Which Twins Prospects Will Participate in the 2025 Spring Breakout?

[Cody Christie]

Last season, MLB created a new way for fans to get an up-close view of the game’s top prospects, by initiating Spring Breakout games. Here are the prospects Twins fans can get excited to see next week.

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Baseball's top prospects get an opportunity to take center stage for four days in March. From Mar. 13-16, sixteen exhibition games will be played between teams made up entirely of each club's top prospects. Fans can follow prospect lists and recognize the names of top players, but they often don’t get to see these players in action until they actually reach the majors. The Spring Breakout games allow organizations to showcase the prospects they hope to develop into future stars. 

The Twins Spring Breakout roster will face off against the Blue Jays' top prospects on Sat., Mar. 15 at 12:07 PM CT, at the Blue Jays’ spring training complex in Dunedin, FL. The game will be broadcast on MLB.TV or MLB.com. So, who are the players fans can look forward to watching? 

Hitters
Luke Keaschall, UTIL
Keaschall is a consensus top-100 prospect who is returning from Tommy John surgery last August. He was the team’s Minor League Player of the Year, and ranks as the organization’s third-best prospect. It’s a good sign that the Twins are willing to let him participate in this game, after he ended last season with a serious injury. 

Kaelen Culpepper, SS
Culpepper was Minnesota’s first-round pick in 2024. Many believe he can stick at shortstop, and he showcased elite contact rate and plate discipline in his pro debut. The 2025 season will be his first full campaign as a pro, and he has a chance to be a top-100 prospect by season’s end.  

Brandon Winokur, OF
Winokur’s impressive athleticism and raw power have drawn attention since his selection in the third round of the 2023 draft. In 2024, as a 19-year-old, he spent the full season at Low A, posting a .249/.327/.434 slash line across 94 games, including 36 extra-base hits. The Twins will likely have him spend most of the season at High-A in 2025.

Billy Amick, 3B
Minnesota drafted Amick with their second-round pick in 2024, and his professional career began in the Florida State League. Over 18 games with Fort Myers, the 21-year-old slashed .222/.351/.413, with three doubles and three home runs. He showcased a well-rounded offensive profile, including nearly as many walks (12) as strikeouts. MLB Pipeline considered him among the game’s best third base prospects at the season's end. 

Diego Cartaya, C
Cartaya was a former top prospect with the Dodgers, before joining the Twins in a trade this winter. There is a chance he could be the heir apparent to Christian Vázquez in Minnesota’s big-league catching duo. The Twins don’t have any standout catching prospects, so he has a chance to establish himself as the team’s catcher of the future. 

Others Hitters on the Roster: Ricardo Olivar, Rayne Doncon, Khadim Diaw, Jaime Ferrer, Dameury Pena, Danny De Andrade, Rubel Cespedes, Gabriel Gonzalez, Eduardo Beltre, Yasser Mercedes, Kala’i Rosario

Pitchers
Travis Adams, RHP
Adams was a surprise addition to the Twins’ 40-man roster this winter. He also showed a lot of improvement this year, after struggling mightily in 2023 as a 23-year-old at Double A. He reduced his ERA from 5.66 to 3.67, earning a late-season promotion to Triple A, where he made four appearances. He throws strikes and gets ground balls, which can be a recipe for success at the big-league level. 

Kyle Bischoff, RHP
In 2025, he moved from High A to Triple A and posted a 29.9% strikeout rate and a 10.0% walk rate in 61 1/3 innings. He was strictly used as a reliever, which could put him on the fast track to making his debut. The Twins like to rotate through different relief options at the big-league level, and his strikeout numbers are hard to ignore.

Michael Martinez, RHP
The Twins signed Martinez as a minor-league free agent this winter, coming from the Dodger organization. Last season, he made 38 relief appearances between High A and Double A. In 42 1/3 innings, he posted a 1.91 ERA with a 1.21 WHIP and a 26.7% strikeout rate. Like Bischoff, he has a quick path to the big-league level if he can continue to overpower hitters in the upper minors. 

Jason Doktorczyk, RHP
Minnesota drafted Doktorczyk in the 9th round of the 2024 MLB Draft, and he has yet to make his professional debut. In his final collegiate season, he posted a 3.95 ERA with a 1.20 WHIP in 84 1/3 innings. The Twins have had luck developing mid-to-late-round college arms into top pitching prospects, and this will be the first chance for fans to get eyes on Doktorczyk. 

