Hochman: Cardinals’ Jordan Walker, now ‘100% bought in to the process’ per Marmol, is saving his career

Benjamin Hochman | Post-Dispatch

Sports columnist

On Saturday morning, a line of St. Louis fans serpentined from the Rawlings Experience store at Westport Plaza, past multiple buildings, nearly to the parking lot. This was 40 minutes before the event would begin.

Jordan Walker and Masyn Winn, the Cardinals’ 23-year-old rising stars, would meet and greet the faithful.

Winn, unmistakably, is a rising star. Statistically, he’s the best defensive shortstop in the National League. He’s sixth among NL shortstops in on-base percentage. And since the All-Star break, he’s hitting .329.

But come to think of it, Walker actually might not count as a rising star. Baseball journalists, like myself, indeed prematurely anointed him as one — the touted 6-foot-6 slugger debuted at age 20. But 830 at-ba