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Meet Jared Walker – Quakes First Baseman

First baseman Jared Walker, currently playing with the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, was selected by the Dodgers in the fifth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. Although he had committed to Kennesaw State University in Georgia, he quickly signed with the Dodgers being the first player from that draft to sign on the dotted line. He was signed as a third baseman.

At that time, Baseball America had this as a scouting report on Walker.

“Walker is a bat-first player who is likely to move down the defensive spectrum from his current shortstop.