Walker Jenkins Will Win AL Rookie of the Year in 2026, And Here’s Why

[Chembry]

13 hours ago, JADBP said:

Interesting, intriguing post.  But, yeah, Twins NEED to make a trade or two now to unlock access to these budding stars; Jenkins, Emma and Gonzales.  Starting the season with both Wallner and Larnach is just plain insane.  There are so many other "replacement level" OFers on the team right now, they will lose nothing by trading them and hopefully gain two much needed results:  another good RP (in the trade) and a runway for Jenkins, Emma and Gonzales to advance to the bigs.  

The Twins just seem stuck proving they were NOT wrong in drafting Wallner and Larnach.  This is a childish reason to keep running them out there when they are in critical positions and are not even repacement level.  Right now, sure, it's only ST, but Larnach leads the team with 11 K's (38% of ABs, batting .207) with Wallner just behind him with 10 K;s (36%) while batting .250.  Emma is batting .421 and Gaby is at .500--the two highest averages on the Team.  What is wrong with the coaches/management that they can't see the problem here?  Trade Larnach and Wallner already!  They had their many chances to prove who they are.  MOVE ON!  You blew these 1st round picks...let it go already.  

It's really hard to compare stats to stats in ST.  The quality of pitching Wallner and Larnach are facing is vastly different than what Emma and Gabby are facing.  When Emma and Gabby sub into the game, they are typically facing minor league pitchers.  Yes, Emma got some starts early in camp, but the pitchers were hit or miss if they were MLB level or not.  By my count, Emma has only faced a few MLB pitchers.  I'm not sure Gabby has faced any MLB level pitching in camp during ST games.  Maybe during a live BP session against a Twins pitcher.

[Reptevia]

FYI:  It’s “Bury the lede…”

[dxpavelka]

He just has to get here and stay healthy.  Seemingly no small tasks for young fellas coming up thru our system.  All the best kid.