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Vargas and Olivo and Ichiro are on my list...it's a franchise value chart...not a U-25 talent list. Walker isn't in my top 10...his kind of talent is more dime a dozen than people at BP seem to think...I remember the same kinds of excitement for pitchers like Paul Wilson and Bill Pulsipher.
The reason to have confidence in Walker is that he's in the right organization...the Mairners now have a FABULOUS reputation for getting the most out of their pitchers. But...he's a young, hard throwing, unpolished arm right now...nothing more.