Club selects nine pitchers and one position player on final day
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have completed day three of the 2024 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The Twins finished the final day by selecting 10 additional players in rounds 11-20. In all, the Twins selected 22 total players, including: 11 right-handed pitchers, two left-handed pitchers, two catchers, five infielders and two outfielders. The Twins selected one player out of high school and 21 out of college.
TWINS 2024 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
JULY 14, 2024
ROUND PLAYER POS B/T HT WT DOB HOMETOWN SCHOOL SCOUT
1 (21) Kaelen Culpepper SS R/R 6’0″ 185 12/29/02 Memphis, TN Kansas State DiMercurio
1C (33) Kyle DeBarge SS R/R 5’9” 175 7/15/03 Kinder, LA Louisiana-Lafayette Van Hook
2 (60) Billy Amick 3B R/R 6’1” 220 11/4/02 Mooresville, NC Tennessee Powell
CB B (69) Dasan Hill LHP R/L 6’5” 165 12/25/05 Grapevine, TX Grapevine HS (TX) Brown
JULY 15, 2024
3 (96) Khadim Diaw C R/R 6’1” 215 8/23/03 Northridge, CA Loyola Marymount Tripp
4 (126) Jaime Ferrer OF R/R 6’1″ 218 12/27/02 Bayamón, PR Florida State Powell
5 (159) Caden Kendle OF R/R 5’11” 200 3/13/02 Huntington Beach, CA UC Irvine Leavitt
6 (188) Derek Bender C R/R 6’1″ 235 1/9/03 Murrells Inlet, SC Coastal Carolina Dawson
7 (218) Eli Jones RHP R/R 6’1” 200 6/17/03 Peachtree City, GA South Carolina Dawson
8 (248) Jakob Hall RHP R/R 6’2″ 195 8/14/02 Bartlesville, OK Oral Roberts DiMercurio
9 (278) Jason Doktorczyk RHP R/R 6’6″ 230 4/3/03 Seal Beach, CA Nevada Tashjian
10 (308) Peyton Carr 3B R/R 6’2″ 205 3/26/02 Fort Myers, FL High Point Dawson
JULY 16, 2024
11 (338) Michael Carpenter LHP R/L 6’1” 195 7/28/04 Hartland, WI Madison College Bisenius
12 (368) Christian Becerra RHP R/R 6’1” 170 6/2/03 Studio City, CA UC Berkeley Tashjian
13 (398) Xavier Kolhosser RHP R/R 6’5” 194 7/2/03 Wappinger Falls, NY St. John’s (NY) Wilson
14 (428) Jacob Kisting RHP R/R 6’5” 220 4/9/03 Verona, WI Bradley Bisenius
15 (458) Cole Peschl RHP R/R 6’1” 215 11/26/02 Fairmont, WV Campbell Dawson
16 (488) Aidan Haugh RHP R/R 6’6” 210 4/28/03 Zebulon, NC UNC Dawson
17 (518) Jay Thomason 3B L/R 6’1” 200 4/11/02 Auburn, AL Air Force Wagoner
18 (548) Michael Ross RHP L/R 6’2” 205 7/4/02 Lakeland, FL Samford Dunbar
19 (578) Logan Whitaker RHP R/R 6’6” 221 5/25/00 Winston-Salem, NC NC State Dawson
20 (608) Merit Jones RHP R/R 6’4” 200 7/26/03 Idaho Falls, ID Utah Wagoner
