I just tried to get my average up and be a more complete hitter, just for myself and to prove I could do it.”Ĭonsider it proven. I had to use the whole field, and if I get mistakes, the homers will come. “It felt like it didn’t matter how many home runs I hit. That was always the thing I needed to work on. “I feel like it’s been a work in progress for the past three years. “I felt I had to hit for a higher average if I wanted to be seen,” Walker said. So for 2021, Walker decided to see if he could be something more. Walker has always posted exit velocities that demonstrate his plus-plus power, but the lack of affiliated team interest has made it clear that wasn’t going to be enough to get him signed by an MLB club. But through it all, he had been the same player who teams had seen for years-lots of home runs, few walks and usually a sub-.250 batting average. Walker hit 22 home runs in 2019 while playing through a sports hernia. At least if I finish up, I finish up in front of my family,” Walker said. “I figured that if I don’t perform well, at least I’ll be in my hometown. He returned home to Milwaukee to play for the newly formed Milkmen. But even after hitting 27 home runs at Triple-A Rochester in 2016, Walker lost his 40-man roster spot and bounced on and off of waivers throughout 2017.Īfter the 2018 season, he found himself outside of affiliated ball for the first time since being drafted in the third round in 2012. After a 2013 breakout season where he hit 27 home runs for Low-A Cedar Rapids in the Twins system, Walker hit 25 or more home runs in each of the next four seasons.
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