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Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Minnesota Twins:
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Diego Cartaya
Diego Armando Cartaya (born September 7, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who is a free agent.
Cartaya was rated as MLB Pipeline's top international prospect when he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 2, 2018.[1] He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dodgers Arizona League affiliates, hitting .281 in 41 games.[2] He was rated as the Dodgers ninth best prospect going into the 2020 season.[3] and was added to the Dodgers 60-man player pool for the pandemic affected season.[4] In 2021, with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes he appeared in 31 games and hit .298 with 10 homers and 31 RBI.[2] However, he was placed on the injured list on August 1 with a strained hamstring and missed the rest of the season.[5] He was selected to represent the Dodgers at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game.[6] Cartaya was selected by the Dodgers as their 2022 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year.[7] He appeared in 33 games for the Quakes and 62 games for the Great Lakes Loons, hitting a combined .254 with 22 home runs and 72 RBI.[2]
On November 15, 2022, the Dodgers added Cartaya to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft,[8] and assigned him to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers to begin the 2023 season.[9] With Tulsa, he played in 93 games, hitting .189 with 19 homers and 57 RBI.[2] Cartaya was again optioned to Double-A Tulsa to begin the 2024 season.[10] He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on June 25.[11] Between the two levels, he played in 95 games, batting .221 with 11 homers and 52 RBI.[2] Cartaya was designated for assignment on January 3, 2025 and removed from the roster.[12]
Following the 2024 season, Cartaya played winter league baseball for the Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.[13]
On January 9, 2025, the Dodgers traded Cartaya to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor leaguer Jose Vasquez.[14] He was optioned to the Triple-A St. Paul Saints to begin the season.[15] On April 25, Cartaya was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to St. Paul.[16] He was released on July 23.[17]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Andrew Cossetti
Andrew Cossetti (born January 31, 2000) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Cossetti grew up in Eagleville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and attended La Salle College High School. He was named the Player of the Year by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a senior after batting .449 with seven home runs, 12 doubles, 34 runs scored, and 36 RBIs.[18] Cossetti played college baseball at Saint Joseph's for four seasons. As a senior, he batted .327 and set school records with 19 home runs and 65 RBIs.[19]
Cossetti was selected in the 11th round by the Minnesota Twins in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[20] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Florida Complex League Twins. Cossetti began the 2023 season with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.[21] He was named the Florida State League Player of the Month for April.[22]
- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference (Minors)
C. J. Culpepper
Christian Joseph Culpepper (born November 2, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Culpepper attended Rancho Cucamonga High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and played college baseball at California Baptist University. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.[23]
Culpepper signed with the Twins and made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Twins. He pitched 2023 with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels before being promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels.[24]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- California Baptist Lancers bio
Payton Eeles
Payton Lee Eeles (born November 16, 1999) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Eeles attended Allatoona High School in Acworth, Georgia, and played college baseball at Cedarville University and Coastal Carolina University. After going undrafted in 2023, he signed with the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. In 2024, he played in six games for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) before having his contract purchased by the Minnesota Twins.[25]
Eeles started his Twins career with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels before being promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels and St. Paul Saints.[26]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Cedarville Yellow Jackets bio
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers bio
Gabriel González
Gabriel Jesús González (born January 4, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
González signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in February 2021.[27] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mariners.
González started 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Mariners before being promoted to the Modesto Nuts. He started 2023 with Modesto and was promoted to the Everett AquaSox in July.[28][29]
On January 29, 2024, the Mariners traded González, Anthony DeSclafani, Justin Topa, Darren Bowen, and cash considerations to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jorge Polanco.[30]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Dasan Hill
Dasan Hill (born December 25, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Hill attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas. As a senior in 2024, he was the The Dallas Morning News baseball player of the year after going 10–0 with a 0.90 earned run average (ERA) and 155 strikeouts in 77+2⁄3 innings.[31] He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.[32]
Hill signed with the Twins and made his professional debut in 2025 with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.[33]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Will Holland
William Christopher Holland (born April 18, 1998) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Holland graduated from Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia.[34] As a senior, he hit .436 with two home runs and 13 stolen bases.[35] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Auburn University to play college baseball for the Auburn Tigers.
As a freshman at Auburn in 2017, Holland batted .209 with three home runs and 18 RBIs in 45 games.[36] He was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the week of March 13–19 after going 6 for 15 at the plate, hitting one home run with four RBIs and three runs scored.[37] He played in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League that summer.[38] In 2018, as a sophomore, Holland had a breakout year in which he slashed .313/.406/.530 with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs in 66 games.[39][40][41] He was named to the All-SEC Second Team and to the ABCA All-South Region Team.[42][43] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks along with playing for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[44][45] Prior to the 2019 season, Holland was named a preseason All-American by multiple outlets including Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com.[46][47] He struggled his junior year, finishing the season batting .246 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs over 64 games.[48]
Holland was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft,[49] and he signed for $575,000.[50] He made his professional debut with the Elizabethton Twins of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, batting .192 with seven home runs, 16 RBIs, and eight stolen bases over 36 games.[51] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[52] For the 2021 season, Holland was assigned to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels of the Low-A Southeast, slashing .214/.336/.401 with ten home runs, 27 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases over 76 games.[53] He was assigned to the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the High-A Midwest League to begin the 2022 season.[54] In early August, he was promoted to the Wichita Wind Surge of the Double-A Texas League.[55] Over 116 games between the two teams, he slashed .227/.339/.366 with nine home runs, 49 RBIs, and 32 stolen bases.[56] Holland returned to Wichita for the 2023 season, playing in 101 games and batting .197 with five home runs, 35 RBIs, and thirty stolen bases.[57]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Auburn Tigers bio
Cory Lewis
Cory Andrew Lewis (born October 9, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Lewis attended Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California. As a senior at Marina, he went 3–0 with a 0.88 ERA over 39 innings alongside batting .258 with two home runs.[58] He went undrafted in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at University of California, Santa Barbara where he played college baseball.
