# Minnesota Twins minor league players

Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Minnesota Twins:

## Players
### Travis Adams

Travis Michael Adams (born January 19, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Adams played college baseball at Sacramento State, logging a combined 10–6 record and 3.75 ERA with 130 strikeouts and 25 walks across 151 innings pitched.
Adams was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round, with the 189th overall selection, of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the rookie–level Florida Complex League Twins.
Adams split the 2022 campaign between the Single–A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and High–A Cedar Rapids Kernels, accumulating a combined 6–8 record and 3.93 ERA with 108 strikeouts in 100+2⁄3 innings pitched across 22 starts. He spent 2023 with the Double–A Wichita Wind Surge, compiling a 4–10 record and 5.66 ERA with 97 strikeouts in 109+2⁄3 strikeouts over 26 games (22 starts).
Adams spent 2024 with Double–A Wichita and the Triple–A St. Paul Saints, compiling a 5–9 record and 3.90 ERA with 118 strikeouts across 127 innings pitched. On November 19, 2024, the Twins added Adams to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Adams was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the 2025 season.

### Matt Canterino

Matthew James Canterino (born December 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Canterino grew up in Southlake, Texas and attended Carroll Senior High School. He was named the District 7-6A Pitcher of the Year as a senior after posting 7–1 record with 57 strikeouts and an 0.64 ERA.
Canterino played college baseball for the Rice Owls, where he was a starting pitcher for three seasons. He was named first team All-Conference USA after going 7–5 with 3.06 ERA and 116 strikeouts against 22 walks in 94 innings. As a junior, he went 6–5 with a 2.81 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 99+1⁄3 innings pitched and was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Year in addition to repeating as a first team all-conference selection. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.
Canterino was drafted in the 2nd round, with the 54th overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins. After signing with the team, he was initially assigned to the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Twins before being promoted to the Single-A Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He pitched only 23 innings in 2021 for Cedar Rapids and the High-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels due to injury.
Canterino was assigned to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge to begin the 2022 season. In 34+1⁄3 innings pitched, he posted a 1.83 ERA and 1.14 WHIP with 50 strikeouts and 22 walks. On August 10, 2022, it was announced that Canterino would need Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss the remainder of the 2022 season and likely all of the 2023 season. On November 15, the Twins added Canterino to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Canterino was optioned to Double-A Wichita to begin the 2023 season. However, he did not appear in a game as he continued his recovery from surgery. Canterino was optioned to the Triple–A St. Paul Saints to begin the 2024 season. He missed the entirety of the season due to a rotator cuff strain that he suffered in spring training. Canterino was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the 2025 season. However, on March 16, 2025, it was announced that Canterino would undergo season-ending surgery to "tighten" ligaments in his throwing shoulder.
* Rice Owls bio
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Diego Cartaya

Diego Armando Cartaya (born September 7, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Cartaya was rated as MLB Pipeline's top international prospect when he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 2, 2018. He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dodgers Arizona League affiliates, hitting .281 in 41 games. He was rated as the Dodgers ninth best prospect going into the 2020 season. and was added to the Dodgers 60-man player pool for the pandemic affected season. In 2021, with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes he appeared in 31 games and hit .298 with 10 homers and 31 RBI. However, he was placed on the injured list on August 1 with a strained hamstring and missed the rest of the season. He was selected to represent the Dodgers at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. Cartaya was selected by the Dodgers as their 2022 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year. 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.
On November 15, 2022, the Dodgers added Cartaya to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, and assigned him to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers to begin the 2023 season. With Tulsa, he played in 93 games, hitting .189 with 19 homers and 57 RBI. Cartaya was again optioned to Double–A Tulsa to begin the 2024 season. He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on June 25. Between the two levels, he played in 95 games, batting .221 with 11 homers and 52 RBI. Cartaya was designated for assignment on January 3, 2025 and removed from the roster.
Following the 2024 season, Cartaya played winter league baseball for the Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
On January 9, 2025, the Dodgers traded Cartaya to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor leaguer Jose Vasquez. He was optioned to the Triple-A St. Paul Saints to begin the season.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Eiberson Castellano

Eiberson José Castellano (born May 9, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Castellano signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on July 2, 2018. He did not pitch at all during the 2019 season, then was unable to pitch in 2020 as well due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He finally made his professional debut with the Aguilas del Zulia of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League later that year. Castellano made his affiliated debut in 2021 with the Dominican Summer League Phillies White, posting a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings of work. He was promoted to the Clearwater Threshers of the Single-A Florida State League for the 2022 season, where he would record a 3.51 ERA in 51.1 innings of work. Returning to Clearwater for the 2023 season, Castellano's results backed up, with his ERA ballooning to 5.04 in 50 innings of work.
Castellano began the 2024 season with the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League before being promoted to the Reading Fightin Phils of the Double-A Eastern League in July. It would be a breakout season for him, as he'd work to a 3.99 ERA over 22 appearances between both levels, while also being the system's Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July. For his efforts, he'd be named the pitching winner of the Paul Owens Award for the 2024 season.
On December 11, 2024, Castellano was selected by the Minnesota Twins ninth overall in the Rule 5 draft.
* 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. 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.
Cossetti was selected in the 11th round by the Minnesota Twins in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. 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. He was named the Florida State League Player of the Month for April.
* Saint Joseph's Hawks bio
* Career statistics from MLB, or 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.
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.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### 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.
Eeles started his Twins career with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels before being promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels and St. Paul Saints.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### 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. 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.
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.
* 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. As a senior, he hit .436 with two home runs and 13 stolen bases. 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. 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. He played in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League that summer. 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. He was named to the All-SEC Second Team and to the ABCA All-South Region Team. 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. Prior to the 2019 season, Holland was named a preseason All-American by multiple outlets including Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com. He struggled his junior year, finishing the season batting .246 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs over 64 games.
Holland was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and he signed for $575,000. 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. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. He was assigned to the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the High-A Midwest League to begin the 2022 season. In early August, he was promoted to the Wichita Wind Surge of the Double-A Texas League. Over 116 games between the two teams, he slashed .227/.339/.366 with nine home runs, 49 RBIs, and 32 stolen bases. 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.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Auburn Tigers bio

