It’s time for the annual look back at the Twins’ Top 30 prospects ranked by MLB Pipeline three years ago. In this edition, we’ll look back at the top 30 prospects from 2022 and see where they finished their 2025 seasons, and what’s ahead for them in the off-season.
1. Royce Lewis
2025 Season End: Twins active roster
There are many questions surrounding Royce Lewis’s future with the Twins, but he ended the 2025 season much stronger than he started it. His season was delayed to start due to a hamstring injury in late spring training, and he didn’t join Minnesota’s lineup until May 6.
Lewis later admitted he rushed himself back into the lineup in May, which led to a poor first-half performance where he had just two home runs and a .216/.281/.302 slash line in 42 games. The second half went much better as Lewis had 11 home runs, 39 RBI, and a .249/.284/.439 slash line over 64 games.
The upside with Lewis was that he finished the season healthy and played in over 100 games for the first time in his career. The next question is whether he can remain healthy for most of the year for a second consecutive season and whether he can replicate his rookie success in 2023 over a full season.
For now, he remains Minnesota’s Opening Day third baseman and must maximize that opportunity.
2025 Season End: Twins active roster
Of all the players whom the Twins gave regular playing time following their fire sale at the trade deadline, Austin Martin was the one who stepped up and made the most of it for a regular role on the team in 2026. Martin played 50 games down the stretch for the Twins and put up a career-best .282/.374/.365 slash line, stole 11 bases, and had an impressive 12.1% walk rate.
Martin will not be an everyday starter for the Twins, but he’s expected to be in a starting platoon role in left field with Alan Roden for Opening Day. Martin’s 50-game performance through the end of 2025 helped him recoup some of the value he lost in his rookie season in 2024, when he hit only .253/.318/.352 with one home run in 93 games.
Martin may never be the all-star caliber talent experts projected him to be as a prospect, but now the Twins have carved out a role for him as a decent utility player who can platoon between the outfield and second base as needed.
3. Jose Miranda
2025 Season End: Triple-A St. Paul
No player on this list has fallen harder from their potential as a prospect than Jose Miranda. After hitting .167/.167/.250 in 12 major-league games to start the season, highlighted by a base-running blunder that cost the Twins an out in an early April game against the Detroit Tigers, they sent Miranda down to Triple-A, and he immediately sprained his hand on an off-day shopping trip.
Once he was back and healthy in the Saints lineup, things didn’t fare much better for him the rest of the season. Miranda’s batting average ended the year below the Mendoza line, with the rest of his slash line numbers well below league average. He hit .195/.272/.296 with seven home runs and 28 RBI in 371 plate appearances in 90 Triple-A games.
The Twins parted ways with Miranda in November when the time came for 40-man roster cuts. He’s a minor-league free agent and is playing in the Puerto Rican Winter League for the first time in five years, showcasing to other major-league teams that he’s still worth taking a flyer on with a minor-league deal.
4. Joe Ryan
2025 Season End: Twins active roster
After ending the 2024 season short due to injury, Joe Ryan came back and pitched his best season in the majors to date, earning an All-Star nod to represent the Twins alongside Byron Buxton. Ryan pitched in a career-high 171 innings over 30 starts, striking out 194 batters, allowing just 39 walks, with a 1.03 WHIP, and 3.42 ERA.
Ryan became the steady ace in a struggling Twins rotation after Pablo López went down with a shoulder injury in early June, Bailey Ober struggled, and young starters such as Zebby Matthews, David Festa, and Simeon Woods Richardson found their places in the rotation. It was exactly what the Twins needed from him, even in a lost season.
Entering the off-season, most insiders expect the Twins to trade Ryan to alleviate payroll. They nearly traded him to the Boston Red Sox during the fire sale, but now, it looks as though he’s here to stay after The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Dan Hayes reported the Twins are unlikely to move their star players this offseason.
2025 Season End: Triple-A Toledo (Tigers)
After he departed the Twins organization for a chance to pitch in the KBO overseas, Jordan Balazoivc returned to Minor League Baseball this year, spending the season in the Tigers organization. Balazovic pitched decently at Triple-A Toledo, posting a 3.69 ERA, with 48 strikeouts, 23 walks, and just seven home runs allowed in 53 ⅔ innings over 34 games.
The Tigers released Balazovic after the conclusion of the World Series. Still, his decent numbers in the hitter-friendly International League should help him get another minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training this offseason.
