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At the beginning of the offseason, we ran our Top 20 Twins prospect rankings. We did very early, in large part, because we thought there was some chance that the Twins could be active in the trade market. There was a thought at that point that they wanted to trade off some salary, and if that could be done, they might be in line to trade for high-level pitching.

Fast-forward about four months, and the only trade the Twins made was a Christmas Eve deal which sent lefty Jovani Moran to the Red Sox for utility man Mickey Gasper . Gasper is a 29-year-old with just 70 games played in Triple-A, and a 13-game big-league stint. Then in early January, the Twins acquired Diego Cartaya from the Dodgers for DSL right-hander Jose Vasquez .

For the first time since 2017, the Twins made a selection in the major-league portion of the Rule 5 draft. They picked right-handed pitcher Eiberson Castellano from the Phillies organization.

One more bit of information before jumping into the Twins Daily 2025 Minnesota Twins Top 20 Prospect Rankings. There has been a bit of confusion as to whether or not right-handed pitcher Zebby Matthews meets “prospect” requirements. We use MLB’s rookie requirements as our limits for prospect status.

As a reminder, hitters must have fewer than 130 at-bats to remain prospect-eligible. For pitchers, they must have fewer than 50 innings pitched. Matthews threw 37 2/3 innings for the Twins in 2024. The third criteria is that the player must have fewer than 45 days of service time. Matthews has 48 days of MLB service time. So therefore, he is not “prospect-eligible.” However, when I reached out to Twins Daily writers to vote, Baseball-Reference said that he was under the rookie limits. Of course, as I look at it today, it has been changed to “Exceeded rookie limits during 2024 season.”

With that, let’s get to our rankings. But first, don’t forget that the current Twins Daily Top 20 Twins can always be found at this link . No only can you see the rankings, but you will be able to see more information on that player, find a listing of all articles and videos that each player has been tagged in on this site. You may want to bookmark that site.

The Twins Daily Top 20 Minnesota Twins Prospects
If you click on the link of the player’s name here, it will take you to their prospect page or to a page showing the search results of articles they’ve been tagged in.

#1: OF Walker Jenkins (20) - The fifth overall pick in the 2023 draft is now a Top 5 prospect in the game of baseball. He played 33 games at Low-A Fort Myers and 34 games at High-A Cedar Rapids last year before ending the season with a week at Double-A Wichita. Size, strength, and speed, Jenkins is on a fast track and is a true five-tool talent.

#2: OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (22) - It was a rough, injury-plagued season for Rodriguez. Hand and wrist injuries meant he was only able to play in 37 games at Wichita. In that time, he hit .298/.479/.621 (1.100) with 12 doubles, two triples and eight home runs. He played in seven games for the Saints before his season came to an end with another wrist injury. Unfortunately, he sprained his ankle in mid-February and hasn’t seen game action yet. If healthy, the Top 40 global prospect should debut in 2025 and display his immense talent and skills.

#3: 1B/2B/CF Luke Keaschall (22) - Didn’t play after August 8th so that he could finally have Tommy John surgery, but showed enough to be the Twins minor league player of the year. He showed that he could hit for average, get on base, and slug, doubles and home runs. He’s got good speed too. Seemingly came out of nowhere to be a consensus Top 100 prospect.

#4: RHP Charlee Soto (19) - So young by age, but Soto has a grown up body. He’s already 6-4 and certainly over the 210 pounds he’s listed at. He uses his strong legs for leverage and a strong arm to reach back and fire fastballs near (and frequently above) 100 mph. He’s working on the secondary pitches and consistency, but the stuff and work ethic are there.

#5: RHP Andrew Morris (23) - Morris’s career appears to be about six weeks behind Zebby Matthews . Both started the 2024 season with seven starts at High-A and ended the year with seven starts at Triple-A. He’s got a mid-90s fastball, a sharp slider, and a quality changeup. Most years, he would have run away with the Twins minor league pitcher of the year awards. He’s close to big-league ready. When will he get that opportunity?

