Walker went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a loss to the Brewers on Thursday.
Walker provided the bulk of St. Louis' scoring with a three-run blast to left field in the sixth inning. It was his fourth homer across his past nine contests and his 22nd of the campaign -- already a career-high mark and good for 10th in the league. After looking like he might be a highly touted bust with a couple of poor campaigns in 2024 and 2025, Walker is in full breakout mode this year, ranking fifth in the majors with an .893 OPS and leading the league with 73 RBI. He's heading to his first All-Star Game and will also participate in the Home Run Derby, per MLB.com.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Belts 21st homer
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Walker went 3-for-8 with with a two-run home run and a second run scored across both games of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers.
The breakout slugger gave his squad an early 2-0 lead in the matinee by taking Jacob Misiorowski deep, but it was pretty much all downhill from there for the Cardinals as they got swept. Walker has homered three times in the last seven games, giving him 21 long balls on the season, and during that stretch he's batting .348 (8-for-23) with two doubles, nine runs, 10 RBI and more walks (six) than strikeouts (five).
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Breakout campaign continues
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Walker went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, two runs scored and a walk in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta.
The four RBI were Walker's most since June 10 and also marked his fourth game this year with at least four RBI. After struggling to find his footing in the major leagues across his prior three seasons, the dynamic 24-year-old outfielder has been a force in St. Louis' lineup this year. Walker has been a five-category contributor for fantasy managers, slashing a potent .291/.346/.519 with 19 homers, 63 RBI, 11 stolen bases and 49 runs scored.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Receiving afternoon off
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Walker is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Walker will head to the bench for the first time since April 22 in what appears to be a routine off day. Lars Nootbaar will shift over from left field to make the start in right field in place of Walker, who has enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2026 with a .290/.343/.516 slash line, 18 home runs, 10 steals, 58 RBI and 47 runs through 79 games.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Plates three runs Friday
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Walker went 1-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Friday's loss to the Twins.
Walker had only one knock in this game but it was a big one, as he broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the seventh with a bases-loaded double that scored JJ Wetherholt, Ivan Herrera and Alec Burleson. Walker has at least one RBI in six of his last seven games, a stretch in which he's hitting .364 with a 1.061 OPS. He's also riding a nine-game hitting streak.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Breakout campaign continues
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Walker went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 9-2 win over the Mets.
Walker extended his hitting streak to seven games and his RBI streak to five Wednesday. The 24-year-old right fielder has five multi-hit efforts during that former stretch, as well. Walker has blossomed into a five-category fantasy producer in 2026, slashing .303/.360/.566 with 17 homers, 52 RBI, 10 stolen bases and 45 runs scored over 275 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Big day in Saturday's win
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Walker went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Reds.
The 24-year-old took Nick Lodolo deep in the fifth inning, snapping a brief 10-game power drought. Walker has strung together three straight multi-hit efforts, boosting the breakout star's slash line on the season to .301/.362/.559 through 61 contests with 16 homers, 10 steals, 43 runs and 46 RBI.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Tallies three more hits in rout
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Walker went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 10-3 win over the Reds.
Walker tallied his second straight three-hit performance, highlighted by what proved to be the game-winning RBI double in the fifth inning. The 24-year-old has also swiped a base in back-to-back games and now sits one steal shy of matching the career-high 10 he recorded last season. Overall, he's slashing .297/.359/.547 with 15 homers, 45 RBI, 42 runs scored and nine stolen bases across 256 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Goes yard once again
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Walker went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's extra-innings win over the Royals.
Walker was one of three St. Louis players who recorded multi-hit performances, and the outfielder continues to enjoy a breakout season in 2026. This was his 13th long ball of the campaign, and he's hit safely in all but four of his 13 games in May. Walker is hitting .367 with a 1.181 OPS, four homers, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, two stolen bases and a 7:10 BB:K across 56 plate appearances this month.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Homers again Thursday
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Walker went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional RBI in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Athletics.
Walker came through in multiple key spots Thursday, first tying the game in the sixth inning with a solo homer off Jacob Lopez before delivering the eventual game-winning RBI on a double down the right-field line in the ninth. The young outfielder has stayed hot throughout May, batting .318 with nine RBI since the start of the month. Walker is now slashing .294/.370/.575 with 12 home runs, nine doubles, 32 RBI, 33 runs scored and seven stolen bases across 181 plate appearances as he continues to put together a breakout season.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Blasts homer in loss
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Walker went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 3-2 loss to San Diego.