6. Jhoan Duran
2025 Season End: Phillies Active Roster
One of the hardest trades Twins fans have had to see in recent years, Minnesota sent Jhoan Duran, the lights-out reliever, to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30 for RHP Mick Abel and C Eduardo Tait. Duran was the leader of a significantly strong bullpen that the Twins parted ways with at the deadline. Although his trade was expected, it wasn’t any less painful for the fans.
Before the trade, Duran was pitching to a 2.01 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 25.7% strikeout rate, and 8.7% walk rate in 49 relief appearances with the Twins. After the trade, he instantly became a fan favorite with the Philly faithful when he was introduced with the same intro out of the bullpen at Citizens Bank Park.
JHOAN DURAN EVERYONE pic.twitter.com/RlYLHoB0at
— cam ! (@aokstott) August 2, 2025
Duran was elite for the Phillies down the stretch. He had a 2.18 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 27 strikeouts, and just one walk in 23 relief appearances for them. While he did give up the game-tying run in Philadelphia’s elimination game in the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Duran is set to be the Phillies’ closer for the foreseeable future after a dominant start with his new franchise.
7. Josh Winder
2025 Season End: Injured free agent
The Twins parted ways with Josh Winder last off-season after they outrighted him off the 40-man roster. Later in the winter, the Arizona Diamondbacks offered him a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training to give him a shot in their bullpen.
But Winder was hurt early in camp and required to undergo Tommy John surgery before the calendar flipped to March. The Diamondbacks parted ways with him at the end of March, and he’s remained a minor-league free agent as he’s rehabbed his way back to the game.
8. Simeon Woods Richardson
2025 Season End: Twins active roster
It was another season filled with some ups and downs for Simeon Woods Richardson. Still, where things ended for him in September provided more than a glimmer of hope for him to be a stable arm in Minnesota’s rotation moving forward.
While he missed most of August fighting off a parasite from food poisoning, Woods Richardson came back with five solid starts down the stretch. He pitched to a 2.33 ERA, 2.54 FIP, nine walks allowed, and 37 strikeouts in 27 innings.
Despite the injury setback in August and poor performance at the start of the season, Woods Richardson has established that he can be a dependable middle-of-the-rotation starter for the Twins next season, which is a massive step up from where he was just a few years ago.
9. Matt Canterino
2025 Season End: Injured
Just when Matt Canterino looked as though he was finally over the injury hill in spring training, another one came crashing down, preventing him from stepping on the mound for a third consecutive season.
He suffered the injury on March 5, with surgery scheduled to tighten the ligaments in his throwing arm. The Twins took him off the 40-man roster in April and released him a few days later, but they re-signed Canterino to a minor-league deal and kept him in the org. The hope is that after years of injuries keeping him off the mound, Canterino can finally pitch in a game again for the first time since 2022.
10. Noah Miller
2025 Season End: Triple-A Oklahoma (Dodgers)
The Twins traded shortstop Noah Miller to the Dodgers nearly two years ago in the deal that brought Manuel Margot to Minnesota. Miller started 2025 out with his best performance at the plate for any stretch in pro ball.
At Double-A, Miller put up a .291/.336/.369 slash line with just one home run in 111 plate appearances over 27 games. He regressed once they promoted him to Triple-A, though. Miller hit .238/.269/.344 with four home runs and 35 RBI over 242 plate appearances across 59 games.
He has always been a defense-first shortstop, and it looks as though his path will continue that way in the Dodgers organization. If Miller reaches the majors next season, the Dodgers will likely use him in a utility bench role.
11. Spencer Steer
2025 Season End: Cincinnati Reds Active Roster
After two solid seasons as Cincinnati’s super utility man, Spencer Steer regressed at the plate last year. He remained healthy all season, playing in 146 games, but had a career-worst 94 OPS+, with a .238/.269/.344 slash line, 21 home runs, and 75 RBI in 568 plate appearances.
Steer’s numbers might be down this year, but they would have bolstered Minnesota’s lineup in 2025 compared to other younger bats the Twins had in their farm system back in 2022. Steer continues to be a player Terry Francona can plug into any position needed. However, he became the Reds’ everyday first baseman this past season.
Steer also performed well in Cincinnati’s brief playoff run in the NL Wild Card series against the Dodgers, going 3-for-8 with an RBI in their two games. Steer will still be a valuable part of the Reds’ core next season as they try to make it to the postseason in back-to-back years for the first time since 2012 and 2013.
