Former Top Prospect with Los Angeles Dodgers Out to Horrendous Start For Minnesota Twins' Affiliate

Diego Cartaya, who was once a top prospect for LA, was traded to the Twins this offseason. Now, he's off the 40-man roster completely.

Oklahoma City's Diego Cartaya (23) celebrates after hitting a home run during a baseball game between the Oklahoma City Baseball Club and the Round Rock Express at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. | BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK

The Minnesota Twins have removed catcher Diego Cartaya from the 40-man roster, outrighting him to Triple-A St. Paul.

Dan Hayes of The Athletic had the information.

Diego Cartaya has cleared outright waivers and will be outrighted to Triple-A St. Paul. #MNTwins 40-man is at 39.

— DanHayesMLB (@DanHayesMLB) April 25, 2025

Cartaya has only played for Triple-A St. Paul this season, so the outrighting just means he's been removed from the 40-man roster and was put on waivers. Since he passed through, he will continue to play for St. Paul but will have a tougher time making it back to the 40-man.

A former top prospect with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cartaya has seen his star plummet over the last few years.

He was ranked as the No. 16 prospect in the Dodgers organization in 2024 but he was No. 1 in 2022 and 2023, according to MLB Pipeline. He was designated for assignment this past January to make room for Korean infielder Hye-seong Kim, which is when the Twins acquired him.

He's hitting just .080 this season with one homer, one RBI and 18 strikeouts in 29 at-bats.

Cartaya hit just .221 last season in 95 games, but he did connect on 11 homers and brought home 52 runs. He hit a career-high 22 homers back in the 2022 season, also playing 95 games.

He's never played more than 95 games in a season.

At the age of 23, there is still time for Cartaya to figure it out, but time would seem to be dwindling on him.

The Twins will be back in action on Friday night at the major league level. They'll play at home against the Los Angeles Angels.

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