Andrew Morris

Morris is a big-league ready starter who figures to head back to Triple-A and wait for an opening in the Twins rotation. The 6-foot righty logged 133 innings with a 2.37 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 18.6 K-BB% across the three highest levels of the minors in 2024. His walk rate was below six percent at High-A and Double-A, and even after the promotion to Triple-A, where the balls and strikes challenge system inflates pitcher walk rates, he logged a perfectly fine eight percent walk rate in 33.2 innings. His stuff is just OK, and his strikeout rate dipped from above 25 percent at High-A and Double-A to 19.6 percent at Triple-A. Morris has a deceptive delivery that allows his 92-95 mph fastball to play, but the pitch lacks good movement. He throws five pitches, including an above-average mid-80s slider and a recently-added 90-mph cutter. The Twins will probably enter the year with unproven or uninspiring options at No. 4 and No. 5 starter, so Morris should get his chance sometime this summer.