{"id":319020,"date":"2021-08-09T07:06:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T04:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/concerning-taijuan-walker-trend-at-center-of-his-struggles\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T07:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T04:06:06","slug":"concerning-taijuan-walker-trend-at-center-of-his-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/concerning-taijuan-walker-trend-at-center-of-his-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"#Concerning Taijuan Walker trend at center of his struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Concerning Taijuan Walker trend at center of his struggles<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n

Taijuan Walker deservedly earned an All-Star nod during a first-half renaissance, with his success largely predicated on keeping the ball in the yard.<\/p>\n

Walker believed he was mostly effective over six innings on Sunday, but his recent trend of coughing up home runs continued with three early solo blasts costing him in a 3-0 loss to the Phillies at homer-friendly Citizens Bank Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had the three solo home runs, and two of them were opposite field in the first row, so I\u2019m not mad about those,\u201d Walker said after suffering his fourth straight loss to even his record at 7-7. \u201cObviously I wanted to get the win, but I felt like I gave [us] a chance to win today.\u201d<\/p>\n

While ex-Met Zack Wheeler was throttling his former team on two hits over nine shutout innings, Walker was tagged for solo shots by Jean Segura and J.T. Realmuto in the first inning and Bryce Harper in the sixth to account for all of the Phillies\u2019 runs against him.<\/p>\n

\"Taijuan
Taijuan Walker surrendered three solo home runs in the loss Sunday.<\/figcaption>
Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 28-year-old Walker had given up just six home runs with a 2.50 ERA over 16 starts entering the All-Star break last month. He now has been taken deep 10 times in his past five starts, going 0-4 with a 9.86 ERA over that span.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe just pitch selection, leaving balls over the middle of the plate,\u201d Walker said when asked for an explanation about the home-run increase. \u201cAnd it\u2019s summer. I feel like I gave up some balls that went to the warning track in the first half. But it\u2019s a little hotter now, so the balls are carrying a little more, maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

After yielding the two solo shots in the first inning, Walker only was reached for one more hit until Harper\u2019s opposite-field homer with two outs in the sixth.<\/p>\n

By finishing that frame, Walker became the first Mets starter to complete six since Tylor Megill also recorded 18 outs on July 23. The quality start also marked Walker\u2019s best statistical outing of the second half, which began for him with a first-inning knockout against the Pirates on July 18.<\/p>\n

Still, the Mets dropped to 9-15 since the break and slipped into third place behind the Phillies and the Braves in the NL East.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust keep going, we have to be positive, and we are,\u201d said Walker, whose 111 innings pitched represent his most since throwing 157 for Arizona in 2017, the year before he underwent Tommy John surgery. \u201cWe\u2019re going through a little rough patch right now, but it happ<\/a>ens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a long season. There are still plenty of ballgame<\/a>s left to go. I think we\u2019re going to catch fire and it\u2019s going to be at the right time.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#Concerning Taijuan Walker trend at center of his struggles” Taijuan Walker deservedly earned an All-Star nod during a first-half renaissance, with his success largely predicated on keeping the ball in the yard. Walker believed he was mostly effective over six innings on Sunday, but his recent trend of coughing up home runs continued with three…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/1234575253-e1628478914266.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[113761,37192,94397,100689],"class_list":["post-319020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-9-21","tag-new-york-mets","tag-taijuan-walker","tag-zack-wheeler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}