St. Louis Cardinals proper fielder Jordan Walker will miss not less than per week after sustaining a minor knee harm when he stepped on a sprinkler head in a spring coaching sport.
Walker, 22, was working down a fly ball in opposition to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when he was injured. He had an MRI later Tuesday which confirmed irritation in his left knee however no structural injury, Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol informed reporters on Wednesday.
“It’s what it’s,” Marmol mentioned. “We’ll let it settle down for per week after which we’ll ramp that child again up, and we’ll nonetheless have time to see him in loads of (spring coaching) video games.”
Walker was faraway from the sport, which the Cardinals received 6-4 in West Palm Seaside, Fla. Marmol mentioned Walker was relieved that the harm wasn’t critical.
“He was completely fantastic and what you’d count on it to be,” Marmol mentioned. “He desires to be there daily, however figuring out that is just a few irritation that he wants to permit to settle down in order that he can get again into it, that is clearly a constructive. He was fantastic.”
The 6-foot-6 Walker is a profession .255 hitter in components of the previous two seasons with the Cardinals, with 21 residence runs and 71 RBIs, a .317 on-base share and .423 slugging share in 168 video games.
The Cardinals chosen Walker No. 21 general within the 2020 MLB Draft out of Decatur (Ga.) Excessive College.
–Area Degree Media