#6: RHP Marco Raya (22) - A leg injury has slowed Raya’s progress in his first big-league camp this spring, but people are rightfully excited about his potential. What role will he have? Last year, he made 25 starts and reached 97 2/3 innings. The team limited him to three or four innings for most of the season. He ended the season with five shutout innings for the Saints. Will he start? Will he be a guy that the Twins bring in for three or four innings at a time. With his fastball and slider, he’s got a chance to be an impact arm in whichever role.

#7: SS Kaelen Culpepper (22) - The Twins top pick in 2024 out of Kansas State University made his professional debut with nine games at Fort Myers and 17 games at Cedar Rapids. I believe Culpepper is a really nice combination of high floor prospect with a fairly high ceiling as well. He is a good athlete that can hit for average and gets on base well. There is potential to add some power and steal more bases while playing strong defense.

#8: SS/CF Brandon Winokur (20) - The 6’-6” Winokur is one of the top two or three athletes in the Twins system. Offensively, he hit .249/.327/.434 (.761) with 19 doubles, three triples, and 14 home runs. He also had 23 stolen bases. He was two years younger than the average hitter in FSL. The average hitter in the league hit just .229/.332/.347 (.679). Winokur was about 11% better than the average hitter while playing a quality shortstop and center field. It’s exciting to see what happens as he continues to gain strength.

#9: RHP Cory Lewis (24) - While Lewis may not reach into the upper 90s with his fastball, he is generally in the low-90s with sharp secondary pitches. And, everyone talks about the knuckleball, and for good reason. He throws it into the mid-80s with very little spin. It almost acts like a changeup, but a changeup that bounces all over. Another starting pitcher who reached Triple-A by season’s end in 2024. Like Morris (and Matthews, Festa, Raya, MacLeod, etc), Lewis is close, just needs to keep working, and make himself as ready as possible when the call comes.

#10: LHP Connor Prielipp (24) - The Wisconsin native was the Twins second round pick in 2022 out of Alabama knowing he had Tommy John surgery in 2021. Over the past two seasons, he has pitched a combined 30 innings. However, he is back this spring, showing a fastball at 98 and a slider at 93-94, and we are all hoping!!

#11: LHP Dasan Hill (19) - In the second round of the 2024 draft, the Twins went with another left-handed pitcher, Dasan Hill from Grapevine, Texas. At 6’-5” and (maybe) 165 pounds, he has the potential to grow into his body and add velocity. That’s pretty exciting when you consider he’s already hitting 100 in bullpens. He will make his pro debut in 2025, presumably with the Mighty Mussels.

#12: RHP CJ Culpepper (23) - The Twins have signed several pitchers out of Cal Baptist the past few years, but Culpepper has the highest upside. A mid-90s fastball is one of his six pitches that he is comfortable using at any time. He missed time with some arm issues but was able to return each time and even moved up to Double-A late in the season.

#13: IF Kyle DeBarge (21) - He has been the starting shortstop at Louisiana-Lafayette. In his three seasons, his OPS jumped from .750 to .994 to a gaudy 1.117 in 2024. Don’t be fooled by his 5’-9” height, he had 43 extra base hits including 21 home runs. The Twins used their bonus pick for losing Sonny Gray in free agency to select him. He debuted with 26 games with the Mighty Mussels last year where he had 15 stolen bases.

#14: OF Eduardo Beltre (18) - Every year, teams sign a whole bunch of 16-17 year olds and then try really hard to develop them. The Twins gave Beltre a seven-figure signing bonus in January of 2024, and when the DSL season began, he came out hitting. In 44 games, he hit .326/.453/.618 (1.071) with nine doubles and 11 home runs. He had 10 stolen bases and played all three outfield positions. Should come to the States and play in the FCL in 2025.

#15: OF Yasser Mercedes (20) - Mercedes was a seven-figure bonus guy from the Dominican in 2022. He also had a big pro debut in the DSL (.975 OPS). He came to the States in 2023, but he had an injury that affected him throughout the season. In 2024, he went back to the FCL and dominated, hitting .331/.421/.568 (.989) with 18 doubles and six homers. He stole 18 bags. He struggled in 10 Mighty Mussels games after the FCL season, but that shouldn’t diminish the excitement surrounding this talented player.

