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April 11, 2007 Player ProfileGeoff Jenkins
After a disappointing 2006 season, Brewers manager Ned Yost placed Geoff Jenkins into a platoon with newly acquired teammate and fellow corner outfielder, Kevin Mench, making him one-half of a Menchkins outfielder. Despite some initial protesting about wanting to start, the two players tore up spring training, and have continued to beat up opposing pitching the first two weeks of the regular season. As a bit of a tribute to a platoon that certainly should—and most likely will—continue, let's take a look at both Geoff Jenkins and Kevin Mench for this week and next, starting with the long-time Brewer. Geoff Jenkins was originally drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the 1992 amateur draft, but he chose to attend USC rather than sign. Jenkins was honored with various awards during his time as a college ballplayer, winning a few Pac-10 Conference All-Southern and All-American team honors, as well as a Pac-10 Southern Player of the Year award. The Brewers made him the ninth overall pick in the 1995 amateur entry draft, and he would sign on shortly afterward, beginning his professional career with Helena in the Pioneer League. Jenkins would finish up the year at Double-A El Paso, which was quite the jump for someone playing their first half-a-year out of amateur ball:
Year Team AB AVG/OBP /SLG XBH% ISO 2B+3B BB% K% 1995 Helena(Rk) 28 .321/.375/.393 11% .072 1 9.4% 34.4% 1995 Stockton(A+) 47 .255/.373/.489 42% .234 2 17.5% 21.1% 1995 El Paso(2A) 79 .278/.341/.418 32% .140 6 9.2% 26.4%
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