Gabriel Gonzalez #72

2025

Entered season ranked as seventh-best prospect in Twins system by MLB.com... Began season with Low-A Cedar Rapids...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week four times, matching a club record for most in a season: May 18 (with Cedar Rapids), June 1 (with Wichita), July 6 (with Wichita) and Aug. 31 (with Wichita)...Named Midwest League Player of the Week on April 6, hitting .462 (6-for-13) with a 1.423 OPS in three games for Kernels...Promoted to Double-A Wichita in mid-May...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Month for May, hitting .364 (36-for-99) with seven doubles, three triples, three home runs, 18 RBI and a 1.002 OPS in 24 games for the Kernels and Wind Surge combined...Reached base safely in professional career-high 24-straight games, from June 20-July 22 (.500 OBP)...during that stretch, had 13-game hitting streak, from July 4-22...Promoted to Triple-A St. Paul on Aug. 1...Recorded walk-off single for Saints on Aug. 9 vs. Iowa...Hit first career Triple-A homer on Aug. 10 vs. Iowa...at 21 years, seven months and six days became the second-youngest player to hit a homer in Saints franchise history at time (trailing only Emmanuel Rodriguez - 21-6-7 in 2024)...Led Twins Minor League system over first four months of season in batting average (.334), hits (117) and doubles (31)...Hit .289 in 21 April games, .364 in 24 May games, .366 in 21 June games, .314 in 23 July games, .308 in 21 August games and .327 in 13 September games...Defensively at all three stops, played 69 games (all starts) in leftfield and 28 games (all starts) in right field...Combined to hit .329 (159-for-483) with 38 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs, 66 RBI, 75 runs scored, 48 walks, a .395 on-base percentage and a .909 OPS in 123 games at Cedar Rapids, Wichita and St. Paul...ranked sixth in all of Minor League Baseball in hits (159) and was second in doubles (38)...Finished season ranked by MLB.com as Twins eighth-best prospect by MLB.com after multiple Minnesota trades to acquire prospects throughout year...Added to Twins 40-man roster on Nov. 18...Ranked 10th-best prospect in Twins minor league system by Baseball America entering 2026.