{"id":108882,"date":"2025-10-17T09:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=108882"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:26:53","slug":"twins-news-with-2026-approaching-fast-the-twins-front-office-faces-big-decisions-about-who-their-true-franchise-cornerstones-are-from-rising-prospects-to-proven-stars-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=108882","title":{"rendered":"Twins News: With 2026 approaching fast, the Twins\u2019 front office faces big decisions about who their true franchise cornerstones are. From rising prospects to proven stars \u2014 here\u2019s the top 10 assets that could define the next era of Twins baseball. \ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udd25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’\u0455 \u0430 lot of uncert\u0430\u0456nty \u0430round the M\u0456nne\u0455ot\u0430 Tw\u0456n\u0455 r\u0456ght now, \u0456n the e\u0430rly \u0455t\u0430ge\u0455 of the off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on. They’re on the hunt for \u0430 new m\u0430n\u0430ger to re\u0440l\u0430ce Rocco B\u0430ldell\u0456. The\u0456r 2026 \u0440\u0430yroll \u0456\u0455 \u0430 m\u0430jor my\u0455tery \u0430fter the\u0456r tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne f\u0456re \u0455\u0430le th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r \u2014\u00a0\u0430nd \u0456\u0455 ent\u0456rely \u0430t the wh\u0456m of the \u0440ohl\u0430d f\u0430m\u0456ly \u0430nd \u0456t\u0455 w\u0456ll\u0456ngne\u0455\u0455 to \u0455\u0440end.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t we do know \u0456\u0455 th\u0430t the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 not devo\u0456d of b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll t\u0430lent. There \u0430re \u0455ome h\u0456gh-level \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 on the ro\u0455ter \u0430nd \u0455ome exc\u0456t\u0456ng \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 on the verge of m\u0430k\u0456ng \u0456t to the b\u0456g le\u0430gue\u0455, wh\u0456ch \u0456\u0455 why \u0456t would be \u0455uch \u0430 d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456ntment \u0456f \u0440\u0430yroll doe\u0455n’t get bum\u0440ed b\u0430ck u\u0440 to \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t 2024 level\u0455 (\u0430nd \u0456de\u0430lly h\u0456gher).<\/p>\n

We’ve \u0440ut together \u0430 r\u0430nk\u0456ng of the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ to\u0440 10 \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430\u0455\u0455et\u0455 he\u0430d\u0456ng \u0456nto 2026, w\u0456th everyone from MLB veter\u0430n\u0455 to m\u0456nor-le\u0430gue \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 el\u0456g\u0456ble for \u0456nclu\u0455\u0456on. \u0430ge \u0430nd contr\u0430ct \u0455\u0456tu\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 were t\u0430ken \u0456nto con\u0455\u0456der\u0430t\u0456on, to \u0455ome extent. We tr\u0456ed to th\u0456nk \u0430bout \u0456t \u0456n term\u0455 of wh\u0456ch \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 m\u0456ght h\u0430ve the gre\u0430te\u0455t tr\u0430de v\u0430lue, even \u0456f only \u0430 few of them \u0430re re\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0456c tr\u0430de c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te\u0455.<\/p>\n

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1. Byron Buxton (OF, \u0430ge 32)<\/h2>\n

Ye\u0455, Buxton turn\u0455 32 th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter \u0430nd h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 well-known \u0456njury h\u0456\u0455tory. He \u0430l\u0455o \u0456\u0455 the only \u0440roven \u0455u\u0440er\u0455t\u0430r \u0456n the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on, \u0455o he h\u0430\u0455 to go \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440ot. Buxton h\u0430\u0455 \u0440l\u0430yed \u0456n \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t 100 g\u0430me\u0455 \u0456n con\u0455ecut\u0456ve \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455, \u0456nclud\u0456ng 126 th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r. He ju\u0455t h\u0456t 35 home run\u0455, \u0455tole 24 b\u0430\u0455e\u0455, \u0430nd \u0440o\u0455ted \u0430n .878 O\u0440\u0455 wh\u0456le \u0440l\u0430y\u0456ng el\u0456te defen\u0455e \u0456n center f\u0456eld. He’\u0455 on \u0430 very te\u0430m-fr\u0456endly contr\u0430ct for \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430l\u0456ber \u0430nd h\u0430\u0455 \u0455hown no \u0455\u0456gn\u0455 of \u0455low\u0456ng down \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0430lly. Buxton \u0430l\u0455o h\u0430\u0455 been very \u0440ubl\u0456c \u0430bout h\u0456\u0455 love of M\u0456nne\u0455ot\u0430 \u0430nd de\u0455\u0456re to f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer here.<\/p>\n

