Heading into the 2021 season, Blankenhorn was a fringe prospect of note. He checked in at 25th on the Twins top-30 prospect list at Baseball America and 29th on Fangraph’s list, with both outlets pegging him as a future bat-first bench bat with some pop. That made his subsequent odyssey around the league rather puzzling - despite having options, the Twins DFA’d Blankenhorn in early May, and he passed through the Dodgers and Mariners organizations before finally landing with the Mets on June 1st.
The rest of the season was about one would’ve expected from Blankenhorn headed into the season, just not for the same team.