Minors

Jose Miranda put up one of the most electrifying seasons from a Twins prospect in organizational history. Is he the real deal? An emerging superstar? Come and read up on his prospects for 2022.

Matt Canterino has the best repertoire of a starting pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He dominated two levels of minor league baseball in 2021. Read about his prospects ahead of the 2022 season.

In a system full of high-upside, high-risk arms, Jhoan Duran probably tops both lists. An absolutely pivotal year lies ahead for the big righty.

Four years ago, the top of Minnesota's prospect list was littered with shortstop prospects. Flash forward to 2022, and none of those prospects have yet to pan out. So, do the Twins have a shortstop development problem? 

The Minnesota Twins acquired pitching prospect Simeon Woods Richardson along with fellow Twins Daily top 10 prospect Austin Martin in exchange for José Berríos at the 2021 trade deadline. Doing so provided fans with the sugar needed to swallow the bitter medicine that was parting with a fan-favorite and consummate professional.

One year and one day after Chase Petty was born, Joe Mauer debuted in the majors. 

Mauer went on to enjoy a 15-year MLB career, which ended only three seasons ago, while Petty grew into a flamethrowing pitcher worthy of joining him in the lineage of Twins first-round picks – exactly 20 years after Mauer went first overall.

As we here at Twins Daily continue our First Great Prospect Rundown of 2022, it may become easy for you, the wise reader, to lump the glut of right-handed pitching prospects together in your mind. It’s easy to do—most of the great arms in the system are knocking on the door of the majors. The Twins will certainly shuffle them around so quickly that their names and faces seem to exist within a weird baseball uncanny valley; is Jordan Balazovic real, or did you imagine him? But I implore you, do not ignore Josh Winder. There may be more hyped pitching prospects in the Twins system, but no one else who toes that raised 24 by six-inch slab of rubber in the middle of the diamond can dominate the strike zone with four pitches as Winder did in 2021.

With the season on the horizon, Twins Daily is highlighting its Top 20 prospects. Nash Walker outlined prospects 16-20 yesterday, Here are numbers 11-15.

Just four years ago, the Twins organization had one of the minor league's most talented rosters. Now, those players have started to produce at the MLB level. Here's a look back at that team.

Over the next couple of weeks, Twins Daily will be counting down our Top 20 Minnesota Twins Prospects. We start today by discussing several Honorable Mentions, guys who received votes but finished outside the Top 20. Today’s list of players illustrates the depth that is developing in the organization.

David Festa was the thirteenth round pick of the Twins in the 2021 draft. The 6'6 right-handed pitcher pumps a 97 mph fastball. Come and read about his profile, his background in the game, and what to watch for in 2022.

Not every prospect can follow a perfect development path due to injuries or lack of production. These three players have seen their stock fall significantly over the last year.