Here’s how long it’s been since Diamondbacks right-hander Taijuan Walker won a baseball game: The Cardinals were exactly one month away from reporting for training camp.
That’s right: Walker’s last win came on June 21 when the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 16-5. Since then, he’s taken the ball 10 times, with four losses and six no-decisions. It’s not as if Walker has pitched exceedingly poorly over that stretch; his ERA was 3.43 after the win over Colorado and it will be 3.66 when he starts Saturday against the San Francisco Giants.
Which makes his 0 for 10 all the more mystifying.