Emmanuel Rodriguez

Rodriguez remains one of the top power-hitting prospects in the minors, but strikeouts are still a big part of the equation and durability is becoming a potential pitfall. The 21-year-old lefty-hitting outfielder suffered a hand injury on an attempted steal in late-April and then landed on the IL with a thumb sprain in early-June. It's unclear if those two injuries were related, but he aggravated the thumb injury during his initial rehab assignment and re-injured it shortly after getting a September promotion to Triple-A. All told, Rodriguez played 47 games, with 37 of those coming at Double-A. He slashed .274/.455/.561 with nine home runs, nine steals, a 24.4 percent walk rate, a 29.7 percent strikeout rate and a 60.5 percent contact rate. Rodriguez isn't a great athlete, but he manages to make plays in the outfield and on the bases. Rodriguez has some similarities to Matt Wallner and Trevor Larnach, so it's unclear when he'll break through for the Twins, although he is already on the 40-man roster. If Rodriguez can play 100-plus games for the first time in his career, that would qualify as a successful 2025 season, as there may be some understandable growing pains in his first lengthy exposure to Triple-A and big-league pitching. Read Past Outlooks