#16: IF Rayne Doncon (21) - It was about this time last year that Doncon came to the Twins from the Dodgers organization with Manuel Margot in exchange for shortstop Noah Miller. He played well in the rookie leagues before struggling in his first full-season in 2023. He played in 38 games for Fort Myers and hit .283 (.838) with 13 doubles and four homers. He finished the season with 56 games in Cedar Rapids where he hit .235 (.730) with 11 doubles, three triples, and seven home runs. He is an impressive athlete with size and speed and the world of potential.

#17: RHP Eiberson Castellano (23) - The Twins Rule 5 pick in December, we have seen him throw a couple of times this spring. We have seen him hit 94-96 with a fastball and he’s got a very impressive breaking ball. No question the Twins would love to keep him in the organization, but can they afford to keep him on the big-league roster all season? He split 2024 between High-A and Double-A Reading. In 103 2/3 innings, he walked 29 and had 136 strikeouts.

#18: IF Billy Amick (22) - Amick was the 60th overall pick in the 2024 draft out of the University of Tennessee where he hit .306/.387/.639 (1.026) with 14 doubles and 23 homers. He had spent two seasons at Clemson. As a sophomore, he hit .413/.464/.773 (1.236) with 17 doubles and 13 homers. He’s a masher who will need to find a corner infield position. Huge power potential.

#19: OF Kala’i Rosario (22) - After winning Midwest League MVP and a championship in Cedar Rapids in 2023, Rosario displayed his power in the Arizona Fall League. He moved up to Wichita in 2024. Unfortunately, an elbow injury cost him over two months of his season, so he did return to the Fall League. Left off of the 40-man roster, Rosario will look to remain healthy and continue to show the power that has made him an intriguing prospect.

#20: OF Gabriel Gonzalez (20) - Gonzalez was one of four players that the Twins received last spring from the Mariners for Jorge Polanco . Just 20, he began the 2024 season with the Kernels. He didn’t show the power in games that he is touted to have, but he more than held his own despite being more then two-and-a-half years younger than the league average. He also missed a couple of months in Fort Myers rehabbing a back injury. 2025 will be an opportunity for him to reclaim his prospect status if he can remain healthy.

So there you have it, the official Twins Daily 2025 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings. Below are some additional thoughts from looking at the voting, rankings, and such.

Next Up?
Should one of the Top 20 Twins prospects be unable to accept the duties and responsibilities of a Top 20 Twins Prospect, or graduates from 'prospect-dom,' the #21 prospect by our vote was catcher Ricardo Olivar . Over the past two seasons, Olivar has consistently ranked in the 16-22 range. He spent most of the 2024 season in Cedar Rapids before ending the year with a few weeks in Wichita.

The Next 10
So, you know the rankings of our top 21 Twins prospects. I think it’s fun and interesting to see which minor league prospects were next in line, and that group is really interesting as well. Instead of stopping at #30, we’ll give you 10 more names and you’ll have the names of our Top 30 Twins prospects. However, just to keep you on your toes, I’ll just give you the names of prospects 22-31 in alphabetical order.