Lewis redshirted the 2020 season. For the 2021 season, he appeared in 15 games (making ten starts) and went 7–4 with a 3.38 ERA and 86 strikeouts over eighty innings.[59] As a redshirt sophomore in 2022, he started 16 games and went 9–1 with a 3.57 ERA and 107 strikeouts.[60] He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the ninth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[61][62][63]
Lewis signed with the Twins and made his professional debut in 2023 with the Fort Myers Miracle.[64] In early June, he was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels.[65][66][67] Over 22 starts between the two teams, Lewis went 9–4 with a 2.49 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 101+1⁄3 innings.[68] He missed time in 2024 due to a shoulder injury.[69] Lewis appeared in 19 games between the Florida Complex League Rays, Fort Myers, the Wichita Wind Surge, and the St. Paul Saints, going 3-6 with a 2.51 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 79 innings. He was assigned to St. Paul to open the 2025 season.[70]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Andrew Morris
Andrew Burke Morris (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Morris attended Monarch High School in Louisville, Colorado. He played college baseball at Colorado Mesa University for three years before transferring to Texas Tech University, where he played on year.[71] He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.[72][73]
Morris signed with the Twins and made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Twins. He pitched 2023 with Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and Cedar Rapids Kernels. He started 2024 with Cedar Rapids before being promoted to the Wichita Wind Surge.[74][75]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Colorado Mesa Mavericks bio
- Texas Tech Red Raiders bio
Marco Raya
Marco Antonio Raya (born August 7, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Raya attended United South High School in Laredo, Texas, where he played baseball.[76] He committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech.[77] He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round with the 128th overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $410,000.[78][79]
Raya did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not play in 2021 due to lingering shoulder issues.[80] Raya made his professional debut in 2022 with the Single-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.[81] He missed a brief period during the season after getting his wisdom teeth removed.[82] Over 19 games (17 starts) with Fort Myers, he went 3–2 with a 3.05 ERA and 76 strikeouts over 65 innings.[83] Raya opened the 2023 season with the High-A Cedar Rapids Kernels and was promoted to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge in early July.[84] Over 22 starts between the two teams, Raya went 0–4 with a 4.02 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 62+2⁄3 innings.[68]
Raya split 2024 between Wichita and the Triple-A St. Paul Saints, compiling a 3–4 record and 4.05 ERA with 103 strikeouts across 97+2⁄3 innings pitched. Following the season, the Twins added Raya to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[85]
Raya was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the 2025 season.[86]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Kala'i Rosario
Kala'i Ho'okele Rosario (born July 2, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Rosario attended Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawaii. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft.[87] He signed with the Twins and made his professional debut that year with the Florida Complex League Twins.
Rosario played 2022 with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and started 2023 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.[88][89] He won the 2023 Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award with Ceder Rapids, after batting .252/.364/.467.[90]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Jake Rucker
Jacob Andrew Rucker (born September 14, 1999) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Rucker played in the 2012 Little League World Series.[91]
Rucker attended Pope John Paul II High School.[92]
Rucker played college baseball at Tennessee from 2019 to 2021.[93]
Rucker was drafted in the 7th round of the 2021 draft by the Minnesota Twins.[94]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
José Salas
José Antonio Salas (born April 15, 2003) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Salas signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in July 2019.[95]
Salas made his professional debut in 2021 with the Florida Complex League Marlins, before being promoted to the Jupiter Hammerheads after 28 games.[96] He started 2022 with Jupiter, before his promotion to the Beloit Sky Carp.[97]
Several of Salas's relatives have also played Minor League Baseball.[98]
On January 20, 2023, Salas, Pablo López, and Byron Chourio were traded to the Minnesota Twins for Luis Arráez.[99]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Tanner Schobel
Tanner George Schobel (born June 4, 2001) is an American baseball shortstop who plays in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Schobel grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia, and attended Walsingham Academy.[100] He began playing for the school's varsity baseball team in the eighth grade.[101] Schobel played summer collegiate baseball after graduating high school for the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League.[102]
Schobel started all 52 of Virginia Tech's games during his freshman season and batted .279 with seven home runs, ten doubles, 33 RBIs, and 36 runs scored.[103] After the 2021 season he played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[104][105] As a sophomore, Schobel hit .362 with 19 home runs and 74 RBIs.[106]
Schobel was selected in the Competitive Balance section of the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[107] He signed with the Twins for a bonus just over $1 million on July 26, 2022.[108]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Virginia Tech Hokies bio
Brandon Winokur
Brandon Murphy Winokur (born December 16, 2004) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Winokur attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[109]
Winokur signed with the Twins and made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Twins. He played 2024 with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.[110]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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