Air Jordan! Walker smacks first MLB homer

Jordan Walker, baseball’s No. 4 total prospect, hit the primary house run of his younger MLB profession on Wednesday, going deep within the backside of the seventh off Braves reliever Michael Tonkin at Busch Stadium.

The blast rocketed off Walker’s bat at 104.2 mph and sailed 383 toes over the left-field wall. It lower the Cardinals’ deficit to 5-1, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to goose the offense after Miles Mikolas’ shaky begin in a 5-2 St. Louis loss.

Already a extremely touted prospect, Walker’s popularity grew throughout the nationwide baseball panorama when he hit three homers over St. Louis’ first six Spring Training video games. He did not hit one other homer the remainder of the way in which, however he completed camp with a stable .277/.292/.471 slash line. He collected his first Major League hit on Opening Day and has gotten a success in all six video games the Cardinals have performed.