Pitching

Cesar Lares

Minnesota Twins (A+)

Age: 23

Bats/Throws: L/L

6'0" / 170

DOB: 7/3/2003

(23 years, 3 months, 12 days)

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Report: 2026 Updated

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Ovr Rk

ETA

N/A

2028

Fastball

40 / 40

Slider

55 / 60

Curveball

50 / 50

Changeup

40 / 50

Command

35 / 55

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How Acquired:	Amateur FA (VEN) May'22
Birthplace:	Venezuela

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Org Rk

Ovr Rk

ETA

N/A

2028

Fastball

40 / 40

Slider

55 / 60

Curveball

50 / 50

Changeup

40 / 50

Command

35 / 55

RosterResource

How Acquired:	Amateur FA (VEN) May'22
Birthplace:	Venezuela

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News

6/12/26

Minnesota Twins Top 50 Prospects

Eric Longenhagen and James Fegan

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Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2022	MIN	DSL	18	2	3	11	11	46.0	13.89	3.91	0.00	.326	70.4%	47.8%	0.0%	2.93		2.22	2.72
2023	MIN	CPX	19	0	4	9	9	31.0	12.48	2.32	1.45	.393	48.9%	43.4%	14.3%	8.13		4.63	3.68
2024	MIN	A	20	3	4	19	19	81.0	8.56	3.11	0.89	.331	64.1%	41.6%	11.6%	4.56	5.12	4.72	4.37
2026	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	1.0	4.90	4.76	1.37	.301	68.2%	42.3%		5.77		5.81	5.83	0.0
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	22	0	0	1	1	4.1	4.43	3.76	1.60	.292	65.6%			5.93		5.87		0.0
2026	MIN	CPX	22	0	0	2	2	6.2	10.80	0.00	0.00	.375	57.1%	56.3%	0.0%	4.05		2.29	2.89
2026	MIN	A+	22	1	7	12	12	37.2	10.27	6.93	1.67	.367	44.5%	41.4%	19.4%	10.27		6.91	6.16
2026	MIN	MiLB	22	1	7	14	14	44.1	10.35	5.89	1.42	.368	45.6%	43.3%	17.9%	9.34		6.21	5.67

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2022	MIN	DSL	18	2	3	11	11	46.0	13.89	3.91	0.00	.326	70.4%	47.8%	0.0%	2.93		2.22	2.72
2023	MIN	CPX	19	0	4	9	9	31.0	12.48	2.32	1.45	.393	48.9%	43.4%	14.3%	8.13		4.63	3.68
2024	MIN	A	20	3	4	19	19	81.0	8.56	3.11	0.89	.331	64.1%	41.6%	11.6%	4.56	5.12	4.72	4.37
2026	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	1.0	4.90	4.76	1.37	.301	68.2%	42.3%		5.77		5.81	5.83	0.0
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	22	0	0	1	1	4.1	4.43	3.76	1.60	.292	65.6%			5.93		5.87		0.0
2026	MIN	CPX	22	0	0	2	2	6.2	10.80	0.00	0.00	.375	57.1%	56.3%	0.0%	4.05		2.29	2.89
2026	MIN	A+	22	1	7	12	12	37.2	10.27	6.93	1.67	.367	44.5%	41.4%	19.4%	10.27		6.91	6.16
2026	MIN	MiLB	22	1	7	14	14	44.1	10.35	5.89	1.42	.368	45.6%	43.3%	17.9%	9.34		6.21	5.67

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	CG	ShO	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2022	MIN	DSL	2	3	2.93	11	11		0	0	0	46.0	189	31	16	15	0	20	3	4	0	71
2023	MIN	CPX	0	4	8.13	9	9		0	0	0	31.0	146	38	30	28	5	8	6	4	3	43
2024	MIN	A	3	4	4.56	19	19		0	0	0	81.0	375	88	56	41	8	28	20	7	3	77
2026	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	5.77	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0			1
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.93	1	1	0				4.1	19	5	3	3	1	2	0			2
2026	MIN	CPX	0	0	4.05	2	2		0	0	0	6.2	25	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	8
2026	MIN	A+	1	7	10.27	12	12		0	0	0	37.2	196	47	51	43	7	29	8	4	2	43
2026	MIN	MiLB	1	7	9.34	14	14		0	0	0	44.1	221	53	54	46	7	29	9	4	2	51

