Minnesota Twins High 43 Prospects

Under is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Minnesota Twins. Scouting stories had been compiled with info offered by business sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column beneath: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed usually correspond to the yr a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.

A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means could be discovered here. A a lot deeper overview could be discovered here.

All the ranked prospects beneath additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning provides that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan information from numerous sources) than this text and integrates each staff’s record so readers can examine prospects throughout farm techniques. It may be discovered here.

Different Prospects of Notice

Grouped by sort and listed so as of desire inside every class.

Catcher Depth
Andrew Cossetti, C
Nate Baez, C/1B
Poncho Ruiz, C

Cossetti is a power-hitting catcher from St. Joe’s who’s at the moment at Wichita making an attempt to quicken his trade sufficient to remain again there. Baez is a brilliant bodily 5-foot-11 power-hitting backstop from Arizona State. He’s placing out a ton. Ruiz is a bodily catcher from San Diego State who’s hitting nicely at Low-A however wants quite a lot of work on protection, each when it comes to his receiving and throwing.

One Plus Pitch
Juan Mendez, RHP
Jeremy Lee, RHP
Taylor Floyd, RHP
Matt Canterino, RHP
Daniel Duarte, RHP

A 6-foot-4, 240 pound reliever, Mendez, now 25, didn’t start professional ball till age 22. He’s touching 98 mph from one of many highest launch factors in all of the minors at over 81 inches. This aids his slider (which could be very onerous to see out of hand) however hurts his fastball, and he’s given up a ton of hits at Cedar Rapids. Due to the best way his slider can clip the highest and backside of the zone, maybe that is the type of man who would profit from any type of implementation of an digital strike zone. Lee was a 2023 Day Three pick of South Alabama. He takes a strong open stride down the mound and tilts right into a vertical arm slot that produces 90-93 mph fastballs. When he can land it, his curveball is likely one of the finest within the minors, an absolute hammer that always seems prefer it’s headed on the umpire’s face earlier than it bends into the zone. He’s run into command hassle at Cedar Rapids. Floyd is a low-slot reliever who hasn’t been in a position to recapture his mid-90s kind of some seasons in the past. Canterino and Duarte have been on previous prospect lists however are at the moment out with harm, which is sadly a frequent prevalence for each.

twenty seventh Man Sorts
Michael Helman, UTIL
DaShawn Keirsey Jr., CF
Ben Ross, UTIL
Danny De Andrade, SS

Helman is 28-year-old superutilityman who’s hitting for energy at St. Paul. He’s most snug at third base however has performed all around the diamond. He’s a pleasant upper-level emergency choice due to his versatility. Keirsey fractured and dislocated his hip colliding with an outfield wall in faculty and couldn’t run for 4 months. Although he didn’t look fairly as explosive early the next yr, he performed his whole junior season and led the Pac-12 in doubles earlier than signing as a barely over-slot fourth rounder. He’s risen to Triple-A and may nonetheless play a ok middle discipline (his athleticism on the wall is superb) that he’d be a advantageous harm alternative. Ross may play everywhere however isn’t hitting in any respect regardless of being previous for Double-A. De Andrade (at the moment injured) was a giant cash shortstop signee who has carried out at a league common degree in professional ball, however we’ve issues in regards to the sustainability of his swing model.

System Overview

This can be a enjoyable, thrilling system that has improved considerably within the final calendar yr, principally due to gamers the staff has signed or drafted after which developed. There are a number of pitching prospects who signed for bonuses within the low-to-mid six figures who now occupy the 40+ (or higher) FV tier. Minnesota constantly churns out viable mid-staff pitching from sudden locations, hitting on a number of small college picks later within the draft. Plenty of these guys are quick-moving prospects who must be integral to an already aggressive huge league roster inside the subsequent couple of years. There maybe isn’t a near-term famous person up prime, however this technique has quite a few looming on a regular basis guys and lots of good function gamers. The high-upside/big-framed athletes with excessive variance — guys like Hendry Chivilli and Yasser Mercedes — had been perceived to have the potential for that type of proper tail consequence once they signed, however no one from that group has proven they will hit for contact but. A franchise-altering meteoric rise from a type of gamers appears unlikely; as an alternative, they’re potential late-breaking toolsheds with a really low ground.

The Twins are at the moment jockeying with Kansas Metropolis for second place behind the Guardians within the AL Central. They’re set as much as be deadline consumers. Recall that they received in a bit of over their heads on the 2022 deadline once they traded, amongst others, Cade Povich, Spencer Steer, and Yennier Cano. Final yr, they appeared a bit of gun shy. Their roster is full sufficient that it’d be shocking to see the Twins be a part of a blockbuster. They’re extra more likely to improve the underside of their roster, and so they have sufficient prospect depth to facilitate that with out turning this right into a below-average system. The Twins ought to keep open to the concept of buying and selling Max Kepler (who’s in his contract yr) and perhaps even Byron Buxton (signed via 2028) in the event that they suppose a few of their different inside choices (Matt Wallner or the oft-injured Alex Kirilloff for Kepler; Luke Keaschall or Emmanuel Rodriguez for Buxton) can produce at the same degree. That mentioned, catching lightning in a bottle with the Kepler/Buxton duo most likely offers them a greater probability of truly successful the entire thing, and Buxton seems like he’s heating up currently. Nonetheless, their depth offers them the choice to take a impartial deadline posture and make a deal if the relative lack of different place gamers in the marketplace makes for favorable circumstances.

The Twins’ newbie scouting group tends to draft a mixture of scout-y athletes and model-friendly statistical performers, with some guys (Keaschall particularly) who had been each. The worldwide group has focused big-framed athletes on the place participant facet, and extra not too long ago has favored older pitchers. A lot of the fastballs within the system are of the vertical persuasion, although the discharge heights are everywhere. Cutters are extra generally put in right here than different breaking ball sorts. Total, this can be a comfortably above-average farm system each when it comes to depth and high-end gamers.