{"id":657668,"date":"2026-04-01T23:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657668\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:17","slug":"where-every-prospect-in-the-twins-top-30-is-starting-the-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657668\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Every Prospect in the Twins’ Top 30 is Starting the 2026 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

With excitement around the 2026 Twins at its lowest point in a long time<\/a>, it may be a good year to do more prospect-watching than usual. The Twins have quite a bit of talent in their minor-league system, including some prospects just across the river at Triple-A St. Paul. There’s also some real long-term upside in players at lower levels of the minors.<\/p>\n

The Saints have already played five games, and Minnesota’s three other affiliated full-season teams \u2014 Double-A Wichita, High-A Cedar Rapids, and Low-A Fort Myers \u2014 are all beginning their campaigns on Thursday or Friday.<\/p>\n

Using MLB.com’s list<\/a>, here’s a look at where each of the top 30 prospects in the Twins’ organization are beginning the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

St. Paul Saints (AAA)No. 1: Walker Jenkins, OFNo. 2: Kaelen Culpepper, SSNo. 4: Emmanuel Rodriguez, OFNo. 5: Connor Prielipp, LHPNo. 7: Gabriel Gonzalez, OFNo. 10: Kendry Rojas, LHP (Injured List)No. 13: Andrew Morris, RHPNo. 18: Marco Raya, RHPNo. 20: John Klein, RHP<\/p>\n

Five of the Twins’ top seven prospects can be found in St. Paul, which has a complete outfield made up of players knocking on the door of the big leagues. Jenkins is the consensus top prospect in the organization, with a smooth left-handed swing that has drawn some Joe Mauer comparisons. Culpepper, the Twins’ first-round pick in 2024, surged up the No. 2 spot with a huge season last year. Rodriguez, who just needs to stay healthy, showed off his prodigious power on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Rodriguez launched his first HR of the season in grand style giving the @StPaulSaints<\/a> a 4-0 lead\ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Twins Player Development (@TwinsPlayerDev) April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Prielipp is the top pitching prospect in the org and will be fun to track this spring. Once Rojas is healthy, he’ll enter the rotation as well.<\/p>\n

This St. Paul team has quite the mix of prospects and players with MLB experience (including Alan Roden, Eric Wagaman, Orlando Arcia, Zebby Matthews, Dan Altavilla, John Brebbia, and several others). They’re going to be a lot more fun to watch than they were on Tuesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wichita Wind Surge (AA)No. 12: Hendry Mendez, OFNo. 19: Ryan Gallagher, RHPNo. 21: Kyle DeBarge, SSNo. 22: C.J. Culpepper, RHPNo. 24: Billy Amick, IFNo. 26: Jose Olivares, RHPNo. 29: Kala’i Rosario, OF<\/p>\n

The Twins don’t necessarily have much high-end prospect talent currently in Double-A, but there are a handful of players here with MLB upside. Mendez hit well after being acquired for Harrison Bader last year and might already be in Triple-A if he wasn’t blocked by other lefty corner outfielders. DeBarge stole 66 bases last year at High-A, but he needs to hit more to keep climbing.<\/p>\n

Cedar Rapids Kernels (A+)No. 3: Eduardo Tait, CNo. 6: Dasan Hill, LHPNo. 8: Marek Houston, SSNo. 9: Charlee Soto, RHP (Injured List)No. 15: Adrian Bohorquez, RHPNo. 17: Brandon Winokur, UTILNo. 23: Khadim Diaw, C<\/p>\n

Outside of Triple-A, this is where the big-name prospects in the Twins’ system are. Tait was part of the Jhoan Duran return last year and has a chance to reach Double-A before his 20th birthday in August. Hill is a 20-year-old 6’5″ lefty with electric raw stuff. Houston was the Twins’ first-round pick last year and might have the best glove in the entire system. Soto won’t be healthy for a bit, but he’s got quite the arm as well.<\/p>\n

Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (A-)No. 11: Riley Quick, RHPNo. 14: Quentin Young, IFNo. 16: James Ellwanger, RHPNo. 27: Enrique Jimenez, C\/1BNo. 28: Matt Barr, RHPNo. 30: Bruin Agbayani, IF<\/p>\n

All of those names were players the Twins drafted last summer, with the exception of Jimenez, who came over from the Tigers in the Chris Paddack trade. Quick is a 6’6″ righty with a chance to be quite good. Young, the nephew of former Twin Delmon Young, has remarkable raw tools. Presumably just missing the Twins’ top 30 list is another 2025 draft pick in Jason Reitz, who is notable in that he’s a 6’11” pitcher.<\/p>\n

The only player in the Twins’ top 30 not on one of those four teams is 17-year-old RHP Santiago Castellanos, who will likely play in the Florida Complex League starting next month.<\/p>\n