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	CG	ShO	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2022	MIN	DSL	2	3	2.93	11	11		0	0	0	46.0	189	31	16	15	0	20	3	4	0	71
2023	MIN	CPX	0	4	8.13	9	9		0	0	0	31.0	146	38	30	28	5	8	6	4	3	43
2024	MIN	A	3	4	4.56	19	19		0	0	0	81.0	375	88	56	41	8	28	20	7	3	77
2026	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	5.77	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0			1
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.93	1	1	0				4.1	19	5	3	3	1	2	0			2
2026	MIN	CPX	0	0	4.05	2	2		0	0	0	6.2	25	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	8
2026	MIN	A+	1	7	10.27	12	12		0	0	0	37.2	196	47	51	43	7	29	8	4	2	43
2026	MIN	MiLB	1	7	9.34	14	14		0	0	0	44.1	221	53	54	46	7	29	9	4	2	51

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2022	MIN	DSL	13.89	3.91	3.55	0.00	37.6%	10.6%	27.0%	.187	1.11	.326	70.4%	63	49	2.22
2023	MIN	CPX	12.48	2.32	5.38	1.45	29.5%	5.5%	24.0%	.288	1.48	.393	48.9%	168	91	4.63
2024	MIN	A	8.56	3.11	2.75	0.89	20.5%	7.5%	13.1%	.269	1.43	.331	64.1%	114	118	4.72
2026	Steamer	PROJ	4.90	4.76	1.03	1.37	11.7%	11.4%	0.3%	.287	1.69	.301	68.2%			5.81
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	4.43	3.76	1.18	1.60	10.6%	9.0%	1.6%	.287	1.62	.292	65.6%			5.87
2026	MIN	CPX	10.80	0.00	8.00	0.00	32.0%	0.0%	32.0%	.250	0.90	.375	57.1%	74	40	2.29
2026	MIN	A+	10.27	6.93	1.48	1.67	21.9%	14.8%	7.1%	.296	2.02	.367	44.5%	199	131	6.91
2026	MIN	MiLB	10.35	5.89	1.76	1.42	23.1%	13.1%	10.0%	.290	1.85	.368	45.6%	181	117	6.21

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2022	MIN	DSL	13.89	3.91	3.55	0.00	37.6%	10.6%	27.0%	.187	1.11	.326	70.4%	63	49	2.22
2023	MIN	CPX	12.48	2.32	5.38	1.45	29.5%	5.5%	24.0%	.288	1.48	.393	48.9%	168	91	4.63
2024	MIN	A	8.56	3.11	2.75	0.89	20.5%	7.5%	13.1%	.269	1.43	.331	64.1%	114	118	4.72
2026	Steamer	PROJ	4.90	4.76	1.03	1.37	11.7%	11.4%	0.3%	.287	1.69	.301	68.2%			5.81
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	4.43	3.76	1.18	1.60	10.6%	9.0%	1.6%	.287	1.62	.292	65.6%			5.87
2026	MIN	CPX	10.80	0.00	8.00	0.00	32.0%	0.0%	32.0%	.250	0.90	.375	57.1%	74	40	2.29
2026	MIN	A+	10.27	6.93	1.48	1.67	21.9%	14.8%	7.1%	.296	2.02	.367	44.5%	199	131	6.91
2026	MIN	MiLB	10.35	5.89	1.76	1.42	23.1%	13.1%	10.0%	.290	1.85	.368	45.6%	181	117	6.21

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2022	MIN	DSL	1.38	17.4%	47.8%	34.8%	31.3%	0.0%	38.9%	24.2%	36.8%	60	2.72
2023	MIN	CPX	1.03	14.5%	43.4%	42.2%	5.7%	14.3%	64.0%	16.9%	19.1%	72	3.68
2024	MIN	A	1.43	29.4%	41.6%	29.0%	27.5%	11.6%	44.2%	28.5%	27.3%	108	4.37
2026	Steamer	PROJ		20.4%	42.3%	37.4%							5.83
2026	MIN	CPX	3.00	25.0%	56.3%	18.8%	33.3%	0.0%	35.3%	35.3%	29.4%	50	2.89
2026	MIN	A+	1.28	26.1%	41.4%	32.4%	22.2%	19.4%	46.2%	29.1%	24.8%	118	6.16
2026	MIN	MiLB	1.41	26.0%	43.3%	30.7%	23.1%	17.9%	44.8%	29.9%	25.4%	108	5.67

