Walker not using injuries as excuse

"I have no excuses," Walker said. "It's just been a bad year for me. I'm hoping that there is nothing in [the elbow], and I'm just going to try to finish the year out and we'll go from there." Walker pitched a ...

[jason]

Just shut Guthrie down and don't risk ruining him for next season. It's not worth it at this point. That guy has been the staff workhorse this year anyhow.

[Joe]

Yep, we road a good horse to death, 81 appearances by Walker last year. I am for keeping an open mind with him and assume if healthy he can help the team next year. Would I have signed him for three years in the first place though? No, but lets hope he can redeem himself, he seems like a decent guy.

[oscanada]

At least Walker is honest about his performance! It's pretty painful to watch a 'lefty specialist' come in time after time and surrender so many HRs. We should have kept Bradford but obviously there wasn't much of a market for Walker.
In hindsight, I guess there were better ways to spend 42 mill than on 3 year contracts for Bradford, Walker and Baeyz back in '07. At least the O's got re-imbursed for some of Baeyz's contract via insurance and shed themselves of some of Bradford's contract. They are still on the hook for Walker in '09 at about 4 mill so I'm guessing will see him for part of the year anyway.

[BirdLand]

Am with Jason shut Jeremy down for the season.How many more game are the O's going to win with Jeremy one or two or none.

[Attila the Hon]

If Adam Loewen wants to be a good hitter for the Orioles, he'll need to do at least two things:
(1) develop as disciplined a batting eye as his buddy Nicky,
(2) learn the fine art of effective bunting.

[easywriter01]

Not using injuries as an excuse???? That's like saying, I'm not making excuses for being late, but my alarm clock didn't go off, I got stuck in a traffic jam, had a flat tire and hit every red light. Making excuses is exactly what Walker was doing. If I were him, I would be embarrassed to show my face in public or collect my paycheck. What a pathetic excuse for a major league pitcher!