12. Matt Wallner
2025 Season End: Injured
Matt Wallner had a bizarre 2025 season.
He hit over 20 home runs in a season for the first time (22), and played in over 100 games (104). Despite those new career highs, he put up a career worst .202/.311/.464 slash line, struck out 29.1% of the time, and had only 40 RBI to go along with the 22 home runs, the fewest RBI accumulated for any player who’s hit 22 or more homers in a season.
Wallner finished his 2025 season with an oblique strain that kept him off the field since September 17. He’s still in Minnesota’s plans for 2026 as their everyday right fielder, with some starts at DH fixed in.
The biggest challenge for Wallner to overcome next season is improving his ability to hit pitches faster than 95 MPH. Anything above 95 MPH, and Wallner is likely to strike out, so if he can close that gap, he will improve next season.
13. Misael Urbina
2025 Season End: High-A Cedar Rapids Kernels
A prospect who once had some prospect of becoming a backup major-league outfielder, Misael Urbina spent his third consecutive season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels last year. Like the previous two, Urbina underperformed his expectations, playing in just 75 games.
Even with limited playing time, he had his best season, slashing .247/.357/.404 over 268 plate appearances with four home runs and 35 RBI. The numbers were still not as good as he was once projected to be in the lower levels of the minors, so the Twins parted ways with him in November, making him a free agent for the first time in his career. Only 23, Urbina could still get an opportunity with a new org if they want to take a flyer on him.
14. Ronny Henriquez
2025 Season End: Marlins active roster
After the Twins signed Danny Coulombe right before the start of last year’s spring training, someone had to take the short straw and get designated for assignment off the 40-man roster. That was Ronny Henriquez, and just four days after he was DFA’d, the Miami Marlins claimed him off waivers and added him to their bullpen.
Henriquez became one of Miami’s best acquisitions in 2025. He led Marlins relievers in appearances (69), FIP (3.15), and strikeouts (98), and was second to Anthony Bender in ERA (2.22), WHIP (1.09), and ERA+ (199). Henriquez always had the stuff in the Twins system, but it never played out when he was going up and down between St. Paul and Target Field.
Minnesota had a small sample size of what Henriquez could do in 2024, when he pitched to a 3.26 ERA over 19 ⅓ innings. Entering 2025, the Twins had much stronger options to work with than Henriquez, but now he’s one former prospect they wish they could have back.
15. Louis Varland
2025 Season End: Toronto Blue Jays Active Roster
Louis Varland’s transition into the bullpen worked out well for the Twins. So well, in fact, that they were willing to trade him away at the deadline to the Blue Jays to secure prospect capital for their future.
Varland was leading the Twins in relief appearances before they dealt him and Ty France to the Blue Jays for Alan Roden and Kendry Rojas. In 51 games, Varland had a 2.02 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and 47 strikeouts in 49 innings. In Toronto, he became a workhorse in the postseason, setting an MLB record for relief appearances by a pitcher in a single postseason at 15.
Varland had a heavy workload and mixed results in the postseason. He allowed four home runs in 16 innings of work and pitched to a 3.94 ERA, striking out 17 and walking only three batters. It was great for Twins fans to see Varland soar with the Jays. Still, it’s all the more frustrating to see them trade a hometown kid, who wouldn’t be a free agent until 2030, while just entering the prime of his career.
16. Aaron Sabato
2025 Season End: Triple-A St. Paul
Following years of injuries and setbacks, Aaron Sabato had his healthiest season since 2022, playing in 107 games and reaching Triple-A St. Paul for the first time. Sabato set career highs in home runs (23), batting average (.261), slugging percentage (.481), and OPS (.809).
The strong performance at Double-A early in the year was an encouragement, but Sabato saw a drop off once at Triple-A, with the strikeout rate climbing from 25.8% to 31.4%. With Minnesota’s first base depth looking light right now, Sabato is more than likely to get an opportunity on the active roster next season if the Twins don’t pursue another option in free agency.
17. Cole Sands
2025 Season End: Twins Active Roster
One of the two pitchers remaining in the bullpen after Minnesota’s fire sale, Cole Sands often pitched in high-leverage outings for the last two months of the season.