### Ryan Jensen

Ryan Austin Jensen (born November 23, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played college baseball at Fresno State University.
Jensen attended Salinas High School in Salinas, California. In 2016, as a senior, he went 2–5 with a 2.75 ERA. He was not drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, thus enrolling at Fresno State University. He struggled as a freshman in 2017 and as a sophomore in 2018, posting ERAs of 6.60 and 5.35, respectively. He broke out as a junior in 2019, going 12–1 with a 2.88 ERA in 16 games and being named Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Jensen was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 27th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Cubs for $2 million and was assigned to the Eugene Emeralds. Over six starts, he compiled a 2.25 ERA, striking out 19 over 12 innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jensen split the 2021 season between the South Bend Cubs and Tennessee Smokies, going 3–7 with a 4.16 ERA and ninety strikeouts over eighty innings. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox after the season. On November 15, 2022, the Cubs added Jensen to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Jensen was optioned to the Double-A Tennessee Smokies to begin the 2023 season. In 30 games split between Tennessee and the Triple–A Iowa Cubs, he accumulated a 2–7 record and 5.77 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 53.0 innings of work.
On August 8, 2023, Jensen was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. In 13 games for the Triple–A Tacoma Rainiers, he pitched to a 3.18 ERA with 12 strikeouts across 11+1⁄3 innings of work. On November 22, Jensen was designated for assignment by the Mariners.
On November 27, 2023, Jensen was claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins. On December 20, Jensen was designated for assignment following the acquisition of Roddery Muñoz and claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on January 4, 2024. The Twins designated him for assignment on February 2, 2024 and later outrighted him to the Triple–A St. Paul Saints on February 6.
* Career statistics from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Fresno State 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. 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. As a redshirt sophomore in 2022, he started 16 games and went 9–1 with a 3.57 ERA and 107 strikeouts. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the ninth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
Lewis signed with the Twins and made his professional debut in 2023 with the Fort Myers Miracle. In early June, he was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Over 22 starts between the two teams, Lewis went 9–4 with a 2.49 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 101+1⁄3 innings.
* 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. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.
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.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### 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. He committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech. 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.
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. Raya made his professional debut in 2022 with the Single–A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. He missed a brief period during the season after getting his wisdom teeth removed. Over 19 games (17 starts) with Fort Myers, he went 3–2 with a 3.05 ERA and 76 strikeouts over 65 innings. 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. Over 22 starts between the two teams, Raya went 0–4 with a 4.02 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 62+2⁄3 innings.
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.
Raya was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the 2025 season.
* 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. 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. He won the 2023 Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award with Ceder Rapids.
* 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.
Rucker attended Pope John Paul II High School.
Rucker played college baseball at Tennessee from 2019 to 2021.
Rucker was drafted in the 7th round of the 2021 draft by the Minnesota Twins.
* 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.
Salas made his professional debut in 2021 with the Florida Complex League Marlins, before being promoted to the Jupiter Hammerheads after 28 games. He started 2022 with Jupiter, before his promotion to the Beloit Sky Carp.
Several of Salas's relatives have also played Minor League Baseball.
On January 20, 2023, Salas, Pablo López, and Byron Chourio were traded to the Minnesota Twins for Luis Arráez.
* 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. He began playing for the school's varsity baseball team in the eighth grade. Schobel played summer collegiate baseball after graduating high school for the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League.
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. After the 2021 season he played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a sophomore, Schobel hit .362 with 19 home runs and 74 RBIs.
Schobel was selected in the Competitive Balance section of the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Twins for a bonus just over $1 million on July 26, 2022.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Virginia Tech Hokies bio

### Yunior Severino

Yunior Severino (born October 3, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Severino originally signed with the Atlanta Braves as an international free agent in July 2016. He played his first professional season in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Braves and Gulf Coast Braves. After the season, he was declared a free agent after the Braves were penalized for violations in the international free agent market. Shortly after, he signed with the Minnesota Twins.
In his first year with the Twins in 2018, Severino played with the rookie–level Elizabethton Twins. He played for the rookie–level Gulf Coast Twins and Single–A Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2019. Severino did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Severino returned in 2021 to play for the Single–A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and Cedar Rapids. He played 2022 with Cedar Rapids and Double–A Wichita Wind Surge.
On November 6, 2023, the Twins added Severino to their 40-man roster to prevent him from reaching minor league free agency. He was optioned to the Triple–A St. Paul Saints to begin the 2024 season. In 128 games for the Saints, Severino slashed .254/.342/.434 with 21 home runs and 79 RBI. On November 4, he was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to St. Paul. Severino elected free agency the next day.
On November 18, 2024, Severino re–signed with the Twins organization on a minor league contract.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### 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.
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.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)