Spencer Steer a California native was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oregon (Eugene, OR). There can’t ever have been a more fitting player to wear the Twins’ logo across his chest. Not only does Steer have a twin brother, but his two older brothers that are also a pair of twins. Baseball America had him signing with Minnesota for $575,000. MLB Pipeline currently has Steer rated as the tenth best Twins prospect.
Steer is a 24-year old right-handed hitting infielder who has been playing second base, third base and shortstop this season at AA Wichita. Last season Steer split his time with High A Cedar Rapids and AA Wichita and hit 24 home runs and had 66 RBI and had a slash line of .254/.348/.454.
This past week Steer played in six games for the Wind Surge, hitting .417 (10-for-24) with three doubles, six RBI, six walks, a .533 on-base percentage and a 1.075 OPS.
Marco Raya was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 2020 MLB June Amateur Draft from United South HS in Laredo, Texas. Raya was committed to Texas Tech but signed with Minnesota instead for $410,000 according to MLB. Raya signed in 2020 but spent all of 2021 on the injured list with various injuries and didn’t throw his first pitch in a pro game until 2022. Reports have him having four pitches, a fastball in the mid 90s with a lot of spin, two different breaking balls and a developing changeup. MLB Pipeline has Raya as the Twins 26th best prospect.
Raya, 19, made one start for the Mighty Mussels on Tuesday at Dunedin and pitched 6 shutout innings, with one hit allowed, no
walks and a career high 10 strikeouts. Raya is playing on a team where the next youngest player is 21 so the Twins must be pretty high on him.