Twins UDFA following the 2025 Draft

[DocBauer]

There could be additional additional still coming. And maybe someone will have more in depth reports on these guys. But now that all 21 draftees are signed and delivered, I did a little research on 5 kids the Twins have signed post draft as UDFA. Thought I would share what I've found.

ADAM FALINSKI/ RHP/ Troy university: 6' 3" 221 lbs, almost 23yo.He began his college career at Eastern Michigan before transferring to Troy for 2025. And it was definitely his best season to date. His coach raves about him as a person and as a teammate. He appeared in 18G with 7 of those being starts. He produced a 5.83 ERA/ 46.1 IP/ 51 H allowed/ 23BB/ and 46 K. He would appear to have reliever written all over him. 

ERIC HAMMOND/ RHP/ Georgia: 6' 4" 190 lbs 23yo in November. He spent his first 2yrs at USC with limited results. While he started in 21 of 27 appearances, his ERA was pushing 7 both seasons with poor peripherals. However, his 1yr spent at Georgia saw a turnaround with an ERA of 4.15, but only 17.1 IP as a reliever only. He allowed 14 H/ 7 BB/ and had 23 K. I'm thinking late blooming reliever with room to grow and add velocity. 

IAN DOUGHERTY/ C/ Oklahoma State: 6' 2" 212 lbs almost 23yo. He played all 4yr at OK St and was almost exclusively a catcher. Not much of a bat, and not much power, hitting 10HR in 2024, 8 in 2025, but a career number of only 19 HR. Career quad slash of: .264/ .366/ .475/ .841. 

Now it does get a little more interesting.

LUIS HERNANDEZ/ C-1B/ LSU-Puerto Rico: 6' 1" 190 lbs 23yo. Hernandez played his first 3yrs at the smaller school of Indiana State before transferring to LSU for the 2025 season. He played almost exclusively as a catcher his freshman season. He spent 2023 as the primary DH, and then moved to 1B in 2024. (I couldn't find if injury was part of the various moves). While he didn't perform poorly, he had a breakout at 1B in 2024 with 14 Dbls/ 23 HR/ and 76RBI and a quad slash of .359/ .421/ .644/ 1.114. He was amongst the top performers in the MVC which lead to his transfer to LSU, where he moved BACK to catcher and was their primary backstop this past season. And in about 1/3 less PA, he didn't perform poorly with 11 Dbls/ 1 Trpl/ 9 HR/ 33 RBI. His quad slash was .270/ .348/ .500/ .848. Not bad for a backstop in his first and only season for a powerhouse SEC program that had a phenomenal year. But is he really a catcher?

Lastly:

HARRY GENTH/ INF/ Division 3 Haverford College: 5' 8" 185 lbs almost 23yo. Yes, you read that right, he's from a D3 school. He's seen playing time at SS and 3B, but has primarily been a 2B. He put up solid quad line numbers all 4 yrs and improved said numbers all 4yrs. (A few, brief, games played in summer ball that were mediocre, and SSSS). But this past year he produced 15 Dbls/ 2 Trpls/ 23 HR/ 77 RBI with 31 successful SB out of 32 attempts! And get his senior quad slash line: .428/ .556/ 1.034/ 1.600! Those numbers aren't a mistake. Considering he was on a continuous upswing in production in college, i have to wonder why he didn't transfer to a larger school for his senior season?

In short, and strictly my opinion, they signed a depth/organizational catcher and a couple arms that have at least some potential out of the pen. In particular, I'm somewhat intrigued by the tall and lanky Hammond from Georgia. How do you perform so poorly at USC, then teansfer to an SEC school and show so much improvement, even in SSS? 

Why did Hernandez...who also performed very well for a silver medal PR appearance in the under 23yo games...move off of catcher after his freshman season to DH, and then to 1B? WAS there an injury I couldn't find? And then the national champion LSU program moves him back to being their primary backstop? It will be really interesting to see if the Twins keep him at catcher, which I presume they will. Based on what he did at Indiana State...though a smaller school...it would seem there is SOME bat and power potential there for a move to 1B if catcher doesn't work out.

It's a LONG WAY from D3 to MLB. But when a kid like Genth puts up video game numbers like that he's at least worth a look. 

All of these kids are 23yo, or close to being so. They all have obvious flaws in their abilities/production, SSS of production, or level of play. But a couple of them just might have some tools for the development staff to work with.

Just wanted to share what I've found out so far about these UDFA post draft.

[Clear Lake Twinsfan]

Thanks for doing the research and sharing with us. I'd expect to see some of these 23 year olds get some playing time in August.