TAIJUAN WALKER RUMORS
Taijuan Walker, Francisco Lindor and Cactus League Sleepers
Simultaneously FanGraphs’ trip to the desert and minor league games began Wednesday in Arizona. Trips to Goodyear and Scottsdale begot opportunities to view dozens of top prospects and some sleepers too.
Taijuan Walker – Upon arriving in Peoria Walker announced he was scrapping his traditional curveball for a “spike” curve. The decision was a shock, Mike Newman called...
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Taijuan Walker — SP — Seattle Mariners
The Mariners selected Taijuan Walker with a first-round supplemental pick (43rd overall) in the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft. The Yucaipa, California product is an athletic right-handed starter that stands at 6’4”, 210 pounds entering his age twenty season.
Walker’s three premium offerings — fastball, curveball and changeup — are still developing, but each appear to ooze the...
Taijuan Walker’s Journey
Taijuan Walker is an elite pitching prospect. Despite the TINSTAAPP rules, Walker has ranked in the top 15 of the major top 100 lists, and he’s Seattle’s No.1 or No. 2 prospect, depending on the list. Walker’s 2012 line, however, was a little underwhelming. He posted a 4.69 ERA and 4.04 FIP, and during the couple chats I’ve done with Mike Newman, I’ve seen quite a few questions...
Q&A: Taijuan Walker, High-Ceiling Mariner
Taijuan Walker is more than the top pitching prospect in the Seattle Mariners organization. The 20-year-old right-hander is among the best in the game. With only 126 innings under his belt he remains a work in progress, but his ceiling is sky high.
A two-sport star at Yucaipa (California) High School — he also excelled in basketball — the 6-foot-4 Walker was taken 43rd overall...
Seattle; It's OK to talk about Taijuan Walker
Let’s take a look at Taijuan’s 2012 season in three pieces:
From 4/09 - 5/27 - 2.24 ERA
9 GS (4-1) - 44.1 IP, 38 H, 11 ER, 14 BB, 44 K.
3.14 K/BB ratio
In these 9 starts Walker posted 2 quality starts (mainly due to pitch count control) and never allowed more than 2 ERs in a single game.
From 6/02 - 7/14 - 8.07 ERA
7 GS (1-4) - 31.2 IP, 33 H, 28 ER, 23 BB, 33 K.
1.43...
Prospect watch: A look at the three future aces of the Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners Farm Arms
Today we’re kicking off a new monthly duel series here at NWSB called “prospect watch.” Each month I’ll be writing two pieces, one covering the top three-four pitchers in the Mariners system, and the other covering the top three-four hitters in the system.
For our inaugural piece we’ll be exploring the pitching side of things. It’s not often...
Taijuan Walker Still Scratching The Surface
During the 2011 season, Mariners Taijuan Walker quickly morphed from project to one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. Entering 2012, an aggressive assignment to Double-A skipped him past the hitters’ paradise of the California League. The upper level assignment was expected to challenge the teenage right-hander. However, with a 2.86 FIP, nearly a strikeout per inning...
Mariners Top 5 options in the 2012 MLB draft (1st Round)
Expect M’s to look for bats
With a farm system consisting of Taijuan Walker, Danny Hultzen and James Paxton, one would assume the Seattle Mariners aren’t going to be looking at a lot of pitchers on draft night.
Even with the old adage “you don’t draft what you need, you draft the best possible player,” it’s hard to see the Mariners not taking an impact bat with their...
Taijuan Walker and Yasmani Grandal: Scouting the Unknown
Taijuan Walker | RHP, Mariners | Born: 8/13/1992
The Double-A Jackson Generals have quite an impressive rotation. With Danny Hultzen and James Paxton alone, it’d be among the best rotations in Minor League Baseball. Toss in Taijuan Walker, however, and now we’re looking at a truly special Double-A collection of arms, the likes of which doesn’t come around very often....
Taijuan Walker versus James Paxton in today's intrasquad game
Nice bit of cutting to the chase by the Mariners with today's intrasquad matchup. We'll see Taijuan Walker against James Paxton in a matchup featuring two of the most promising arms in the entire Mariners system.
At this stage, Paxton might be the most major league ready while Walker could be the most talented arm in the bunch. Who's to say? I guess we'll get a step...
Via Seattle Times
February 29, 2012
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