{"id":870746,"date":"2026-08-27T22:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870746\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:34:09","slug":"twins-to-promote-walker-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870746\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins To Promote Walker Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Twins are going to call up prospect Walker Jenkins<\/a>\u00a0for Friday\u2019s game, reports Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com<\/a>. Minnesota will need to open a spot on both the active and 40-man rosters in order to make the move official. The club is off today, so the transactions probably won\u2019t be made official until tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Jenkins is a consensus top 20 prospect in all of baseball. Baseball America<\/a> currently lists him tenth overall, MLB Pipeline<\/a> 15th, ESPN<\/a> 12th and The Athletic<\/a> 19th. FanGraphs<\/a> is even more bullish, putting him fourth overall, behind only Jes\u00fas Made<\/a> of the Brewers, Franklin Arias<\/a> of the Red Sox and Kade Anderson<\/a> of the Mariners.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not hard to see where the hype comes from, as Jenkins is a potential five-tool star. The Twins selected him fifth overall in 2023 out of South Brunswick High School in Southport, North Carolina. Since then, he has put up a combined .303\/.404\/.490 batting line across multiple minor league levels. His 13.4% walk rate and 15.9% strikeout rate are both very strong figures. His 144 wRC+ indicates he has been 44% above league average on the whole. He has good speed and a good arm and is considered a strong defender at all three outfield spots.<\/p>\n

The major concern with Jenkins is a checkered injury history. Even before being drafted, he had undergone hip impingement surgery and suffered a hamate injury. Since going pro, various issues have limited the quantity of his production. He still hasn\u2019t topped 84 games played in any season since being drafted. In 2024, a quad strain and a hamstring injury limited him to 82 contests. Last year, an ankle sprain capped him at 84. This year, he has gotten into 73 games so far. He injured himself crashing into a wall in early May, suffering a Grade 2 AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. That injury sidelined him for a little more than a month.<\/p>\n

As a left-handed hitter, Jenkins gets rave reviews for his plate discipline and swing decisions. The power is a little behind his hit tool but the expectation has been that he would tap into more strength as he ages. The injuries have slowed that progress a bit. The scouting report from BA notes that most of his power is to the pull side and he still hasn\u2019t hit a home run off a lefty pitcher.<\/p>\n

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