5 Top Prospects Who Can Still Impact the 2024 Minnesota Twins

[thelanges5]

16 minutes ago, Patzky said:

FWIW Royce Lewis and Keirsey Jr are sitting out tonight's Saints game.

Royce played 3B in the first game of the double header. 

[twinstalker]

LOL at Severino.

[Seth Stohs]

could be back with the Saints a week or so (sometime around June 3-10th). They certainly aren't going to rush him up from there. Lewis is going to be back. Miranda should stick. Julien's not going anywhere. Correa is at SS. I can't see Lee getting called up until probably August, if at all, unless there is a major injury or two. Austin Martin can play 2B, and if not, he can play LF and CF and Castro can play any of those spots. 

Keirsey deserves it, but now on IL for hopefully not much more than a week. Maybe if he was right-handed, he'd be an option to replace Margot, but they're not dropping Margot anytime soon. 

Severino - Both Santana and Kirilloff would have to be out, could platoon with Miranda.

It used to always be a thing to guess a September call-up, especially on bad  teams. But now that only 2 roster spots open up in September, they aren't going to just call anyone up to call anyone up. They'll just use the two spots to rotate guys like Funderburk, Alcala, Staumont, Castillo, Varland over the summer and in September. 

E-Rod isn't likely to debut this year. 

Raya? Probably not. Though I don't care anymore about his workloads. A guy can be valuable at any level if he can do well for four innings at a time. don't expect him to come up yet this year. 

Festa is a guy that I might call up shortly for 2-3 starts to let a guy like Paddack miss 2-3 starts, and allow the other pitchers or other guys can skip a start or even just give some other guys an extra day or two. 

 

[Finlander]

Wondering if we'd see Camargo before either Raya or Severino. If the Twins look to offload Vasquez somehow to rid themselves of one of the poorest hitters in baseball (whether in season or during off-season), and save themselves some payroll down the road, they'll need to assess Camargo's readiness to step in as a backup to Jeffers. I can see him getting some playing time later this summer.

[Jeff K]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:40 AM, Karbo said:

If Julian can't pick it up a bit, and if Lee does well at AAA I can see him up in a few weeks, maybe sooner if there is an injury. If SWR keeps pitching well I don't see Festa getting the call until the end of AAA season to be in the pen. If SWR goes in the tank then Festa will get his chance IMO.

Between possible regression with any of our starters and/or injuries, I would place money on Festa getting his shot before AAA is over.

[Jeff K]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:58 AM, LambchoP said:

While not a top prospect because he's a bit older, I say Keirsey Jr!

And he fills a positional need behind Buxton.