It’s no secret that not a lot has gone right for Taijuan Walker in 2024: he’s gone there and back again, with there being the bullpen. Though he pitched well in a recent relief appearance against the Mets, his impending return to the rotation, as announced by Rob Thomson, is less the result of renewed confidence in him and more the product of necessity. Still, there must be something that’s going right for Walker. For every cloud there is a silver lining, and for every ballplayer there is a part of their Baseball Savant sliders that is red (which, for those of you who have not yet been introduced to the bichromatic wonders of the slider, means good).
For Walker, Them’s the Breaks
