Will Walker Jenkins be prone to injury in his majors career as he is in his minors?
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As we all know the twins are all prone to injuries we can all agree on that but Walker Jenkins and the saints are just as prone to injury as the Minnesota Twins but the main person I want to focus on is Walker Jenkins. Who missed both spring breakouts because of injury. Both were Left ankle sprains and they were both around the time of the spring breakout both years and right in the middle of spring training. Jenkins a 30 year old 1st round pick top prospect out of South Brunswick HS. Has a good potential but very much injury prone just like some other players we know (Buxton,Correa,Lewis ETC...). He is a righty with a batting average near late 2.00 and early 3.00. Only having a couple stretches of slumping and 2 injuries. But lets take a look into his future and if he will be good and potentially injured prone in the future. According to sports illustrated he is expected to make his debut in early or middle 2026. if he can finish out this year strong and have a good spring training with out injury and if he can prove himself he is most likely on track for a early debut in 2026. He has around a 48% Chance of getting injured early in the year during the rest of the career. Also i forgot to mention he is injured now.
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Walker Jenkins is also very young so if he can not be injured and have good consistent at bats he can be very good and promising in the majors and for the twins. In my opinion he will be very good and I see him playing left field in the future and he can be very good on defense With hopefully Buxton in center throughout his early career and Wallner and Larnach in right field throughout his middle and late career.
He was also pretty injury prone throughout his high school career as well The South Brunswick Cougars missed had a lousy end to the season because of his injuries meaning he inst new to injures and he may potentially in the future. But twins Fans like me are praying that this does not happen.
- glunn and Chris Hove
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