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The prized pitching prospect who came over in the José Berríos trade has reached the majors and will now aim to establish himself there. As something more than a mid-rotation starter? That is the question. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints Age: 22 (DOB: 9/27/2000) 2022 Stats: (AA/AAA): 107.1 IP, 2.77 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 9.6 K/9, 3.0 BB/9 ETA: 2023 2022 Ranking: 8 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | ATH: NR | BP: NR What's To Like The…

Marco Raya struck out nearly 30% of hitters in his Low-A debut in the Twins system in 2022. Raya, 20, pairs a mid-90s fastball with potentially two plus breaking balls. Shoulder soreness has limited his workload to this point but Raya is primed for a surge in 2023, perhaps even for the Surge! View full video

One of the Twins' biggest breakouts from 2021, Edouard Julien performed a stellar encore in 2022. Julien hit .300/.441/.490 with 19 doubles, three triple, and 17 homers for Double-A Wichita, putting him on track to debut for the Twins in 2023. Julien looks like a left-handed on-base machine with no discernable defensive home, similar to what the Twins had with Luis Arraez. View full video

If you have the Athletic, you can read it here: https://theathletic.com/4156345/2023/02/09/twins-top-20-prospect-farm-system-ranked/ Here are his top 10. You'll have to subscribe to see his write ups on each and for the 11-20. 1. E Rod 2. Lee 3. Lewis 4. Martin 5. Salas 6. Julien 7. Balazovic 8. Prielipp 9. Schobel 10. SWR

As the prospect crew at Twins Daily is rolling out their top prospects, there are two who I think are flying under the radar. After wildly successful 2022 seasons, keep an eye on them to repeat and improve their prospect status in 2023. View full video

There's been so much written about Connor Prielipp here since he was drafted just over six months ago. The thing about Prielipp, is that, unlike so many others in his draft class, Prielipp has yet to officially throw a professional pitch. And despite our penchant for covering all the angles on every prospect, it would be hard to believe we've ever given this much press to anyone else without a single throw. But there's a good reason for this. Image courtesy of William Parmeter …

The newest name to the Twins farm system is still a great unknown to the casual Twins fan. The secondary name to come back in the Luis Arraez for Pablo Lopez, Jose Salas, is a switch-hitting infielder with a lot of speed and a quality throwing arm that works well at any position he plays. Image courtesy of Jose Salas's Instagram page There are still many questions surrounding one of the Twins' newest prospects such as what position in the infiel…

Now entering the top 10 and counting down the best of Minnesota’s prospects, we begin with a player that was acquired by the organization, rather than drafted. Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge Age: 23 (DOB: 3/23/1999) 2022 Stats (AA): 406 PA, 241/.367/.316, 2 HR, 35 RBI, 35 SB ETA: 2023 2022 Ranking: 1 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | ATH: NR | BP: NR What's To Like? Austin Martin was brought into …

Just outside the Top 10 Twins prospects, you will see names featured that can make big impact at all levels of the Twins farm system. See which prospects ranked 11 through 15. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (Wallner), Steve Buhr (Festa), William Parmeter (Miller) The outliers of the top 10 Twins prospects feature names that became more commonly known to avid Twins fans this last season. Two pitchers and three hitters are a part of this section o…

The Twins drafted Tanner Schobel with the 68th pick in the 2022 draft. How does he profile? What can we expect in 2023 from the infielder who had a big power breakout in college? After the collective amazement at the Twins drafting a pitcher that Minnesota fandom clamored for at #48 had worn off, we began moving into the nether regions of the draft. Famously random, the MLB Draft is incredibly unpredictable, even more so after you pass the first 50-75 prospects. The Twins, however, have shown preferences based on their draft…

Tomorrow we will start sharing the Twins Daily Top 30 Twins Prospects heading into the 2023 season. Today, you can see some of the depth in the organization with others who were outside our Top 30 but showed up on some Top 30 lists. Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge (photos of Holland, Laweryson), William Parmeter (photo of Cardenas) In the past, we have presented our selections for the Top 20 Twins prospects before each season. In 2022, that list was the sta…

As we kick off our annual top 20 countdown with a renewed order based on voting from the Twins writer community, we already have some (former and future?) big-name prospects showing up at the back end of the list. Image courtesy of Thiéres Rabelo, Twins Daily Earlier this week, Seth Stohs took a dive into the deeper end of the Minnesota Twins system, highlighting players who finished in the 21-30 range of our voting tabulation, and honorable mentions who fell just outside t…

Emmanuel Rodriguez 48, Brooks Lee 51.

Today we jump into the Twins Daily Top 30 prospects with our panel's selection of prospects 21 through 30. There are some very intriguing prospects in this group. Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge (Blayne Enlow), Steve Buhr (Danny De Andrade, Jaylen Nowlin) For the first time, Twins Daily is now sharing our choices for the Top 30 Twins prospects. In reality, it's just one more article for you to read as we are including prospects 21-30 today. It is really an …

A candidate to go #1 overall, Brooks Lee fell to the Twins and the #8 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. What can we expect from Lee heading into the 2023 season? What's his ceiling? Where might he start the year? Image courtesy of Steve Buhr (graphics by Thieres Rabelo) In advance of the 2022 draft, a clear top six industry prospects emerged in the pre-draft process. The Twins appeared to be on the outside looking in, selecting at number eight overall …

