C.J. Culpepper

C.J. Culpepper [Christian Joseph Culpepper] is currently active in the minor leagues in the Minnesota Twins organization with the St. Paul Saints (International League - AAA). Ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Minnesota Twins No. 22 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Culpepper was born on November 2nd, 2001 in Upland, California and is currently 24 years old. He attended Rancho Cucamonga High School [Cougars] in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the California Baptist University Lancers [Western Athletic Conference]. He was drafted and signed in the 13th round (384th overall) of the 2022 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Minnesota Twins, receiving a $125,000 signing bonus. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Tanner Schobel, Jorel Ortega, Ben Ross, John Klein, Spencer Bengard, Ricardo Olivar and ...

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Andrew Cossetti. Culpepper has played 5 minor league seasons with the Minnesota Twins. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Led the Western Athletic Conference with 12 Saves in 2021. Led the Western Athletic Conference with 1 Complete Games and 1 Shutouts in 2022. Led the Florida State League (A) with 1 Complete Games in 2023.

Awards: Named Western Athletic Conference All-Conference in 2021. Named Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2021.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2020	Cal Baptist	WAC	NCAA-1	Fr	38	18	101	0	2	8.68	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	9.1	12	9	9	0	8	12	1	0	1	2.14	11.57	0.00	7.71	11.57	8.68	1.50
2021	Cal Baptist	WAC	NCAA-1	So	38	19	142	2	1	3.18	20	0	0	0	20	0	12	28.1	21	15	10	2	12	35	4	0	0	1.16	6.67	0.64	3.81	11.12	4.76	2.92
2022	Cal Baptist	WAC	NCAA-1	So	38	20	137	5	3	3.26	16	14	1	1	2	0	1	69.0	55	30	25	4	24	76	5	0	4	1.14	7.17	0.52	3.13	9.91	3.91	3.17
2022	FCL Twins	FCL	Rk	MIN	39	20		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	1.00
2023	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	FSL2	A	MIN	30	21	133	4	3	2.33	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	46.1	32	15	12	2	15	53	3	0	1	1.01	6.22	0.39	2.91	10.29	2.91	3.53
2023	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midw2	A+	MIN	33	21	96	2	2	4.99	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	39.2	40	25	22	2	16	36	2	0	3	1.41	9.08	0.45	3.63	8.17	5.67	2.25
2024	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midw2	A+	MIN	30	22	122	2	2	2.89	10	9	0	0	1	0	0	37.1	29	17	12	1	11	43	2	0	2	1.07	6.99	0.24	2.65	10.37	4.10	3.91
2024	Wichita Wind Surge	Tex2	AA	MIN	45	22	100*	1	1	4.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	11	11	2	7	21	0	0	3	1.24	8.14	0.86	3.00	9.00	4.71	3.00
2025	FCL Twins	FCL	Rk	MIN	78	23		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
2025	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	FSL2	A	MIN	35	23		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.67	3.00	0.00	3.00	12.00	0.00	4.00
2025	Wichita Wind Surge	Tex2	AA	MIN	45	23	97	2	2	2.65	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	54.1	45	20	16	4	30	45	0	0	2	1.38	7.45	0.66	4.97	7.45	3.31	1.50
2026	Wichita Wind Surge	Tex2	AA	MIN	45	24	119	0	1	3.22	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	22.1	18	10	8	1	10	26	4	0	1	1.25	7.25	0.40	4.03	10.48	4.03	2.60
2026	St. Paul Saints	IL2	AAA	MIN	56	24	108	2	2	4.71	36	1	0	0	35	4	1	57.1	54	31	30	7	34	58	8	0	5	1.53	8.48	1.10	5.34	9.10	4.87	1.71
Tot:	Minors (5 yrs)		Minors					13	13	3.51	97	60	1	0	37	4	1	284.1	240	129	111	19	125	291	19	0	19	1.28	7.60	0.60	3.96	9.21	4.08	2.33
Tot:	Rk (2 yrs)		Rk					0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	1.00	6.00	0.00	3.00	15.00	0.00	5.00
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A					4	3	2.19	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	49.1	33	15	12	2	16	57	3	0	1	0.99	6.02	0.36	2.92	10.40	2.74	3.56
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					4	4	3.97	20	19	0	0	1	0	0	77.0	69	42	34	3	27	79	4	0	5	1.25	8.06	0.35	3.16	9.23	4.91	2.93
Tot:	AA (3 yrs)		AA					3	4	3.23	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	97.2	82	41	35	7	47	92	4	0	6	1.32	7.56	0.65	4.33	8.48	3.78	1.96
Tot:	AAA (1 yrs)		AAA					2	2	4.71	36	1	0	0	35	4	1	57.1	54	31	30	7	34	58	8	0	5	1.53	8.48	1.10	5.34	9.10	4.87	1.71
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					7	6	3.71	42	16	1	1	26	0	13	106.2	88	54	44	6	44	123	10	0	5	1.24	7.43	0.51	3.71	10.38	4.56	2.80
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 Inning avg		College					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
60	67	75	72	75	55	.662

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