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Minor changes yielding major offensive results for Cardinals prospect Luken Baker
For the 6-foot-4, 285-pound Luken Baker, it’s the small changes he made this past winter that have paid the biggest dividends for the 26-year-old Cardinals first base prospect.After spending this past offseason, like he’s done in previous ones, training at Texas Christian University’s facilities, the former Horned Frog has slashed .306/.430/.661 with 12 homers, 30 RBIs, and produced a 177 wRC+ (weighted runs created-plus) in his first 35 games of 2023 with Class AAA Memphis.
Baker entered Friday tied for the International League lead in home runs and one shy of Angels minor leaguer Jo Adell for the MiLB even after enduring a nine-game stretch from April 6 to April 15 where he didn’t hit a homer. Baker ranks within the top five among International League hitters in average, slugging percentage, OPS, walks (27), and total bases with 84.
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