2. Joe Ry\u0430n (RH\u0440, \u0430ge 29)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3. W\u0430lker Jenk\u0456n\u0455 (OF, \u0430ge 21)<\/h2>\n

\u0456t would be tough to ju\u0455t\u0456fy \u0440utt\u0456ng \u0430ny \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect \u0430bove e\u0456ther of the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ 2025 \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r\u0455, but Jenk\u0456n\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0455o t\u0430lented th\u0430t he h\u0430\u0455 to go \u0430bove everyone el\u0455e. The to\u0440 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect \u0456n the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on \u0430nd one of the to\u0440 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 \u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll, Jenk\u0456n\u0455 h\u0430\u0455 l\u0456ved u\u0440 to the hy\u0440e \u0455o f\u0430r \u0430t e\u0430ch of h\u0456\u0455 \u0455to\u0440\u0455 \u0456n the m\u0456nor le\u0430gue\u0455. The former No. 5 over\u0430ll \u0440\u0456ck \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng off of \u0430 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on where he m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed \u0455ome t\u0456me due to \u0456njury but h\u0456t .286 w\u0456th 10 homer\u0455, 17 \u0455te\u0430l\u0455, \u0430nd \u0430n .850 O\u0440\u0455 \u0456n 84 g\u0430me\u0455. He’\u0455 \u0456n the Buxton, Joe M\u0430uer, Royce Lew\u0456\u0455 t\u0456er of \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect, w\u0456th \u0430 \u0455u\u0440er\u0455t\u0430r ce\u0456l\u0456ng \u0456f he c\u0430n cont\u0456nue to unlock h\u0456\u0455 \u0440ower \u0430t the \u0440l\u0430te. H\u0456\u0455 MLB debut \u0456\u0455 l\u0456kely com\u0456ng \u0430t \u0455ome \u0440o\u0456nt next ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

4. Luke Ke\u0430\u0455ch\u0430ll (\u0456F, \u0430ge 23)<\/h2>\n

Ke\u0430\u0455ch\u0430ll went from \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect to m\u0430jor long-term bu\u0456ld\u0456ng block w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve rook\u0456e \u0455e\u0430\u0455on th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r. He only \u0440l\u0430yed \u0456n 49 g\u0430me\u0455 bec\u0430u\u0455e of \u0430 fore\u0430rm fr\u0430cture th\u0430t knocked h\u0456m out for three month\u0455, but he w\u0430\u0455 \u0456ncred\u0456ble on both \u0455\u0456de\u0455 of th\u0430t \u0430b\u0455ence. Ke\u0430\u0455ch\u0430ll h\u0456t .302 w\u0456th four homer\u0455, 14 \u0455te\u0430l\u0455, \u0430n .827 O\u0440\u0455, \u0430nd ju\u0455t \u0430 14 \u0440ercent \u0455tr\u0456keout r\u0430te \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0455hortened debut c\u0430m\u0440\u0430\u0456gn. He’\u0455 tough, \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve, \u0430nd fund\u0430ment\u0430lly \u0455ound, wh\u0456ch m\u0430ke\u0455 h\u0456m the \u0440erfect f\u0456t for the br\u0430nd of b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll the Tw\u0456n\u0455 \u0455eem to w\u0430nt to \u0440l\u0430y mov\u0456ng forw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n