RHP Travis Adams (25) - Sixth round pick in 2021 from Sacramento State, Adams finished the 2024 season with the Saints. Then in November, he was added to the team’s 40-man roster.
RHP Adrian Bohorquez (20) - The young flamethrower just turned 20 on Monday. So young, and so much to work on, but he’s got a strong frame and an upper-90s fastball as a starting point.
RHP Matt Canterino (27) - What we wouldn’t give to see this former second-round pick get one healthy year. We held out hope. After one outing this spring, he has been shut down with shoulder discomfort. Still no questioning the talent or the work ethic.
C Diego Cartaya (23) - The Twins acquired Cartaya from the Dodgers last month when he was DFAd. Before the 2022 and 2023, he was a top 30 prospect by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline. While his bat has slowed since hitting Double-A, he remains strong behind the plate and he’s still got some pop.
1B/3B Rubel Cespedes (24) - Strong left-handed bat with a lot of power, Cespedes had a big season in Cedar Rapids in 2024.
SS Danny De Andrade (20) - De Andrade got the big signing bonus and moved up one level every year, more than holding his own. Unfortunately, an ankle injury caused him to play just 29 games. Strong bat and defense. If healthy, should fly back toward the Top 10.
SS Daiber De Los Santos (18) - Like Beltre, De Los Santos got a big bonus and came up big in his pro debut in the DSL. In 48 games, he hit .301/.384/.460 (.844) with 11 doubles, five homers and 17 steals.
IF Payton Eeles (25) - He was the minor-league story of the year in 2025. Non-drafted, the Twins signed him in April and he went to Fort Myers. Soon after, he got a chance in Cedar Rapids. Then the Saints needed a roster spot filled. Payton Eeles went up to the Saints and not only stayed there the rest of the year, but played almost every game, often playing shortstop at leading off. Will he get a big-league shot in 2025?
OF DaShawn Keirsey (27) - A fourth-round pick in 2018, Keirsey has remained healthy the past three seasons and has been terrific, filling the box score and stat lines. Can hit for average, uses the whole field, knows the strike zone, surprising power, incredible defense, range and arm. Finally got a big-league opportunity in September. Can definitely play in the big leagues.
IF Tanner Schobel (23) - The Twins second round pick in 2022 from Virginia Tech spent the full season in Wichita and struggled. He hit just .211, though he had 20 doubles and 10 homers. Played mostly third base.

Top 3 Remain the Same, but…
No surprise. The top three prospects didn’t change. Walker Jenkins is the top guy, followed by Emmanuel Rodriguez and then Luke Keaschall . However, it should be noted that approximately 25% of our voters moved Keaschall ahead of Rodriguez in their rankings. Ultimately, that’s not terribly important, and all three of those guys are Top 100 global prospects with a chance to contribute to the Twins, maybe in 2025, but certainly down the line.

The Value of a Twins Player Development Tweet
The reality is that unless you not only go down to Fort Myers and hang out on the back fields, but also sit close enough to the radar gun, it’s hard to know what’s going on and who is looking good. Thankfully, we get the occasional “Tweet” from the Twins Player Development account to give us a look. In my opinion, a couple of tweets really helped the prospect rankings of both Connor Prielipp and Dasan Hill.

Quick note if any Twins Player Development twitter account managers see this… Thank you, and More, Please.

The Pitching Pipeline is Real
Since Derek Falvey took over, the dream for Twins fans was that he would develop a pitching pipeline that could measure up to what he helped build in Cleveland. As expected, especially when there was a fully lost season in 2020, it took time. They brought in good coaches and coordinators. They spent money on all the equipment and technology. There was great communication between the player development group and the scouting department.

We had some hope in 2019 when Randy Dobnak went from independent ball to legit, quality starting pitcher in 2019 and 2020. The fact that he became that is a credit to Dobnak and the pitcher development staff. And there is no way of knowing, but if not for the finger injuries that lingered for three seasons, that storyline could have been vastly different in recent years.

I think that Bailey Ober exemplifies the Twins Pitcher Development more than anyone else. They worked with him with all the analytics and video and came up with a plan that not only got him to the big leagues, but he has become a Top 30 starter in the game. Joe Ryan was a good, one-pitch pitcher when they acquired him from the Rays. He has remade himself with quality secondary pitches to go with his fastball and command.

Louis Varland and David Festa were low-90s fastball guys in college, drafted on Day 3 of their respective drafts. Both are upper-90s pitchers with a chance to be huge contributors. Zebby Matthews was an eight-round pick. Andrew Morris was a fifth-round pick with one year of Division I competition after three seasons of Division II. And there are more names that we know will be much more well known by more fans by the end of the season? Ty Langenberg comes to mind, but don’t forget about Kyle Jones or Tanner Hall or Spencer Bengard .

Honestly, it’s to the point where, if the Twins draft a pitcher in the 20th round of the draft, there is a chance that he could add five or six mph to their fastball and sharpen a secondary pitch and contribute in the big leagues down the road. That’s a great feeling to a Twins fan. I don’t know if that has ever been the case.

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