# Walker & Liberatore Named Cardinal Minor Leaguers of the Month

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- Published: 2021-07-03T12:58:01-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_JORDAN WALKER & MATTHEW LIBERATORE NAMED CARDINALS TOP MINOR LEAGUERS FOR THE
MONTH OF JUNE_**

_Walker Promoted After Dominant Debut with Low-A Palm Beach; Liberatore Hitting 
Stride at Triple-A Memphis_

**ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 3, 2021 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today their
selections for Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Month for June, with former
Palm Beach Cardinals (A) third baseman **_[Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walker000jor&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**
and Memphis Redbirds (AAA) left-handed starter **_[Matthew Liberatore](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=libera000mat&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**
taking the honors.

Walker**_,_** who earned a promotion to High-A Peoria earlier this week, hit for
an eye-popping .407 average, with four home runs, 11 doubles, 13 RBI and 12 runs
scored in 14 June games with Palm Beach. The 19-year-old missed 19 games from May
21-June 11 with a wrist injury, but produced a 1.236 OPS upon his return to earn
Low-A Southeast Player of the Week honors.

“Jordan finished an outstanding month of June, earning ‘Player of the Week’ honors
for the week of June 14, followed by a well-earned promotion to Peoria,” said Cardinals
Director of Player Development **_Gary LaRocque_**.

The 6-5, 235-pound Walker was the Cardinals’ 1st round selection (21^(st) overall)
in last year’s MLB Draft out of Decatur HS (GA) and was recently named a Top 100
prospect by _Baseball America_. The Stone Mountain, Ga.-native has had a blistering
start to his professional career, hitting .365 (38-for-104) with a .465 on-base 
percentage and 18 extra-base hits in across 127 plate appearances through the end
of June.

Liberatore, the organization’s top pitching prospect, posted a 3.42 ERA in four 
starts for Memphis in June, striking out 24 batters across 23.2 innings, with a 
1.01 WHIP. The 6-4, 195-pound southpaw, had a 3-1 mark and pitched a career-high
8.0 innings in a 6-3 win over Jacksonville on June 30.

Ranked as the 27^(th) overall prospect by Major League Baseball, Liberatore was 
a 1st round selection (16^(th) overall) out of Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) in the 2018
MLB Draft and was acquired from Tampa Bay via a four-player trade in January 2020.
Earlier this month, the Peoria, Ariz.-native helped USA Baseball qualify for the
2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics, allowing just two runs across two starts (9.2 IP) with
eight strikeouts. This week, Liberatore was named to his first MLB All-Star Futures
Game roster, joining Cardinals prospect and Redbirds teammate [Nolan Gorman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gorman000nol&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)
for the event on Sunday, July 11, in Denver, Colorado.

“A very productive month for Matthew, helping USA Baseball qualify for the Olympics
in early June, highlighted by his recent selection to the Futures Game,” stated 
LaRocque.

**— STL —**

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