{"id":73826,"date":"2024-05-20T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=73826"},"modified":"2024-05-20T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:06:11","slug":"minnesota-twins-top-prospects-walker-jenkins-brooks-lee-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/20\/minnesota-twins-top-prospects-walker-jenkins-brooks-lee-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Begin Rehab Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Twins are fighting inconsistency at the big-league level. They&#8217;re in the midst of a six-game losing streak and have gone 3-7 in their last ten games. While they were surging thanks in part to a summer sausage provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jeffery01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Jeffers<\/a>, they&#8217;ve cooled a bit and are sitting in third place at 24-22. One thing going for the Twins is that they seem to be getting healthier. Two of the Twins top prospects got great news on the health front in outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=jenkin001wal&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walker Jenkins<\/a> and shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=lee---000bro&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooks Lee<\/a>. They were sent out on a rehab assignment that is starting with the FCL league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brooks Lee and Walker Jenkins both played today for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MNTwins<\/a>\u2019 FCL team and each went 0-for-4, though Jenkins also walked.<\/p>\n<p>First game for each on a rehab assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DanHayesMLB (@DanHayesMLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanHayesMLB\/status\/1792632068540645470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Walker Jenkins and the Twins<\/h3>\n<p>Jenkins is the Twins No. 1 prospect entering the season, according to MLB Pipeline. The book on Jenkins is that he could be a plus hitter with plus power from the left side of the plate. The power was a bit lacking in a small sample during his first professional season in 2023. He hit 3 homers with five doubles and three triples. Jenkins also carried an eye-popping .362\/.417\/.571 slash line throughout the season between two lower levels of the minors.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins, 19, currently sits at No. 8 in MLB&#8217;s Top 100 after being selected No. 5 in the draft last season. He hasn&#8217;t played as he&#8217;s working his way back from a hamstring injury that he suffered in the season opener. Jenkins went 0-4 with a walk in his first rehab game.<\/p>\n<h3>Brooks Lee Inches Closer<\/h3>\n<p>MLB Pipeline has Brooks Lee reaching the majors this season. He&#8217;s the second of the Twins top prospects starting a rehab assignment, but he&#8217;s a bit different than Jenkins. Lee is a switch-hitter who has impressive contact skills and an advanced approach. Last season, across Double and Triple-A, those skills were on display with a .275\/.347\/.461 slash line. He struck out 91 times in 565 plate appearances while walking 56 times. He has moderate power, having hit 16 homers across both leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, 23, was taken in the first round of the MLB draft in 2022. Despite suffering a back injury in spring training, he&#8217;s No. 15 in all of baseball while being the second of two to headline the Twins top prospects. He&#8217;ll head out on a rehab assignment in hopes of making the big club by the end of the season. Lee went 0-4 in his first rehab game.<\/p>\n<h3>The Twins Top Prospects and the Farm System<\/h3>\n<p>As the Twins are looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/16\/tigers-vs-twins-al-central-showdown\/\" target=\"_self\">contend in an AL Central<\/a> that became crowded with the Kansas City Royals joining the Cleveland Guardians and Twins in being relevant, a farm system is necessary to plug holes at the big league level. While the Twins were ranked 15th in the preseason, they&#8217;ve proven so far that they can withstand a little bit of an injury bug while still competing for the top spot in the AL Central and a potential Wild Card berth.<\/p>\n<p>With the American League being up in the year, it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if Brooks Lee finds his way onto the roster. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/correca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Correa<\/a> always being a question mark with injuries and Lee playing mostly shortstop and third base, there is a path for him this season. We will likely see Jenkins in a couple of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Twins are fighting inconsistency at the big-league level. They&#8217;re in the midst of a six-game losing streak and have gone 3-7 in their last ten games. While they were surging thanks in part to a summer sausage provided by Ryan Jeffers, they&#8217;ve cooled a bit and are sitting in third place at 24-22. 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