Connor Prielipp #61

Connor Francis Prielipp (pronounced PREE-lip)...X: @CPrielipp...had first Tommy John surgery on left elbow in 2021, then again in 2023...pitched in high school at Tomah High School...named the Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year as well as a Collegiate Baseball News First Team All-American as a senior in 2019 after going 6-2 with a 0.85 ERA and 118 strikeouts against just five walks in 49.0 innings as a senior...pitched two seasons at the University of Alabama from 2020-21, going 4-1, 0.96 ERA (28.0 IP, 3 ER) with seven walks and 47 strikeouts in seven starts...while pitching at Alabama, was the sixth-highest player and third-highest pitcher drafted in Alabama baseball history...did not allow a run in his first 26.2 innings of college baseball spanning the 2020 and 2021 campaigns...finished his first season at UA with a perfect 0.00 ERA (21.0 IP) and a 3-0 record in four starts...struck out 35 compared to six walks and held opposing hitters to an SEC-low .077 average in 2020...earned National Freshman Player of the Year accolades from Collegiate Baseball News following the pandemic-shortened campaign...also garnered first team All-America and Freshman All-America recognition from CBN...became Alabama's 16th first team All-American in program history...selected as the "Impact Freshman of the Year" by Perfect Game USA and named D1Baseball.com's "Top Freshman Pitcher" following his rookie stint...participated in '25 and '26 TwinsFest at Target Field.

2025

Ranked seventh-best prospect in Twins' organization by Baseball America entering 2025, and 21st by MLB.com...Began season at Double-A Wichita and pitched in short spurts, not going beyond the fourth inning and topping out at 76 pitches in a single outing for Wind Surge...despite innings restrictions, struck out at least five batters in nine of 19 starts...Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week on May 11 after tossing four scoreless innings with just three hits allowed, no walks and six strikeouts on May 8 at Northwest Arkansas...Placed on Wichita's seven-day Injured List with a Digit 3/middle finger blister on left hand on June 9; reinstated on June 21...Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July after recording a 1.20 ERA (2 ER, 15.0 IP) with five walks (9 BB%) and 17 strikeouts (29 K%) across four starts...Among Texas Leaguers with at least 50 innings pitched, ranked ninth in the league in strikeout rate (27%) while holding the 13th-lowest walk-rate (7%)...Promoted to Triple-A St. Paul on Aug. 16, where he finished season...Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week on Sept. 21 for second time, this time while pitching for the Saints, posting a .211 opponent batting average and 10 strikeouts over two starts and 11.0 innings pitched...Named Jim Rantz Award winner as Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year...is the fifth left-hander to win the award, joining Francisco Liriano (2005), Andrew Albers (2013), Stephen Gonsalves (2016) and Lewis Thorpe (2018)...Added to Twins' 40-man roster on Nov. 18...Ranked fourth-best prospect in Twins system by Baseball America...also ranked best slider and best changeup among Minnesota Minor Leaguers...Ranked 94th-best prospect in baseball by Baseball America entering 2026.