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Social media is a wild landscape and the voices manifest themselves in different ways. Sometimes you see people within the same circles try to cannibalize themselves and it presents a great level of theater. This time the Minnesota Twins got dragged in.
In Major League Baseball, it’s often the gatekeepers of yesteryear that are out against the current product. John Smoltz is still given a microphone during the World Series despite hating what the game has become. Aubrey Huff looks to take down anyone behind his keyboard. Maybe the worst of them all though is Jeff Frye.
A new-60-year-old who spent eight years in the big leagues doing effectively nothing, Frye targeted former MN Twins pitcher Trevor May in his latest tirade.
Minnesota Twins Trevor May shuts down Jeff Frye
The entire persona of Jeff Frye exists on the premise that he is important because he played in the major leagues. He made roughly $10 million and as an elderly gentleman, is willing to argue with anyone online why he knows the game better. Unfortunately, doing so with fellow big leaguers makes no sense.
He’s training the plant & transfer, Jeff. If you want to force the feeling of a strong plant and get the body thinking turn and throw as quickly as possible, it’s a solid way to do it.
— Trevor May (@IamTrevorMay) December 27, 2025
The conversation starts with Frye going after traditional teaching methods. He’s created a whole persona about going after Aaron Judge’s hitting coach Richard Schneck (who is goofy). The problem is that he asserts those same feelings to anyone working with the game of baseball in a progressive manner.
May substantially advanced his career from what he was with the Twins, to what he became with the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics by using progressive principles. The 36-year-old was not having any of it.
Frye: This drill is a joke! As a former MLB infielder I can promise you that if anyone even suggested I try this drill to supposedly feel something I would have laughed in their face! So would everyone of my teammates!
May: You don’t have to quote tweet every time if you don’t want to man, It’s not required. Fine, I’ll do it too,just this one time. Anyways, I’ll ask again, what drill would you recommend instead? You were an MLB infielder! Help the kid out, he just wants to get better.
Frye: My bad! I guess I just wanted everyone to see a former MLB pitcher telling a former MLB infielder what’s a good drill and what’s not.
May: You’re almost 60 years old my man, why you acting like we’re on the playground. I’m telling you the purpose of the drill, that you clearly did not know. Don’t get upset, just impart better wisdom to help out a kid that you are criticizing.
Frye: What does my age have to do with the fact that this is a stupid drill? And please show me where I criticized the kid. I’ll wait…
Jeff Frye/Trevor Maye X(formerly Twitter)
It’s truly ridiculous the level of high-horse status that Frye seems to derive his entire existence from. He was a below-average hitter (91 career OPS+) and not someone that you would no aside from his old man yelling at a cloud shtick on social media. He wants to remind you he’s a former big leaguer though.
Frye would hate being tied to any valuation that asserts a numerical statistic to his output, but he was worth 4.5 fWAR across 667 career games. Essentially, the worst player on a bench in any given year is likely to have a greater career.
The weirdest part of this whole exchange is that May, who provided more value as a relief pitcher (5.6 fWAR in 358 games), wasn’t even attacking the elderly man. He was merely suggesting that the drill had physical and functional fitness validity.
A quick glance at Frye’s feed shows this is how he traditionally interacts with people, and information is often something that scares him. Meanwhile, the former Minnesota Twins pitcher is simply looking to test himself for the sake of a challenge. Go Trevor May.
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