Twins' Walker Jenkins: Lands on IL with strained hamstring
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Jenkins was placed on the 7-day injured list Monday with Single-A Fort Myers due to a strained left hamstring.
He exited Friday's game with the injury, which also happened to be Opening Day for the Mighty Mussels, so Jenkins has just one plate appearance (and one strikeout) to his name this season. The expectation is that once Jenkins is healthy, he will quickly force a promotion to High-A, as he had a 1.054 OPS in 12 games at Single-A last year and is one of the best prospects in baseball.
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Twins' Walker Jenkins: Leaves game with hamstring injury
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Jenkins left Single-A Fort Myers' game Friday against Tampa early with a hamstring issue, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.
Jenkins missed some time in spring training due to a quadricep strain, so it's less than ideal that he's dealing with another soft-tissue injury coming out of Fort Myers' first game of the season. He struck out in his lone at-bat Friday before departing.
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Twins' Walker Jenkins: Nursing quad strain
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Jenkins won't play Saturday in the Twins' Spring Breakout game against the Rays due to a quadricep strain, Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Jenkins is still able to hit but was scratched because he's not able to run at full speed. The top prospect is expected to be good to go by the time the minor-league season begins in early April. Jenkins dominated during a short stint at Single-A Fort Myers in 2023 but could head back to the affiliate to start the 2024 season, given that he just turned 19 less than a month ago.
Jenkins was promoted to Single-A Fort Myers on Tuesday, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.
The No. 5 overall pick in this year's draft, Jenkins wasted no time forcing a promotion from the Florida Complex League. The 18-year-old outfielder slashed .333/.382/.549 with two home runs, three steals and a 12.7 percent strikeout rate in 55 plate appearances.
