Jacob Dalton Walsh (born July 20, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Walsh attended Melbourne High School, Jacksonville State University, Eastern Florida State College, and Florida Southern College. In 2017, as a junior at Florida Southern, Walsh started 16 games and went 12–1 with a 2.80 ERA over 99+2⁄3 innings. Following the season’s end, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Walsh signed with St. Louis and made his professional debut with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 5–0 with a 0.95 ERA over 28+1⁄3 innings.
He spent the 2018 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League and the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, appearing in 25 games (24 starts) with both clubs in which he went 9–5 with a 2.51 ERA and 116 strikeouts.
On November 19, 2021, the Cardinals selected Walsh’s contract and added him to their 40-man roster. He returned to Memphis to begin the 2022 season. On May 11, the Cardinals promoted Walsh to the major leagues.
Jake has never divulged any information about his parents, he is a very private person who likes to keep his personal life away from media attention.