It’s the Strike Zone, a special baseball-only hour of Sports Open Line! Matt Pauley continues the discussion of Jordan Walker’s return to the big leagues as first reported by Jeff Jones. Matt is joined by Brian Walton of TheCardinalNation.com to discuss Walker, Moises Gomez crushing the ball in Memphis, and other headlines coming out of the minors. John Perrotto, contributor to Pittsburgh Baseball Now and Baseball Digest, also joins the show to give us the scouting report on the Bucs and to preview the Cardinals-Pirates series at PNC Park.

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