Trade Update!! Minnesota Twins Sign Another Lefty to Compete at Spring Training

Brady Fiegl

The Minnesota Twins have already kicked off Spring Training. They have a 3-1 record through their first four games and will begin the regular season in St. Louis exactly one month from Wednesday.

Although the offseason was slow for Rocco Baldelli & Co, it did pick up late, with the acquisitions of (OF) Harrison Bader, (LHP) Danny Coulombe, and (1B) Ty France.

All three were big league signings. But on Wednesday night, they signed another left-handed pitcher who has an eye on cracking the roster too…

Brady Feigl inks new deal with Minnesota Twins

According to his MLB transactions log, Brady Feigl has signed a minor league deal with the MN Twins. The transaction has a date stamp of February 21. He will begin the year in Triple-A with the St. Paul Saints.

It seems unlikely that Feigl would join the Twins in big league camp at this point, but he could certainly appear in a Grapefruit League game by the end of the schedule.

The 34-year-old throws left-handed and made his major league debut last season for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After a pair of seasons playing independent baseball, one of which (2022) he spent with the Long Island Ducks and former Twins outfielder Lew Ford, Feigl was back in affiliated ball last year. At Triple-A Indianapolis, Feigl threw 60 innings and compiled a 4.05 ERA.

He struck out 68 batters and allowed just 15 walks. The performance was good enough to earn him a big league call-up.

Feigl’s showing with Pittsburgh wasn’t pretty, and is certainly something he’d like to improve upon should the opportunity arise again.

He recorded just five outs while allowing six runs on seven hits. The Pirates designated him for assignment following that appearance, but he stuck around at Triple-A the rest of the season.

The Twins will use Feigl out of the bullpen in St. Paul. There he will compete for innings with multiple other talented arms that can push for big league time should Rocco Baldelli’s bullpen need a fresh thrower.

He is likely to be one of only a couple lefties in the group, including Kody Funderburk.

On the farm last year Feigl threw his fastball 45.6% of the time and it averaged 93.2 mph. His repertoire also includes a curveball and a changeup to keep hitters off balance.

He generated a 10.1% whiff rate at Triple-A and induced ground balls just over 42% of the time.

It remains to be seen if Feigl can harness his stuff and earn a trip back to the big leagues with Minnesota.

The Twins obviously like what they see and were inclined to give the overlooked arm a shot.

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