With Tyler O’Neill and Dylan Carlson on the injured listing and Lars Nootbaar leaving early from Monday’s sport because of again spasms, a gap arose for Walker.