However, Sands struggled in the high-leverage role, allowing a 5.19 ERA in 26 innings. Still, there were positive signs. He allowed only two home runs and eight walks, which helped bring his FIP to 3.25 in that stretch.
The Twins are now building their bullpen around Sands because they still need at least half the spots filled for 2026. Sands showed in 2025 that he is an effective middle reliever, but he cannot be the only man they rely on in high-leverage situations.
2025 Season End: Triple-A St. Paul
It was another injury-riddled season for Emmanuel Rodriguez, who’s still one of Minnesota’s top prospects. He kept dealing with thumb injuries early in the season, a hip injury in May, and an oblique injury in August.
Still, Rodriguez performed decently when he was on the field, putting up a .269/.431/.409 slash line, six home runs, 31 RBI, and 10 stolen bases in 65 games. The most encouraging thing for Rodriguez remains his strike zone judgment. He drew 55 walks in 267 plate appearances and has tools the Twins could desperately use in their lineup in 2026.
Rodriguez is spending the off-season playing in the Dominican Winter League, where he’s put up a .292/.417/.646 slash line, four home runs, 11 RBI, and three stolen bases in 18 games. As long as Rodriguez can keep himself healthy early in 2026, there is no question he will find himself getting called up to the Twins before Memorial Day next year.
19. Drew Strotman
2025 Season End: Mexican League
Drew Strotman is the other player the Twins received from the Tampa Bay Rays, alongside Joe Ryan, for Nelson Cruz, and they let him go after the 2022 season. He bounced around between the Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, and Houston Astros farm systems in 2023 and 2024, but did not receive any major-league offers before the 2025 season.
Strotman decided to pitch in the Mexican League this past year and didn’t perform well. He had a 5.63 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 30 walks allowed, and just 40 strikeouts in 56 innings over 20 appearances.
20. Blayne Enlow
2025 Season End: Out of professional baseball
One former prospect who some draft experts saw as having major-league potential, Blayne Enlow, was out of professional baseball in 2025. He had signed a minor-league deal an offseason ago with San Francisco, but only made two starts before going down with an undisclosed injury.
Enlow allowed seven runs in 7.2 innings over his two starts, but his injury could have led to the poor results on the mound. The Giants released him shortly after placing him on the IL, and he’s been out of baseball since.
21. Steve Hajjar
2025 Season End: Retired
After finishing the 2024 season in High-A, the Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Steve Hajjar’s contract from the Cleveland Guardians to join their organization and promoted him to Triple-A.
However, shortly into spring training, Hajjar decided to retire from the game after only three full seasons in pro ball. The Twins had originally drafted Hajjar in the second round of the 2021 MLB Draft.
22. Chris Vallimont
2025 Season End: Indy Ball
Chris Vallimont is still fighting to keep his career alive, starting a second consecutive season in Indy Ball, and later signing a deal to play in the Mexican League.
His numbers in either league were not so fantastic. In the Atlantic League, he made 16 starts, 18 overall appearances, pitching to a 4.96 ERA and 1.28 WHIP over 98 innings. In the Mexican League, things didn’t fare much better for Vallimonet, as he had a 10.43 ERA in 14 ⅔ innings over five starts.
23. Keoni Cavaco
2025 Season End: Indy Ball
A year after the Houston Astros acquired Keoni Cavaco after he decided to become a pitcher, but they later released him. Cavaco signed with the Chicago Dogs of the American Association to get his first full season on the mound.
Minnesota’s first-round pick from the 2019 MLB Draft made 13 starts, 22 appearances for the Dogs, pitching decently in his first season on the mound. He had a 4.10 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 27 walks, and 53 strikeouts in 79 innings.
Still only 24, Cavaco is hoping to carve out a big-league career as a pitcher. If an MLB team liked what they saw from him with the Dogs, he could earn a minor-league deal this offseason.
24. Jovani Morán
2025 Season End: Red Sox active roster
After missing the entire 2024 season due to Tommy John surgery, former Twins lefty Jovani Moran returned to the mound with the Red Sox. Boston acquired him on Christmas Eve for Mickey Gasper, but he didn’t return to the mound until mid-June.
Moran pitched in 26 games in the minors and just two in the majors with Boston. He pitched decently in the minors, posting a 3.82 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 57 strikeouts, and just 10 walks in 35 ⅓ innings. In the small sample size in the majors, Moran allowed three runs and three walks with five strikeouts in four innings of work.