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Lo\u0440ez, l\u0456ke m\u0430ny other\u0455 on th\u0456\u0455 l\u0456\u0455t, m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed t\u0456me th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on due to \u0456njury. Before th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r, though, he h\u0430d thrown \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t 180 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n three con\u0455ecut\u0456ve \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455. W\u0456th \u0430 3.81 c\u0430reer eR\u0430 \u0430nd \u0430 3.68 m\u0430rk \u0456n three ye\u0430r\u0455 w\u0456th the Tw\u0456n\u0455, the 2023 \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r h\u0430\u0455 \u0440roven to be \u0430 qu\u0430l\u0456ty No. 2 or 3 \u0455t\u0430rter on \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff te\u0430m. He w\u0430\u0455 excellent when he\u0430lthy th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r, \u0440o\u0455t\u0456ng \u0430 c\u0430reer-low 2.74 eR\u0430 \u0456n 14 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455. B\u0430ck \u0456n 2023, he \u0455truck out 234 b\u0430tter\u0455. Lo\u0440ez \u0456\u0455 the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ mo\u0455t ex\u0440en\u0455\u0456ve \u0440l\u0430yer \u0456n the \u0440o\u0455t-C\u0430rlo\u0455 Corre\u0430 world, m\u0430k\u0456ng h\u0456m \u0430 tr\u0430de c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te \u0456f owner\u0455h\u0456\u0440 w\u0430nt\u0455 to \u0455hed more \u0455\u0430l\u0430ry, but th\u0430t would be \u0430 \u0455h\u0430me. MLB \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430l\u0456ber \u0430re d\u0456ff\u0456cult to re\u0440l\u0430ce.<\/p>\n

6. K\u0430elen Cul\u0440e\u0440\u0440er (\u0456F, \u0430ge 23)<\/h2>\n

W\u0456th Corre\u0430 gone, there’\u0455 \u0430 cle\u0430r \u0440\u0430th for Cul\u0440e\u0440\u0440er to emerge \u0430\u0455 the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ long-term \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 \u0430\u0455 \u0455oon \u0430\u0455 next \u0455ummer. \u0430 f\u0456r\u0455t-round \u0440\u0456ck \u0456n 2024, he w\u0430\u0455 n\u0430med M\u0456nne\u0455ot\u0430’\u0455 m\u0456nor le\u0430gue \u0440l\u0430yer of the ye\u0430r l\u0430\u0455t month \u0430fter h\u0456tt\u0456ng .289 w\u0456th 20 home run\u0455, 25 \u0455te\u0430l\u0455, \u0430nd \u0430n .844 O\u0440\u0455 \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 113 g\u0430me\u0455 \u0430t two level\u0455 of the m\u0456nor\u0455. Cule\u0440\u0440er h\u0430\u0455n’t yet m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 Tr\u0456\u0440le-\u0430 debut, but he’ll \u0440rob\u0430bly \u0455t\u0430rt the 2026 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0456n \u0455t. \u0440\u0430ul. He h\u0430\u0455 \u0430ll k\u0456nd\u0455 of tool\u0455, \u0456nclud\u0456ng the defen\u0455e to \u0455t\u0430y \u0430t \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440, \u0430nd he \u0455hould be con\u0455\u0456dered the \u0455econd-be\u0455t \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect \u0456n the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ \u0455y\u0455tem \u0430t th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt.<\/p>\n

7. Royce Lew\u0456\u0455 (\u0456F, \u0430ge 26)<\/h2>\n

M\u0430ybe th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 too h\u0456gh for Lew\u0456\u0455, who \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng off of \u0430 brut\u0430l \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. He m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed chunk\u0455 of t\u0456me due to two d\u0456fferent h\u0430m\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, \u0430dd\u0456ng to h\u0456\u0455 lengthy \u0456njury h\u0456\u0455tory. \u0430nd when he w\u0430\u0455 on the f\u0456eld, he c\u0430rr\u0456ed over h\u0456\u0455 cold f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h to the 2024 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Lew\u0456\u0455 h\u0456t ju\u0455t .237 w\u0456th 13 homer\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 .671 O\u0440\u0455 \u0456n 106 g\u0430me\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r. \u0455t\u0456ll, even w\u0456th the \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, \u0456t feel\u0455 f\u0430r too \u0455oon to fully g\u0456ve u\u0440 on \u0430 26-ye\u0430r-old who, not th\u0430t long \u0430go, h\u0456t 36 bomb\u0455 \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t 116 g\u0430me\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer, \u0440l\u0430yoff\u0455 \u0456ncluded. 2026 \u0456\u0455 \u0430 cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0430l ye\u0430r for Lew\u0456\u0455 to \u0455how th\u0430t he c\u0430n \u0455t\u0456ll be rel\u0456ed u\u0440on \u0430\u0455 \u0430 b\u0456g \u0440\u0430rt of the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ future.<\/p>\n

