{"id":440227,"date":"2022-05-01T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/taijuan-walkers-strong-start-in-return-a-silver-lining-for-mets\/"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T09:35:22","slug":"taijuan-walkers-strong-start-in-return-a-silver-lining-for-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taijuan-walkers-strong-start-in-return-a-silver-lining-for-mets\/","title":{"rendered":"#Taijuan Walker&#8217;s strong start in return a silver lining for Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29f41294949\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29f41294949\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taijuan-walkers-strong-start-in-return-a-silver-lining-for-mets\/#%E2%80%9CTaijuan_Walkers_strong_start_in_return_a_silver_lining_for_Mets%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Taijuan Walker&#8217;s strong start in return a silver lining for Mets&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTaijuan_Walkers_strong_start_in_return_a_silver_lining_for_Mets%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Taijuan Walker&#8217;s strong start in return a silver lining for Mets&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The bats and bullpen didn\u2019t hold up their ends Saturday night, but the Mets have to feel good about what they received from starting pitcher Taijuan Walker in his return from the injured list.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 All-Star hurled five shutout innings in a 4-1 loss to the Phillies, his first start in nearly three weeks. Walker had posted two scoreless frames in his first outing of the season, on April 11 in Philadelphia, before leaving with a shoulder injury that later was diagnosed as bursitis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt really good, just the shoulder and getting through five innings finally, and feeling good with it,\u201d said Walker, who also was slowed by a knee injury at the start of spring training. \u201cMy shoulder feels great, my knee feels great. I\u2019m looking forward to getting back to my routine and pitching again in five days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old righty said Friday that his \u201cshoulder feels brand new\u201d since he received an injection during his stay on the injured list. He allowed two singles \u2014 by Nick Castellanos in the second and Alec Bohm in the third \u2014 and walked two on 73 pitches before Trevor May relieved him with a 1-0 lead to start the sixth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Taijuan-Walker.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Taijuan Walker\" class=\"wp-image-22100576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Taijuan-Walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Taijuan-Walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Taijuan-Walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Taijuan-Walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taijuan Walker<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think one more outing where I\u2019m limited as far as pitch-count, but I feel like I\u2019ll be able to go six to seven innings and keep up with our starters right now,\u201d Walker said. \u201cEveryone is going deep into <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and that\u2019s kind of the goal for me right now, to go out there and to try to get deep into games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mets manager Buck Showalter simply is glad to have Walker, who also picked Castellanos off first base following his single, healthy and available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to see him get back in the fight with us,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cIt\u2019s been tough on him, being away. It looks like hopefully he\u2019s put himself in a position to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had good life on his fastball, had all of his pitches, and he felt good physically. It was a tough decision in the fifth inning, but I wanted him to get the fifth if I could. \u2026 He was close to where we wanted to take him, that\u2019s why I had a pitcher ready in case there was an issue there, but he was able to finish the fifth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s next scheduled turn likely will be in Philadelphia next weekend, which would mean his first three spread-out starts this season would be against Joe Girardi\u2019s club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I got like six pitches now I can throw out there,\u201d Walker said. \u201cI would like to throw more first-pitch strikes and get ahead more, but I think I am just keeping them off balance. I think I gave up like one or two hard-hit balls tonight. 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