Quick thoughts on Jordan Walker's winning the Home Run Derby (!)

That, friends, was fun

I really hope you got to see that.

Sure, it’s the Home Run Derby. It doesn’t count in the standings. None of those 31 home runs that Jordan Walker hit at Citizens Bank Park on Monday night are going to show up on his baseball card or his Baseball-Reference page. It doesn’t really, truly change anything about the Cardinals’ 2026 season. But it was pure, u…