The Red Sox have kept him on their 40-man roster for the 2026 season, with expectations that he’ll play a larger role in their bullpen after he’s had more time to heal from surgery.
25. Alerick Soularie
2025 Season End: Indy Ball
Minnesota’s second-round pick from the 2020 MLB Draft, Alerick Soularie, remained on the York Revolution for a second consecutive season in the Atlantic League.
Soularie played in only 23 games and hit .203/.261/.342 with three home runs and 15 RBI over 92 plate appearances.
26. Marco Raya
2025 Season End: Triple-A St. Paul
Marco Raya struggled at the start of the 2025 season while in the St. Paul Saints rotation. However, after overcoming mental hurdles on the mound, he put together a nice string of outings out of the bullpen to end the season.
Raya didn’t have a month with an ERA below 4.68 in 2025. Given his issues as a starter, the Twins opted to move him to the bullpen, where he had better success down the stretch. Raya is still an effective strikeout pitcher with a nasty curveball, and the Twins hope to see him improve in 2026 to become a long-term piece in their bullpen.
27. Cade Povich
2025 Season End: Baltimore Orioles active roster
Cade Povich got more opportunities in Baltimore’s rotation in his sophomore season. Still, a hip injury in mid-June limited him to just 20 starts and two relief appearances out of the bullpen. Even with 22 ⅓ more innings than he had in 2024, Povich put up similar results, pitching to a 5.21 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 4.18 FIP, with 43 walks, 17 home runs allowed, and 118 strikeouts in 112 ⅓ innings.
Povich may get another opportunity in the Orioles’ rotation next season if they don’t add the top-of-the-rotation starter they’re seeking in free agency. If they do, then it might be time for him to convert to a relief role to prolong his time on Baltimore’s pitching staff.
28. Danny De Andrade
2025 Season End: High-A Cedar Rapids
After an injury-riddled season in 2024, Danny De Andrade spent most of 2025 on the field playing shortstop for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. A glove-first shortstop, De Andrade played in 121 games with the Kernels as they finished runner-up to the West Michigan White Caps for the Midwest League title.
Over his 121 games played, De Andrade had a .229/.317/.387 slash line with nine home runs, 58 RBI, and 15 stolen bases. His production dropped from his last healthy season in 2023. Still, the more important thing for De Andrade was to stay on the field all season. Now that he has, the Twins will look for him to retool his contact abilities at the plate so he can get an opportunity with Double-A Wichita next season.
29. Christian Encarnacion-Strand
2025 Season End: Triple-A Louisville (Reds)
Initially, it looked like the Reds fleeced Minnesota in the Tyler Mahle trade. However, Christian Encarnacion-Strand has cooled off considerably as he’s battled back and hand injuries over the last two seasons.
Encarnacion-Strand played in only 36 games for the Reds this season. His limited playing time in the majors was more due to poor performance than injuries. A sore back caused him to miss the entire month of May, but not other parts of the season. In his 36 games with the Reds, Encarnacion-Strand only hit .208/.234.377 with six home runs and 19 RBI over 137 plate appearances.
At Triple-A Louisville, Encarnacion-Strand hit slightly better with a .245/.310/.493 slash line, 11 home runs, and 37 RBI over 62 games. Encarnacion-Strand was one of the hottest-hitting prospects on the planet when the Twins traded him. But now, his prospect shine is long faded as he’ll be fighting for his last year with options in the Reds org in 2026.
2025 Season End: Mexican League
One of the many bench players the Twins rolled out in 2022, Jermaine Palacios, has kept his pro career going in the Mexican League the last two seasons. He’s still performing well as a hitter, as he had a .274/.342/.493 slash line, with 10 home runs, and 30 RBI in 59 games this year.
He’s continuing to play in the Venezuelan League this off-season in hopes he can get one more attempt to sign with a major-league club on a minor-league deal for 2026.
2024 Season’s End Totals
On MLB rosters: 11
On MLB/MiLB injured lists: 3
In the minors or other pro ball: 13
Free agents or out of professional baseball: 3
There are now two players from Minnesota’s top 30 prospects who are officially retired from pro ball, with a few more clinging on for their next opportunities. Still, the majority remain either in the minors or majors, with a third contributing to major-league rosters at the end of the season.
Even if they’re not all still contributing to the Twins, it speaks to the ongoing strength of their farm system that players like Duran, Steer, and Varland made meaningful contributions to postseason teams this past season.