When I feel this certain about a performance-based scouting endeavor, I will seek out scouts in the field who I know who will soundboard these quantitative notions. Looking at this one part of his performance, the above list shows not a single player who was much of a solution at the MLB level. Walker has a skillset that looks very challenging to succeed. They were: Jack Cust without the walks, Calvin Pickering without the contact, Brandon Waring without the position, Brandon Fahey with power. A couple weekends ago, I tried to make Oriole specific comps for Walker. Here is a list of all players in the International League with over 350 PA and who struck out more than 30% of the time: Walker's look incredibly high, so it might be good to see how his performance differs from others. Carter struck out at AAA less than 25% of the time.Īnyway, a major difference between Walker and Carter are strikeouts. I am at a complete loss as to who is successful in the majors while striking out 38% of the time in AAA. That said, it does not compare to what Walker has gone through. He still shows trouble with making contact at the MLB level. Carter certainly had his troubles coming up through the minors with more advanced pitchers. The second bit of concern are the walk and strikeout differences between the two. An MLB hitter should be able to maintain a respectable average in the minors. Some SABR hobbyists still claim that batting average is meaningless, but it in fact can communicate quite a bit. That shows a rather significant difference in performance as it relates to meaningful contact. For one, Carter's batting average ranged from. Provided by : View Original Tableīoth show substantial power, but there are a couple differences here that illustrate Carter as perhaps a better hitter. Both are big guys and can hit the ball a mile.īelow are Walker's numbers as a professional: Yes, this past offseason he has been compared to Chris Carter, a player who has been on the edge of a MLB roster for years. It is a kind of performance that could earn Walker a few million a year as opposed to money he currently is seeing in Norfolk.Īnyway, I am ahead of myself. That might well turn someone's head and earn him a deal similar to the 3/15 deal Thames signed this past December. Walker will likely need a venue to better showcase his skills and that might entail a trip abroad. If he took his bat to the KBO, our KANG model projects Adam Brett Walker as a 281/372/509 hitter with 47 home runs. Nor does he have the prospect cache or skill set that would provide him with ample opportunity at the major league level to prove doubters wrong. However, he may not be the right kind of player to enjoy success in the majors. Indeed, Walker might be the 1,000 best baseball player in the world out of 5 or so billion, but that probably does not mean much for the Orioles. There is a reason why Walker played last year at AAA and is on a 40 man roster. The main problem though is that Walker is quite likely unable to do much against the very best pitchers in the world. He also has some of the greatest power of any batter in the world. Now, Adam Brett Walker is one of the best baseball players in the world.
They did and Walker graced the Orioles organization until his presence was put in DFA limbo as mentioned earlier.
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When the Brewers DFA'd him, the Orioles needed those seven clubs plus the Twins, Angels, Rockies, White Sox, Pirates, Marlins, Royals, Astros, Yankees, Mariners, Cardinals, Tigers, Giants, and Mets to pass on him. When Milwaukee claimed Walker, they needed the Reds, Padres, Rays, Braves, Athletics, Diamondbacks, and Phillies to pass on him. Both of those clubs are bottom third clubs short on talent and great on opportunity. The Brewers had claimed him off the Minnesota Twins. In December, the Orioles claimed Adam Brett Walker off the Milwaukee Brewers, a club that he had only been with for about two months. This doubt is well expressed in his transaction wire travels this past fall. Those differences present unique challenges to Walker and a great amount of doubt in the industry as to whether he can overcome those challenges. Carter and Walker are mashers, but that similarity ignores potentially drastic ways in which these Walker differs from the others. Around Baltimore, some of the more attentive and hopeful fans latched onto Adam Brett Walker as a diamond in the rough who could provide a performance similar to Chris Carter before he was designated for assignment upon Mark Trumbo's return.
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