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.
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. Rice - Savery Hale(6) Cox(8).Win-Hale(1-0) Save-Cox(3) Loss-Eric Fowler(0-1) T-2:43 A-2984HR: RICE - Rodgers (1).Stephen Head faced 1 batter in the 7th.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. Junior right-hander Anthony Cupps (1-0, 0.00 ERA) is scheduled to start on the mound for Ole Miss, while the Bears are expected to counter with senior left-hander David Smith (3-4, 4.17 ERA in 2004). The Bears opened their season with an 8-2 loss to Rice Friday evening at Reckling Park, and are playing Lamar Saturday afternoon. The Rebels will conclude the Coca Cola Classic with a 10:30 a.m., game Sunday morning against SW Missouri State. Danny Lehmann and Adam Morris also collected two hits each of the Owls.īrian Pettway went 2-for-5 to lead the Rebels at the plate. Rogers finished the afternoon 3-for-3 with four RBI as Rice out-hit Ole Miss (2-1) 10-5 on the afternoon. Junior right-hander Bryce Cox pitched two scoreless innings to earn his third save.įowler (0-1) was charged with the loss, allowing two runs on two hits and one walk, while striking out two in 1 1/3 innings. Hale did not allow a hit and walked two, while striking out one in two innings of work. Sophomore right-hander Adam Hale (1-0) earned the win in relief for starter Joe Savery.
Rogers then lined a 3-0 offering from Fowler down the left field line for his first home run of the season. Junior left-hander Eric Fowler came on in relief of Head and walked Brian Friday to put runners on first and second and bring Rogers to the plate. Tyler Henley started the seventh by being hit by a pitch from Stephen Head. The Owls plated two runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-2 before scoring three runs in the seventh. The Rebels (2-1) took advantage of four Rice (6-1) errors early in the game to build a 4-0 lead after four innings. 15 Ole Miss, in front of 2,984 in the Coca Cola Classic Saturday afternoon at Reckling Park. 10 (Sports Weekly/ESPN) Rice to a 5-4 win over No.
HOUSTON - First baseman Adam Rogers hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to lift No.