Players in Cardinals history with 17+ HR, 50+ RBI and 10+ SB in their first 65 games of the season:
1922 Rogers Hornsby
1997 Ray Lankford
2026 Jordan Walker ‼️
Winners of 6 in a row. MVP candidate. Manager of the year candidate. Sole possession of the first wild card spot in a rebuilding year. 26th in payroll. Originators of the nationwide tarps off frenzy. $5 Budweiser terrace beers. In a rebuilding year. Chaim has saved this franchise
This is where the only-analytics folks just lose me.
Time and time again this guy will misplay a ball and they will still tout a metric that somehow doesn’t account for his brain dead plays.
And no it’s not “he covers so much ground that he literally makes up for all his mistakes” stfu
This is what happens when you don’t have veteran leadership in clubhouse.
Some people think it’s funny, I think it’s horse***t. If he was my teammate, he and I would have a major issue.
Kids come to these games and emulate us. That is a responsibility we must uphold to the highest standard.
This isn’t the WWE.