Wallner's OPS over the past three weeks over north of 1.300.
With the July 30 trade deadline quickly approaching, local Minnesota sports insider Darren Wolfson suggested that Twins' outfielder Matt Wallner is a name watch.It has been a tale of two seasons for Wallner. In 13 games in the major leagues, he slashed .080/.273/.240, prompting his demotion to Triple-A in mid-April. In 52 games for the Saints since being sent down, Wallner has slashed .270/.379/.517 with 16 home runs and 43 RBIs.
Earlier this week, just before Wallner was named the International League Player of the Week, the Twins demoted Alex Kirlloff and instead of giving Wallner another shot they called up Austin Martin. “Matt Wallner, I don’t think he thought he was coming up. You could have made a case, lefty bat down, bring up a lefty bat…I just wonder, let’s call this reckless speculation on a Thursday, Matt Wallner is a great trade chip," Wolfson began. "The Twins have received calls going back the last couple of years. At this point, it looks like has passed him by. You don’t call up Wallner now. To me, you trade Matt Wallner in July. Something to keep an eye on, I would put it that way.
Martin, Larnach and Wallner are all in the outfield rotation along with Byron Buxton, Max Kepler, Manuel Margot and Willi Castro.Wallner went 14 of 27 at the plate with five homers in six games last week. And entering play Tuesday, the Forest Lake native is on a torrid streak that has him boasting an OPS of 1.326 over the past three weeks.He is 14-27 with 5 homers and 2 doubles in his last 6 games…good for a 1.
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