With their future in town visiting and little to show him of the present at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals ushered Georgia high school star Jordan Walker and his family across the street for a tour of the team’s museum and its history. Walker enjoyed seeing the highlights of David Freese helping to win the 2011 World Series through new eyes — not as a young fan, but as a young Cardinal.
Walker passed a physical Tuesday morning in St. Louis, signed a contract later in the day at the relatively empty ballpark, and posed for photos in a jersey with a number, as the team’s Hall of Fame illustrated, he’ll never wear, No.