Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com --- Friday, April 01, 2016
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Taijuan Walker, Starting pitcher, Seattle Mariners 2015 season (Majors): 29 G, 29 GS, 169 2/3 IP, 4.56 ERA, 1.196 WHIP, 11 W, 157 SO, 40 BB The name Taijuan Walker has been familiar to Mariners fans and those who monitor top prospects for quite a few years now. The Mariners drafted him in the first round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of high school and by ‘12 he was ranked as one of the best pitching prospects in Baseball. It’s been all but a smooth ride for Walker the past few years, but he’s very close to being the pitcher everyone knows he can be. Walker made his MLB debut in 2013 after posting a 2.93 ERA, 1.196 WHIP and 10.2 K/9 in 141 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple A that year. He continued to pitch well in ‘14 and even had more success in the bigs in ‘14 with a 2.61 ERA in 38 innings. Last season, Walker had his place in the Mariners’ rotation locked up, and for good reason. Despite some struggles in the Minors, Walker had proven he could have success in the bigs, so 2015 was supposed to be his time for a breakout. Unfortunately, the season resembled Jekyll and Hyde more than anything. In Walker’s 11 wins, he posted a 1.55 ERA and struck out 77 batters in 75 1/3 innings, issuing just five walks and allowing 51 hits in the 11 starts. In his other ...
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