Sharing this interview with Twins LHP prospect Brent Headrick, as he spoke about: his preparations for the upcoming season specific ways the Twins are guiding his development as a starting pitcher the key differences between the Twins' minor league system/development compared to other teams attending his first spring training camp what it's like playing with Brooks Lee, Austin Martin, Edouard Julien how he feels as a pitcher about bat flips & wild home run celebrations what he'd change about baseball if he was commish for a day and a lot more youtu.be/BbXhlVRvY9Q

The Twins added one of Miami's top prospects as part of the Luis Arraez trade. So, where does Jose Salas rank among the top Twins prospects? Image courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Many national prospect rankings have recently been released, with some debate at the top for the Twins. Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee are considered the team's best prospects, but their order differs depending on which list readers prefer. Emmanuel Rodriguez ap…

The Twins selected Connor Prielipp with the 48th pick in the 2022 draft. A pitching prospect with the tools to become a front-of-the-rotation arm, 2023 will be a pivotal season for Prielipp. What can Twins fans expect as he works his way back from injury? A Prospective Ace? As the Minnesota Twins prepared to make their second selection in the 2022 MLB Draft, Twins fandom held its collective breath. A fanbase rarely coalesces around a prospect so uniformly. It’s rarer still that said prospect is still available to be select…

On Friday, the Twins crushed their fans by trading fan favorite Luis Arraez for Pablo López and two teenage prospects. This move will bolster their rotation, but the Twins will need to replace Arraez's production at first base and from the left side of the plate. Image courtesy of © Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Alex Kirilloff will be the first in line to replace Luis Arraez at first and against righties. Hoping Kirilloff's wrist doesn't flare up is the Twins' top priori…

Hello first time forum writer but Long time twins fan. I was just wondering what everyone thinks of Bryan Acura’s future with the Twinkies?? Will he grow with us? Will he move away like Junior Ortiz??? To me the teins future is shaping up to make a run in 2025 as the team still needs a solid Closer.

The Twins traded away Luis Arraez on Friday, trading him to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Pablo López, Jose Salas, and Byron Chourio. Here's what you need to know about the two prospects involved in the deal. Image courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas, USA Today Sports In a move sure to spark heated debated, fan favorite Luis Arraez was traded to the Miami Marlins on Friday for a package that includes right-handed pitcher Pablo López, infielder Jose S…

https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/twins/4-twins-land-in-baseball-prospectus-top-101-prospects Joe Nelson I think provided the link. I think it is behind a paywall, hence the Nelson article

Julien is 7th on MLB's 2B prospects. I'm guessing based on typical lists that this would put him right on the border of the top 100. He's highlighted for being the "highest riser" and "humblest beginnings". There is also an updated prospect video for him.

On Thursday, the Twins’ minor-league affiliates announced their managers and coaching staffs for the 2023 season. Find out who will be working with the Twins minor leaguers to help them develop and advance through the organization. Image courtesy of Seth Stohs, Twins Daily Days after the 2022 season came to an end, the Twins announced that their entire coaching staff would be returning in 2023. A couple of weeks later, they announced that Derek Shomon was being added to the…

Aaron posted his annual top 40 prospect list on the Athletic on Monday, which means that it is now the 11th story in the list of stories on the Athletic’s Twins page. As the Athletic is subscription based, I’m not going to list the whole top 40 here, but I’ll list the top five and a couple of other interesting (at least to me) players on his list - and/or their locations on the list. He starts by noting that 5 of last year’s top 10 graduated - Duran, Ryan, Miranda, Winder and Celestino, and 11 of the top 25 from 2022 are graduated or gone from the org. 1. Brooks Lee: “switch-hitting shortstop many considered the country’s premier college bat” 2. Royce Lewi…

Kernels emailed w/a list of the coaching staff. Who has any anecdotes, knowledge, observations of them? I know how to Google search but wish to hear your takes, stories, and cheers in advance of my yearly swing thru CR and Des Moines for some ball. db "Brian Dinkelman returns as the Manager of the Kernels after a successful 2022 campaign where he led the team to the Midwest League postseason for the 9th consecutive year. We are very excited to welcome Pitching Coaches Jonas Lovin and Carlos Hernandez, Hitting Coaches Corbin Day and Yeison Perez, and Strength & Conditioning Coach Blake Kretovics who will all be joining the team for their first seasons. Matt S…

No, this is not a dystopian movie where robots take over the world, it’s baseball in 2023, and robot umpires are coming to CHS Field and all AAA ballparks this season. Image courtesy of Melissa Berman This year, two versions of an Automatic Balls and Strikes system (ABS), otherwise known as "robot umpires" or "robo umps," will be used in all 30 Triple-A ballparks, according to a report from ESPN. If this expanded experiment is deemed successful, …

Unfortunately, the pandemic impacted multiple highly ranked prospects, who were forced to spend a season training away from team facilities. One former top prospect is attempting to live up to his lofty expectations and put himself back on the prospect map. Image courtesy of William Parmeter / Mighty Mussels Some teams are better than others when it comes to evaluating and signing players from the international market. These players can be as you…

Once drafted 5th overall in 2020, Austin Martin’s prospect stock has tumbled due to several ongoing concerns. What can we expect moving forward from what was once the main return in the Jose Berrios trade? Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge Austin Martin was billed as a tremendous hitter with an unknown defensive future when he was taken 5th overall in the 2020 draft. Martin’s minor league career got off to a good but strange …

Every year, injuries impact the development timeline of multiple top prospects. Here are three Twins prospects looking to have a healthier 2023 campaign. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints Last season, three notable names returned from injury at the top of the Twins' prospect rankings. Royce Lewis was returning from a torn ACL, while Matt Canterino and Jhoan Duran were recovering from strained elbows. Lewis had a tremendous season be…