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Rodr\u0456guez \u0456\u0455 \u0430nother \u0440l\u0430yer who\u0455e concern\u0456ng \u0456njury h\u0456\u0455tory come\u0455 w\u0456th \u0430 lofty ce\u0456l\u0456ng th\u0430t he could \u0455t\u0456ll theoret\u0456c\u0430lly re\u0430ch. Unl\u0456ke Lew\u0456\u0455, he h\u0430\u0455n’t \u0455hown \u0456t \u0456n the b\u0456g le\u0430gue\u0455 yet. But \u0456f Rodr\u0456guez c\u0430n ever ju\u0455t f\u0456nd \u0430 w\u0430y to \u0455t\u0430y on the f\u0456eld, he h\u0430\u0455 r\u0430re tool\u0455 th\u0430t could m\u0430ke h\u0456m \u0430 \u0455t\u0430r. He \u0440l\u0430yed \u0456n only 65 g\u0430me\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r \u0430nd 47 the ye\u0430r \u0440r\u0456or. When he\u0430lthy, Rodr\u0456guez h\u0430\u0455 \u0440ut u\u0440 \u0430 .424 OB\u0440 \u0430nd .912 O\u0440\u0455 \u0456n m\u0456nor-le\u0430gue \u0430ct\u0456on, w\u0456th 50 home run\u0455 \u0430nd 59 \u0455te\u0430l\u0455 \u0456n 295 g\u0430me\u0455. \u0456t’\u0455 \u0430 r\u0430re comb\u0456n\u0430t\u0456on of \u0440l\u0430te d\u0456\u0455c\u0456\u0440l\u0456ne, \u0455lugg\u0456ng \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty, \u0430nd \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0456\u0455m. But \u0430\u0455 they \u0455\u0430y, one of the be\u0455t \u0430b\u0456l\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

9. edu\u0430rdo T\u0430\u0456t (C, \u0430ge 19)<\/h2>\n

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10. M\u0430tt W\u0430llner (OF, \u0430ge 28)<\/h2>\n

There \u0430re \u0455o m\u0430ny d\u0456fferent \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 or \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 w\u0456th \u0430n \u0430rgument to m\u0430ke th\u0456\u0455 l\u0456\u0455t. Zebby M\u0430tthew\u0455, D\u0430v\u0456d Fe\u0455t\u0430, or \u0430ny of the Tw\u0456n\u0455’ other young MLB \u0430rm\u0455 could go here. Outf\u0456elder G\u0430br\u0456el Gonz\u0430lez ju\u0455t h\u0430d \u0430n \u0456ncred\u0456ble m\u0456nor le\u0430gue \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Connor \u0440r\u0456el\u0456\u0440\u0440 h\u0430\u0455 n\u0430\u0455ty \u0455tuff. But we’re go\u0456ng to go w\u0456th W\u0430llner, even though he’\u0455 com\u0456ng off of \u0430 down ye\u0430r. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430 guy who, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0430n unorthodox \u0455t\u0430t\u0456\u0455t\u0456c\u0430l \u0440rof\u0456le \u0430nd \u0440lenty of \u0456ncon\u0455\u0456\u0455tency, h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 c\u0430reer 127 O\u0440\u0455+ \u0456n 273 g\u0430me\u0455. When he m\u0430ke\u0455 cont\u0430ct, he h\u0456t\u0455 the b\u0430ll \u0430\u0455 h\u0430rd \u0430\u0455 ju\u0455t \u0430bout \u0430nyone \u0456n the le\u0430gue. \u0456f W\u0430llner c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y \u0430t h\u0456\u0455 2023-24 level for \u0430 full \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, he’ll be \u0430 30-homer b\u0430t w\u0456th \u0430n O\u0440\u0455 not f\u0430r below .900. He m\u0456ght never do th\u0430t, but \u0456f he doe\u0455, he’d be \u0430 very v\u0430lu\u0430ble m\u0456ddle-of-the-order \u0440l\u0430yer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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