Amateur career
Jeffers attended Sanderson High School in Raleigh,North Carolina. [1] In 2015,his senior year,he hit .398 with two home runs. [2] Undrafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft,he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he walked-on to the UNC Wilmington Seahawks baseball team. [3]
In 2017,Jeffers' freshman year at UNC Wilmington,he appeared in only 13 games,but hit .348 with one home run and five RBIs. [4] That summer,he played in the Coastal Plain League for the Wilmington Sharks. [5] As a sophomore in 2018,he started 52 of 53 games and batted .328 with ten home runs and 32 RBIs, [6] earning First-Team All-CAA honors. [7] After the season,he played for the Upper Valley Nighthawks of the New England Collegiate Baseball League [8] [9] where he earned All-Star honors. [10] In 2018,Jeffers' junior season at UNCW,he slashed .315/.460/.635 with 16 home runs and 59 RBIs over 62 starts, [11] earning a First-Team All-CAA selection for the second consecutive year. [12]
Professional career
After his junior year,Jeffers was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the second round with the 59th overall selection of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] He signed with the Twins and made his professional debut with the Elizabethton Twins before he was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels in July. [3] [20] [21] Over 64 games between the two clubs,he slashed .344/.444/.502 with seven home runs and 33 RBIs. [3] [22] In 2019,he began the year with the Fort Myers Miracle,with whom he was named a Florida State League All-Star,before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in July,with whom he finished the season. [23] [24] [25] Playing in 103 total games with both teams,Jeffers batted .264/.341/.421 with 14 home runs and 49 RBIs. [26]
On August 20,2020,Jeffers’contract was selected by the Twins to the active roster. [27] He made his major league debut that same day against the Milwaukee Brewers,recording two hits including one RBI over three at-bats in a 7–1 win. [28] He finished the season batting .273/.355/.436 with three home runs and seven RBIs over 26 games. [29] In 2021 for the Twins,Jeffers slashed .199/.270/.401 with 14 home runs and 35 RBIs over 85 games. [30]
On July 16,2022,Jeffers was placed on the injured list with a right thumb contusion. On September 27,he was activated off of the injured list. [31] In 67 games for the Twins in 2022,Jeffers hit .208/.285/.363 with 7 home runs and 27 RBI.
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