Chicago White Sox MLB Draft Player Comparisons
#2: Steele Walker
Round 2, Pick 46
Position: Outfielder
MLB Player Comparison: Andrew Benintendi
Steele Walker has a little more than just a cool name.
The Oklahoma outfielder has a sweet, powerful lefty stroke that enabled the junior to hit .352 with 13 home runs and 53 runs batted in for the Sooners this season.
Walker is short — not Nick Madrigal short but still just 5-foot-11 and weighs just 190 pounds.
The best example of a sweet-swinging, short lefty is Andrew Benintendi of the Boston Red Sox. Benintendi, who is 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, hit .380 with 19 home runs in his final season at the University of Arkansas.
Steele Walker hits BOMBS pic.twitter.com/aVOs7d5Toc
— Sox On 35th (@SoxOn35th) June 5, 2018
Walker isn’t nearly the type of draft prospect that Benintendi was, as Benintendi was picked seventh-overall in the 2015 draft.
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But Walker’s power stroke and size measure up nicely to that of Benintendi.
Lets hope that the White Sox got a “steele” in Walker.