As summer settles in and the minor league picture starts to sharpen, the Twins are getting meaningful signs from three prospects who aren’t exactly household names - but are making themselves harder to ignore.
The latest wave comes from Fort Myers and the Florida Complex League, where catcher/third baseman Ryan Sprock, outfielder Luis Fragoza and right-hander Frederick Hiciano have each put together stretches that say plenty about the state of Minnesota’s system. None of the three are among the club’s most recognizable prospects, but all three are building value in different ways.
Sprock, a 2025 eighth-round pick out of Elon University, arrived with a rare kind of background. Minnesota drafted him as a position player after he spent his college days contributing both at the plate and out of the bullpen.
In his final season at Elon, he hit .321/.411/.593 with 14 home runs and also logged 17 innings as a reliever, striking out 19. The Twins chose the bat, and the early returns suggest that call is paying off.
His 18-game hitting streak ended Friday, but it still stands as one of the most impressive runs in Fort Myers history. The streak ranked third in franchise history, behind only Christian Encarnacion-Strand’s 20-game streak in 2021 and Mike Gonzalez’s 19-game run in 2014.
"This is the best stretch I have had," Sprock said after Friday's win. "This was a good little up-stretch, but baseball is a rollercoaster, and you have to try and stay levelheaded."
June has completely reshaped his season. His line jumped from .262/.393/.338 to .317/.444/.442, powered by 29 hits and 17 walks since the calendar flipped from May. Sprock said the progress has been tied to the work he’s doing before games.
"A lot of it comes down to a really good routine pregame and trusting it," Sprock said, praising hitting coach Carlos Lara. "It's a process and the results showed."
Fragoza’s path has been more gradual, but it’s starting to look like the kind of patience that can really matter. Signed out of Valencia, Venezuela, during the 2024 international signing period, he posted a .784 OPS in the Dominican Summer League while showing speed with 21 stolen bases. His first season in the United States was tougher, as he managed only a .646 OPS in 49 games for the Florida Complex League Twins last year.
Minnesota sent the 19-year-old back to the FCL to open 2026, and that extra runway is now looking like a smart move. He put up an .830 OPS over 10 games in the FCL, with four extra-base hits among his eight hits, before earning a late-May promotion to Low-A Fort Myers. Since arriving there, he’s been one of the most productive bats in the lineup.
This week alone, Fragoza went 7-for-15 with two doubles, a home run, five RBI and three walks, good for a 1.356 OPS over four games. In 28 games with Fort Myers, he owns a .944 OPS with six home runs, 10 doubles and a perfect 7-for-7 record on stolen base attempts. Like Sprock, he’s also benefited from working with hitting coach Carlos Lara.
Hiciano is the youngest of the group and perhaps the one with the loudest long-term upside. Minnesota signed the 18-year-old right-hander out of Moca, Dominican Republic, and Baseball America called him "one of the top pitchers in their 2026 IFA class." The Twins skipped the Dominican Summer League and sent him straight to the Florida Complex League, where he’s been facing competition that is, on average, about three years older than he is.
He handled his latest test Thursday against the FCL Braves, allowing one run on two hits over four innings without a walk while striking out six. Through four pro starts, he has worked 11 1/3 innings, giving up two earned runs on five hits with 15 strikeouts and five walks.
The bigger point here is simple: these aren’t headline names, but they are giving the Twins something real. Sprock is showing a more advanced offensive profile than many expected after the draft.
Fragoza has turned an uneven introduction to stateside ball into a breakout run. Hiciano is flashing the stuff that made Minnesota so eager to sign him in the first place.
None of them are on the doorstep of Target Field yet. But in a system, that’s how depth starts to form.
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