Minnesota Twins Prospect Tiers for the 2024 Trade Deadline.
In recent years, the Twins’ front office has made several transactions based on their prospect depth. Here’s a look at the team’s top 20 prospects and the various levels into which they fall before the 2024 trade deadline.
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Many organizations view prospect depth as a way to bolster a major league squad and lengthen a team’s winning window. In recent years, the Twins front management has utilized some of the team’s top prospects to acquire players like as Sonny Gray, Tyler Mahle, and Jorge López. Obviously, some of those moves were successful for the Twins, while others will live in infamy. The following is a tiered ranking of Twins Daily’s top 20 Twins prospects, with two players eliminated (Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson) since they will soon graduate from prospect rankings. The team’s top prospects are organized into five levels.
Tier One: The Untouchables
Walker Jenkins and Brooks Lee
It seems unlikely that the Twins will trade any of these guys. Both are among the game’s top prospects. Jenkins has the potential to be a superstar who will be the face of the Minnesota Twins for a decade or more. Lee has a lower potential, but he is on the verge of making an impact in the major leagues. The Twins will most likely need Lee in the second half, and if he hadn’t been hurt to begin the season, they might have brought him up sooner.
Tier 2: Only available at Blockbusters.
Emmanuel RodrÃguez, David Festa and Charlee Soto.
The Twins will only include these prospects in a trade if they get a big name with several years of team control, or who can make a huge impact on their postseason hopes this autumn. Despite missing time in Double-A this year, RodrÃguez remains a talented five-tool player. Festa, like Lee, has already advanced to Triple-A and appears to be ready for the big leagues. He will start games for the Twins in the second half and is a member of the club’s long-term starting rotation. Soto is far from the major leagues, but he is an outlier in this front office. They have seldom targeted high-school pitchers early in the draft due to the instability associated with this playing type. Soto would only be included in a deal for controllable starting pitching, like the Twins did in the Chase Petty-for-Gray transaction.
