Minnesota Twins Top 30 Prospects 2023 Preseason

April 7, 2023

The Minnesota Twins are in compete mode, but for a club supposedly powered by the draft, sign, develop, and trade approach, the club has been leaning heavily toward the trade part of that process (Sonny Gray, Tyler Mahle, Pablo Lopez), as well as free agency (Carlos Correa, 6/$200M).

Still, the Minnesota roster is littered with homegrown talent, including Byron Buxton, Alex Kirillof, Nick Gordon, Trevor Larnach, Jose Miranda, and Ryan Jeffers, and more is on the way while the Twins battle for the division title.

Ages as of July 1, 2023

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1 22 Brooks Lee SS 60

Lee projects to hit for high average and could add above-average power, and he should be able to handle shortstop, at elast early in his career.

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2 24 Royce Lewis SS 50

Lewis flipped a switch last season, hitting for average and power in Triple-A and then again in a handful of games in the bigs.

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3 20 Emmanuel Rodriguez OF 50

Rodriguez is a solid athlete with a chance to hit for some power, but there’s a lot of swing-and-miss in his game and he;s coming off a season0ending knee injury that required surgery last June.

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4 24 Edouard Julien 2B 50

Julien knows the strike zone and has plus power, but his patience creates a lot of two-strike counts, and he’s merely passable at second base.

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5 22 Connor Prielipp LHP 45

An exciting lefty with a chance to move quickly, Prielipp touches the mid-90s with life and offers a plus slider.

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6 24 Simeon Woods Richardson RHP 45

The fastball is rather ordinary, but both breaking balls are valid and his changeup is his best pitch.

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7 25 Louie Varland 25 45

Varland has a solid pitch mix and projectable command, and in a relief role the velocity (92-95), may play up.

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8 20 Jose Salas SS 45

Salas has no glaring weaknesses, backed by physical tools and a chance to hit  and put up strong OBPs.

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9 20 Marco Raya RHP 45

Raya projects to command three pitches, and in shorter stints could use him arm speed to generate more fastball value.

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10 22 Tanner Schobel 2B 45

Schobel can run and play second base, but is probably a below-average bat and ultimately a utility player.
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Rankings, OFPs by Joe Doyle.
Player notes by Jason A. Churchill.

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