Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Travis Blankenhorn was born August 3, 1996, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He is a second baseman in the MLB.

After signing, Blankenhorn made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Twins and he was later promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. He posted a combined .244 batting average with three home runs and 23 RBIs in 53 games between both clubs. Blankenhorn spent 2016 with both Elizabethon and the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he batted a combined .293 with ten home runs and 41 RBIs in 59 games with both teams. In 2017, he returned to Cedar Rapids, slashing .251/.343/.441 with 13 home runs and 69 RBIs in 118 games, earning Midwest League All-Star honors.

Blankenhorn spent 2018 with the Fort Myers Miracle. In June, he was named a Florida State League All-Star and won the Home Run Derby with 31 home runs. In 124 games with Fort Myers, he hit .231 with 11 home runs and 57 RBIs. He returned to Fort Myers to begin the 2019 season before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos with whom he was named to the Southern League All-Star Game. Over 108 games between the two clubs, he slashed .277/.321/.466 with 19 home runs and 54 RBIs.

Blankenhorn was added to the Twins 40-man roster on November 20, 2019. On September 14, 2020, Blankenhorn was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his major league debut the next day against the Chicago White Sox, and picked up his first major league hit off of Matt Foster.