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2022	MIN	DSL	1.38	17.4%	47.8%	34.8%	31.3%	0.0%	38.9%	24.2%	36.8%	60	2.72
2023	MIN	CPX	1.03	14.5%	43.4%	42.2%	5.7%	14.3%	64.0%	16.9%	19.1%	72	3.68
2024	MIN	A	1.43	29.4%	41.6%	29.0%	27.5%	11.6%	44.2%	28.5%	27.3%	108	4.37
2026	Steamer	PROJ		20.4%	42.3%	37.4%							5.83
2026	MIN	CPX	3.00	25.0%	56.3%	18.8%	33.3%	0.0%	35.3%	35.3%	29.4%	50	2.89
2026	MIN	A+	1.28	26.1%	41.4%	32.4%	22.2%	19.4%	46.2%	29.1%	24.8%	118	6.16
2026	MIN	MiLB	1.41	26.0%	43.3%	30.7%	23.1%	17.9%	44.8%	29.9%	25.4%	108	5.67

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2022	MIN	DSL	44	32	16	10	99	309	408
2023	MIN	CPX	36	35	12	2	63	223	286
2024	MIN	A	99	69	70	19	521	861	1382	86.9	11.1	10	4.0%
2026	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1
2026	MIN	CPX	9	3	4	1	31	61	92
2026	MIN	A+	46	36	29	8	300	427	727
2026	MIN	MiLB	55	39	33	9	331	488	819

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2022	MIN	DSL	44	32	16	10	99	309	408
2023	MIN	CPX	36	35	12	2	63	223	286
2024	MIN	A	99	69	70	19	521	861	1382	86.9	11.1	10	4.0%
2026	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1
2026	MIN	CPX	9	3	4	1	31	61	92
2026	MIN	A+	46	36	29	8	300	427	727
2026	MIN	MiLB	55	39	33	9	331	488	819

MLB F-Strike%, SwStr%, CStr%, CSW% are from the Sports Info Solution data source.
All MiLB and Pace data are from Statcast.

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2022	MIN	DSL			65.4%			35.6%		33.9%	42.2%	10.3%	52.5%
2023	MIN	CPX			65.0%			51.1%		24.7%	31.8%	12.9%	44.8%
2024	MIN	A	26.0%	68.3%	46.2%	56.9%	84.5%	75.7%	48.3%	40.5%	11.2%	16.1%	27.4%	18.1
2026	MIN	CPX			51.1%			59.6%		40.0%	20.7%	15.2%	35.9%
2026	MIN	A+			43.5%			68.7%		49.0%	13.6%	15.1%	28.7%
2026	MIN	MiLB			44.3%			67.5%		48.0%	14.4%	15.1%	29.5%

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2022	MIN	DSL			65.4%			35.6%		33.9%	42.2%	10.3%	52.5%
2023	MIN	CPX			65.0%			51.1%		24.7%	31.8%	12.9%	44.8%
2024	MIN	A	26.0%	68.3%	46.2%	56.9%	84.5%	75.7%	48.3%	40.5%	11.2%	16.1%	27.4%	18.1
2026	MIN	CPX			51.1%			59.6%		40.0%	20.7%	15.2%	35.9%
2026	MIN	A+			43.5%			68.7%		49.0%	13.6%	15.1%	28.7%
2026	MIN	MiLB			44.3%			67.5%		48.0%	14.4%	15.1%	29.5%

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2022	MIN	DSL	P	11	11	46.0	0	7	0	0
2023	MIN	CPX	P	9	9	31.0	0	0	0	0
2024	MIN	A	P	19	19	81.0	2	15	2	1
2026	MIN	CPX	P	2	2	6.2	0	2	0	0
2026	MIN	A+	P	12	12	37.2	1	7	2	0

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2022	MIN	DSL	P	11	11	46.0	0	7	0	0
2023	MIN	CPX	P	9	9	31.0	0	0	0	0
2024	MIN	A	P	19	19	81.0	2	15	2	1
2026	MIN	CPX	P	2	2	6.2	0	2	0	0
2026	MIN	A+	P	12	12	37.2	1	7	2	0

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BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG