4 Twins Prospect Debuts to Be Excited About in 2023

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On 1/8/2023 at 2:38 PM, Wizard11 said:

Canterino is out for the year due to TJ surgery

He could be back and throwing (at least in pens) around the All-Star Break,, although a lot will be dictated by how his rebab is going and barring and setbacks.  So while there is a good chance he will miss out on game action for the whole year, we may see him back in the second half sometime.  Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer for good health .

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On 1/10/2023 at 3:01 AM, Fatbat said:

That manipulation or lack there of can be debated and has been previously. I believe that service time is manipulated on the regular but thats just my opinion.  If there is a lack of injuries in the bigs, the youngsters always get held back as long as possible even if they are MLB ready. 

I think the last obvious service time manipulation by the Twins was Kirilloff, who gave them cover by having a lousy spring training in 2021. I do think service time figures in, but it isn't a be-all and end-all. By and large, teams don't want rookies wasting team-control service time on the bench. I can't blame them for that. 

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With the Correa signing now official, the Twins have a bunch of middle infield prospects and no obvious path for them to get playing time in the middle infield--Lee, Lewis, Martin and Julien. Martin and Lewis have spent time in the outfield and I believe Julien has moved around the diamond. Lee only played short in his brief minor league time IIRC, but has been thought of as a potential second or third baseman.