Walker was the lone source of offense for St. Louis, crushing a towering 425-foot two-run homer off the top deck of the Western Metal Supply Co. building against Walker Buehler in the fourth inning. After struggling mightily over the past two seasons, the 23-year-old outfielder has been firing on all cylinders to begin 2026. Through 39 games, he's slashing .299/.377/.578 with 11 homers, eight doubles, 29 RBI, 31 runs and seven stolen bases.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Four more hits Friday
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Walker went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in Friday's win over the Dodgers.
This was Walker's fourth straight game with a hit and seventh consecutive contest reaching base, as the outfielder continues to enjoy a breakout start to the 2026 campaign. Over that seven-game stretch, Walker has three multi-hit performances while slashing .407/.469/.593 with a homer, nine RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases. He's been the driving force on offense for the Cardinals all season and is on pace to deliver career-best numbers across all categories.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Keeps rolling Thursday
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Walker went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Pirates.
That's now seven RBI in Walker's past three outings, which comes on the heels of his eight-game stretch with no RBI. The 23-year-old former top prospect is finally realizing his potential as a five-category fantasy producer during his fourth year in the major leagues. Through 116 at-bats, Walker is hitting .284 with nine homers, four doubles, 23 RBI and five stolen bases.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Collects three RBI on Tuesday
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Walker went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored during the Cardinals' 11-7 win over the Pirates on Tuesday.
Walker gave the Cardinals a 3-0 lead with an RBI single in the third, and he drove in two more runs on a sacrifice fly and another RBI single in the fifth and seventh innings, respectively. It was Walker's fourth multi-RBI game of the season and his most in a game since April 4 against the Tigers (five). He is slashing .283/.358/.547 with five steals (on six attempts), eight home runs and 19 RBI over 120 plate appearances this season. He sits in the top 10 in the National League in home runs, slugging percentage and OPS.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Homers yet again Monday
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Walker went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run in Monday's loss to the Guardians.
Walker's blast was a shot to left-center field in the sixth inning. The blossoming outfielder has gone deep in three straight games and in seven of his past nine contests. He's batting a sizzling .405 over that latter span with seven homers, 12 RBI, eight runs and a stolen base. Walker certain seems to be in the midst of a breakout campaign, as he currently leads MLB with eight homers and ranks seventh with 15 RBI.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Swats league-leading seventh homer
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Walker went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Red Sox.
In his first at-bat of the afternoon, Walker took Brayan Bello deep to left field for his MLB-leading seventh home run of the season. The ball left the bat at 103.8 mph and traveled 432 feet. He later blistered a single to center field. Hitting the ball as hard as anyone through two-plus weeks of the season, Waker is now slashing .327/.393/.745 with the seven homers, 14 RBI, 13 runs scored, one stolen base and a 6:17 BB:K across 61 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Homers in loss
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Walker went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's 7-1 loss to the Red Sox.
Walker accounted for the Cardinals' lone run, launching a 429-foot blast in the eighth inning. He's in the midst of a seven-game hitting streak that includes five home runs and three multi-hit efforts. While it's a small sample, the 23-year-old appears to finally be delivering on his immense upside, slashing .314/.386/.706 with six homers, 13 RBI, 12 runs scored and a stolen base across 57 plate appearances this season.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Goes yard in three-hit effort
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Walker went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run, a double and two additional runs scored Sunday's 11-7 loss to the Rays.
Walker turned in his eighth career game with at least three hits, smashing his first homer of the year in the process. The 23-year-old was once one of the top prospects in all of baseball, and he profiles as a post-hype sleeper of sorts during his fourth season in the big leagues in 2026. Walker is set to be St. Louis' everyday right fielder moving forward, but he may need to move up a bit in the batting order to increase his fantasy upside.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Homers in final spring game
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Walker went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's Grapefruit league finale against the Astros.
Walker's first and only home run this spring went 413 feet and was measured at 111.3 mph off the bat. He also contributed a single that exited his bat at 106.5 mph. While he finished spring training on a high note, it's been a disappointing camp for Walker on the whole, as he hit only .205 with a 3:16 BB:K over 47 plate appearances. The 23-year-old will open 2026 as the Cardinals' everyday right fielder and should be offered some leash during the club's rebuilding season.
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Cardinals' Jordan Walker: Late add to lineup
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Walker will bat seventh and play right field Friday against the Diamondbacks.
Walker wasn't in the initial starting nine, but he'll enter the lineup after Nolan Gorman (undisclosed) was scratched. The Cardinals activated Walker from the 10-day injured list Friday morning. He's slashing .210/.267/.295 with three homers and three steals in 191 plate appearances this season.
