ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Walker Jenkins can do just about everything on a baseball field. All he has to do is stay on the field.
His second full pro season took a while to get going, due to an injury he first suffered in Spring Training. But once he got going, Jenkins has spent the last three-plus months reminding everyone why he’s been ranked as high as the No. 3 prospect in all of baseball. And now he finds himself on the doorstep of the Major Leagues in more ways than one.
Still ranked as the Twins’ No. 1 prospect (now No. 14 overall ), the 20-year-old plays his home games less than 10 miles away from Target Field. He’s playing with nearly a dozen teammates who have been in the Majors at some point. It all makes a lifelong dream seem a little more real.
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