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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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dxpavelka

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As soon as I read "He has around a 48% Chance of getting injured early in the year during the rest of the career" I realized that this article and a quarter could get me a cup of coffee.  Not the good kind but the crappy kind you get for a quarter.

LambchoP

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Sure looks like he's injury prone, but you could say that of ALL Twins prospects. Look right now, our numbers 1-3 prospects are all on the IL and not for the first time. Just the way the game is nowadays I guess 

jkcarew

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You mean like Buxton and Kirilloff and Lewis (and Keaschall so far)?

No. I’m sure there’s nothing to worry about with Jenkins…or with Em Rodriguez.

Bodie

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On 4/29/2025 at 7:09 AM, dxpavelka said:

As soon as I read "He has around a 48% Chance of getting injured early in the year during the rest of the career" I realized that this article and a quarter could get me a cup of coffee.  Not the good kind but the crappy kind you get for a quarter.

 

Bodie

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The."30 year old prospect" with a. batting average between 2.00 and 3.00 didn't give a hint to the quality of writing?

(Or to be nice, the quality of someone's/everyone's proof reading)

Chris Hove

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I think it's par for the course at this point. He will be good, but I don't want to see him come up as a 25-26-year-old rookie. I would prefer he get experience earlier, especially at the higher levels. Hope he can shake this lingering ankle injury.

SD happy

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15 hours ago, Bodie said:

The."30 year old prospect" with a. batting average between 2.00 and 3.00 didn't give a hint to the quality of writing?

(Or to be nice, the quality of someone's/everyone's proof reading)

Also, he is not a righty. He bats left handed.

Fatbat

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Its still gonna take 4 years to be a bigger bust than Cavaco. 

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