Part one: #16-20

Age: 23
2025 Stats (AAA): 98.2 IP, 6.02 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, 5.2 BB/9
During his rise through the minors, Raya has been a consistent fixture in our rankings despite several things working against him: workload restrictions, shaky control, and results that never quite matched up to the quality of his stuff. But any observer could see that quality on display — hard, high-spin breaking balls that gave older and more experienced hitters fits.

Last year, Raya’s momentum came to a halt in Triple-A. For the first time in his pro career, he was the one looking overwhelmed as walks, wild pitches and laborious outings piled up. It’s a stumble we can excuse, given that Raya arrived in Triple-A as a 22-year-old who was promoted aggressively through the Twins’ system. But now he has to rebound and prove his brutal 2025 was merely a bump in the road.

He’ll be aiming to do so in the bullpen. Given how little interest the Twins have shown in building up his stamina for a starting workload, this has long appeared to be the plan, but now his conversion to a reliever is all but official. That’s a spot in which Raya has a very good chance to thrive, and perhaps blossom in a late-inning role — as long as he can throw strikes. For what it’s worth, he’s looked excellent in early spring action.

Age: 18
2025 Stats (A): 22 PA, .118/.227/.118, 0 HR, 3 RBI
The Twins were thinking big — literally and figuratively — when they used their second-round pick, 54th overall, to select Young in last year’s draft. Turning 19 in a few days, the former prep star is already a massive specimen at 6-foot-6 and 225 lbs. His throwing and swinging strength are immense, casting the potential for a star slugger at third base or an outfield corner. (There’s no way he’s sticking at shortstop, even if it’s technically his current position.)

The question with Young is simple: Will he make enough contact to produce? That was the universal knock on him entering the draft. Baseball America describes his swing as “long, with a pronounced hitch,” and such issues are not always easily solved for a guy his size. Young struck out nine times in 22 plate appearances during a brief debut at Low-A Fort Myers last year, but it says something about the team’s belief in him that they sent him there directly. He will be a fun one to follow this year.

Age: 21
2025 Stats (A+): 529 PA, .226/.304/.388, 17 HR, 68 RBI
It’s fitting that Winokur is right next to Young in these rankings because his story and traits are remarkably similar. He’s a huge right-handed hitter (6-foot-6, 210) drafted highly out of high school (third round in 2023) on the basis of his tantalizing raw tools. Like Young, Winokur shows uncommon defensive ability for a player his size, and spent a majority of his time at shortstop or center field in Cedar Rapids last year, though he did start to break in more at third. 

Winokur hardly dominated in his first exposure to High-A, posting a sub-.700 OPS in 122 games, but staying healthy and holding his own against more advanced competition was a win in its own right. His 17 homers and 26 steals (on 30 attempts) demonstrate what his athleticism makes possible, and his 24.7% strikeout rate — while still on the high side — was a solid improvement over 2024 (28%).

Age: 24
2025 Stats (AAA): 94.2 IP, 4.09 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 8.5 K/9, 2.7 BB/9
A fourth-round draft pick out of Texas Tech in 2022, Morris enjoyed moderate success in his first full season before experiencing a full-on breakthrough in 2024. He started in High-A and finished with an effective seven-start stint at Triple-A, posting a 2.37 ERA across three levels and positioning himself for a potentially imminent big-league call-up.

The 2025 season didn’t quite go as planned. He got off to a pretty good start with the Saints, but in late May he started getting hit noticeably harder, and in June he went on the injured list with a forearm strain. That can be an ominous development for pitchers, but Morris came back healthy after six weeks in pitched well down the stretch, with a 3.45 ERA and 29-to-4 K/BB ratio in 31 â…“ innings. 

Boasting a six-pitch mix with a mid-90s fastball, Morris doesn’t get tons of whiffs and projects as more of a mid-rotation option than future ace. There’s an argument for eventually having him follow Raya into a relief role, but for now Morris is an important piece of starting pitching depth for the Twins. 

Age: 21
2025 Stats: DNP
Quick is the third player among the five highlighted here who’s listed at 6-foot-6, but the first who takes that size advantage to the pitching mound. Minnesota selected the big righty out of Alabama with their supplemental first-round pick last year, 36th overall, after he struck out 72 hitters in 60 innings with a 3.95 ERA for the Tide in his return from Tommy John surgery. 

He didn’t make any official appearances upon joining Twins system last year, but figures to be unleashed in Single-A this year and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares. No one would be surprised to see the hulking hard-thrower blow away young hitters with a fastball that reaches the upper-90s and some legit secondary offerings. Quick may be one of the best-kept secrets in the minors … but not for long.

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