They’re not expected to make the team out of camp, but the Twins have invited two of their top prospects — Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper — to major league camp, highlighting a list of 22 non-roster invites.
Jenkins, 20, is among the best prospects in the game and is knocking on the doorstep after a successful 2025 season that concluded at Triple-A St. Paul.
While general manager Jeremy Zoll said before TwinsFest last month that the plan is to send him back to St. Paul to continue his development, it’s possible Jenkins could work his way into the Twins’ plans later this season.
Culpepper, 23, was the Twins’ first-round pick a year after Jenkins and also is coming off of a strong 2024 season, one that he finished at Double-A Wichita.
Other position players joining the Twins in camp include: Aaron Sabato, also a former first-round pick; Orlando Arcia, a former major league all-star and the brother of former Twin Oswaldo Arcia; Tanner Schobel, Kyler Fedko, Kala’i Rosario and Gio Urshela.
Veteran infielder Urshela, 34, played for the Twins in 2022, coming over in the trade that sent Josh Donaldson to the New York Yankees. He played in 59 games last season for the Athletics but was released in August.
They’re joined by a handful of non-roster catchers, including David Bañuelos, Noah Cardenas, Andrew Cossetti, Ricardo Olivar and Pat Winkel.
On the pitching side, the Twins — still trying to rebuild the bullpen after last year’s trade deadline — have invited nine non-roster hurlers to camp, several with major league experience. That group includes right-handers Dan Altavilla, Trent Baker, Andrew Bash, Matt Bowman, Raul Brito, Matt Canterino, Grant Hartwig and Cory Lewis, and lefty Christian MacLeod.
Altavilla (Italy), Matt Bowman (Israel) and Urshela (Colombia) will leave partway through camp to compete in the World Baseball Classic. They are among a group of players headed to the tournament that also includes Byron Buxton (USA), Joe Ryan (USA), Pablo López (Venezuela) and Taj Bradley (Mexico). Their absences could mean that some of the non-roster invites get a longer-than-usual look in major league camp.
Twins pitchers and catchers will have their first workout in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday, with the first full squad workout set for Monday.
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