Jordan Walker’s homer streak

Jordan Walker hit his seventh home run of the season on Sunday, giving the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder the Major League lead through April 12. (cbssports.com) Walker went 2 for 4 with a solo homer in a 9-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Busch Stadium. The home run came in the third inning and was his sixth in eight games. (cbssports.com, mlb.com, crunchsports.com) Through 15 games, Walker is batting.314 with a 1.092 on-base plus slugging percentage and 13 runs batted in. ESPN’s game log showed him at six homers after Saturday, before Sunday’s blast pushed him to seven. (espn.com, cbssports.com) The surge stands out because Walker hit six home runs in 111 games in 2025. By April 12, he had already passed that total before the Cardinals had finished their 16th game. (stltoday.com, sports.yahoo.com) Walker is 23 and entered the majors as one of the Cardinals’ top prospects after St. Louis drafted him 21st overall in 2020. He made his Major League debut on March 30, 2023. (mlb.com) His power has shown up in Statcast readings, too. Major League Baseball tracked his April 11 homer at 429 feet with a 109.6 mile-per-hour exit velocity, and reports on Sunday’s shot described it at 432 feet. (mlb.com, sports.yahoo.com) Major League Baseball’s rookie leaderboard page lists Walker among 2026 rookie hitters, and his home run total put him at the center of the early rookie power race. His start has come while St. Louis opened the season 8-7 and sat one game behind Pittsburgh in the National League Central after Sunday’s loss. (mlb.com, espn.com) For the Cardinals, the next question is whether Walker can carry this pace deeper into April. For now, he has turned the first two weeks of the season into the loudest stretch of power in his big league career. (stltoday.com, cbssports.com)