While a former prospect who came into the majors hot a few years ago claimed Twins Daily’s Minor League Hitter of the Month award in July, he has since found himself back in the majors after the drastic Twins trade deadline. As the calendar turned to August, it was some of those new prospects (and veterans) who staked their claim to the award mentions this month. While we will go into some further depth on the top four, first let’s talk about a few honorable mentions.
Honorable Mentions:
Walker Jenkins was recently promoted to the St. Paul Saints and just had a bit of a breakout performance at his new level. To get there, he ended his final 21 games with Wichita on a tear, posting a 1.121 OPS including five doubles and five home runs. Multiple teammates at his new assignment also had strong months, as Payton Eeles (.415 OBP), DaShawn Keirsey Jr. (.500 SLUG), and Gabriel Gonzalez (.308 AVG) put up stand-out numbers. Down in the Dominican Summer League Joyner Perez, Darwin Almanzar, and Jamesson Val also closed out their seasons with OPS’s above .900 on the month.
So, there were several strong contenders for this award in August, but let’s see who took rose above them all to take the top spots.
4. Enrique Jimenez, Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
Stats: .298/.459/.632 (1.091), 11 R, 2 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 17 BB, 19 K, SB (16 games)
Acquired in the trade of Chris Paddack to the Detroit Tigers, Jimenez is a 19-year-old switch-hitting catcher who began his season in the Rookie Leagues. Upon his arrival at the Lee County Sports Complex in Fort Myers, the Twins immediately bumped him to the Mighty Mussels, and he’s been one of the best hitters in the Florida State League since. His six home runs are tied for third on the team in just 19 games, while team leader Yasser Mercedes has 10 homers in 90+ games. Almost 90% of his plate appearances have come against older pitchers this year, and he could creep into top 20 Twins prospect lists heading into the 2026 season if he doesn’t slow down.
3. Jhonny Pereda, St. Paul Saints
Stats: .348/.516/.630 (1.146), 10 R, 5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 15 BB, 12 K (14 games)
The Twins claimed Pereda off waivers from the Oakland Athletics back in July and while he has spent a few days on the MLB roster, he has only played with the Saints since then. He started as part of their catcher rotation but as his bat heated up in early August, he started getting a bulk of the work in the middle of the month. In his first 8 games with St. Paul, he hit .393/.500/.679, then drove in four with a pair of late doubles against the Round Rock Express on 8/23. While Pereda has yet to get any serious run at the major league level, he has hit .295/.392/.418 in 253 career games in Triple-A.
2. Kyler Fedko, St. Paul Saints
Stats: .300/.377/.550 (.927), 21 R, 7 2B, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 12 BB, 27 K, 7 SB (25 games)
The soon-to-be 26-year-old outfielder led Double-A in home runs with 20 before being promoted to St. Paul to start the month of August. He hasn’t missed a beat in the International league, posting his second highest monthly OPS on the year with a .927 mark in his first 25 games. He’s added six home runs to his Twins minor league leading total with 26 on the year. In his first 12 games with the Saints, Fedko did nothing but hit, batting .370/.455/.674 with five doubles and three homers. He punctuated his excellent debut at the new level with a 5-for-5, multi-home run, explosion on 8/19.
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Month:
1. Kala’i Rosario, Wichita Wind Surge
Stats: .305/.421/.714 (1.135), 27 R, 6 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 23 RBI, 20 BB, 30 K, 4 SB (27 games)
Rosario took a 95-octane-soaked-flaming-torch-of-a-bat to the Texas League during the month of August. He comfortably led the circuit in homers on the month with 11, was second in RBI with 23, and trailed only Arizona Diamondbacks top 100 prospect Ryan Waldschmidt in OPS by .008 points. His 25 home runs and 81 RBI on the season (as of 9/2) with Wichita also leads the league. While the strikeouts may remain high (27.4% of plate appearances), his 69 walks (13.1%) also rank second overall, and he’s shown improvement as the year has gone on. His strikeout rate was 43.5% in April but checked in at 23.8% this past month.
The former Midwest League MVP has had a resurgent season, and the month of August was on another level, eclipsing his prior month-best OPS on the year by nearly .200 points. 11 of his 27 games on the month had multiple hits, including a two-home run, six RBI outburst last Thursday against Arkansas where he walked it off with a grand slam to put an exclamation point on his summer with the Wind Surge. It is certain he will be in St. Paul to begin the 2026 season, but there remains a good chance he gets a taste of Triple-A to end the 2025 campaign as well.
Who would have made it onto your ballot? What else was exciting about the hitters talked about above or anyone else in the Twins farm system in the last month?
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