Other Pitchers on the Roster: Tanner Hall, Jeremy Lee, Juan Mendez, Jaylen Nowlin, Wilker Reyes, Jacob Wosinski

Some big names are obviously absent from this roster. Walker Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez are both dealing with ankle injuries. Marco Raya has a quad injury, and the Twins are slowly preparing him to get back into games. All three prospects could appear in games for the Twins this season, so that’s another reason for the Twins to be careful with their top players. The team is also electing to hold their next wave of young pitchers (Andrew Morris, Cory Lewis, and C.J. Culpepper, to name a few) out of the event, perhaps to let them each stay focused on ramping up and stretching out for big seasons ahead.

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What players stand out from the roster? Who are you most excited to see? Leave a comment and start the discussion. 

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[LambchoP]

This should be fun to watch, although it's a little dissapointing we won't see Jenkins, Rodriguez, Raya or Eeles...

[Cody Christie]

It would be interesting to get some of the behind the scenes details on how these rosters are created, especially since the Twins didn't include many of their top pitching prospects. I wonder how much pressure there is to get the team's top prospects into the game. 

[tony&rodney]

54 minutes ago, Cody Christie said:

It would be interesting to get some of the behind the scenes details on how these rosters are created, especially since the Twins didn't include many of their top pitching prospects. I wonder how much pressure there is to get the team's top prospects into the game. 

Yes, it would be interesting, but we also know that zero answers are ever forthcoming from a talking head in the front office or even someone from the field staff. The prospect game was initiated to draw interest from the public at large. While many people on Twins Daily may be familiar with more than a couple of dozen prospects, the average fan is not familiar with more than a half dozen if that number. As far as pressure, we have not seen the Twins pay attention to their fan base on many levels. It is a corporate approach. Thus while the initial idea was that teams would roster many of their top prospects, it is not a surprise to see the Twins view the game as merely another game to fill out the March exhibition schedule. The minor league guys are worth watching via milb.com once their season begins.

[DocBauer]

Very disappointed that some of the Twins top arms as well as Jenkins and Rodriguez won't be participating. Why not Eeles though? Is it an age thing?

Keep Doktorczyk on your watch list. He's 6' 6" and 230lbs with a lower 90's FB, a sweeper, and a curveball. He had a nice junior season and a good summer just before. Think Matthews a year or so now as he builds up velocity and gets some professional coaching.

What caught my eye is an article on the Twins MLB site listing Jaime Ferrer as a CATCHER. While he was drafted as an OF, and played OF in college, word has it he was a really good catching prospect coming out of HS and Fla St converted him to the OF. I've been wondering if the Twins might move him back behind the plate. Unless this is a mis-print. It seems they have.

[Otaknam]

The prospect games is a great idea! Winokur, Amick, Culpepper and Keaschall all seem poised for breakout seasons, though Keaschall had already done that last year. I expect he will help the team this year. Winokur at 6’6” must be a great athlete, since they continue to play him at shortstop. The Twins seem to be loaded with other good prospects, if they can keep them healthy. Let’s hope the pitcher development yields some potential ace starters in the near future. It should be a fun year in their minor league system. 

[TopGunn#22]

I like the roster but agree...where the heck is Eeles?!?!?  Is he considered too old to be a part of this group??  

Excellent info on Ferrer Doc.  If they are considering playing him at catcher and giving him time to develop he would be another very interesting guy to follow.  It also would kind of hedge our bet with Cartaya.  

It would have been even better if Jenkins and E-Rod could have been on that roster.  I'd would have liked to see Keirsey there as well.  Too old??  

[Fatbat]

Winokur is a freak of an athlete. If he cuts down his chase rate and K rate, he will start advancing quickly. 
Does anyone have video of Jaime Ferrer? From what I’ve read, he seems to have a nice set of tools to develop. 
is this the year that Danny De Andrade makes the leap to AAA? It would be nice to watch him in St.Paul!

[ashbury]

Let's see, 16 games, but there are only 30 teams.  Which two teams will have two games?  Ima guess Red Sox and Yankees.

Checking... huh.  Cubs and Nationals.