The Twins have signed a pair of pitchers to minor league contracts, tweets Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com. Left-hander Danny Coulombe and right-hander Jake Faria will join the Twins organization with invitations to Spring Training.
Coulombe should be the more familiar name among Minnesota fans, as the 32-year-old pitched for the team in both 2020 and 2021. The reunion comes on the heels of the lefty being non-tendered yesterday, but serves as a reminder that a non-tender hardly spells the end of a player’s time with an organization. Across 34 innings last season the veteran pitched to a 3.67 ERA, with the strongest command of his career (5% walk rate) and a host of roughly league average peripherals.
The 28-year-old Faria, meanwhile, contributed to a rocky Diamondbacks bullpen last season before being cut loose in late September. Through 32 innings Faria pitched to a 5.51 ERA, with the chief endorsement of his season being that his walk rate dipped to a personal-best 8.4%. For the Twins, signing Faria serves as a no-risk gamble on a player who regularly served as a starter in the minors and has some track of record of success during his time with the Rays.
Great signings!
They will get a charge out of Coulombe.
How am i the only one to rec this?
You are current with these things.
We’re dumpster diving…on and we found Dylan Bundy in there the other day…sign him up! Being a failed starter on the orioles and angels means nothing to us!
Complaining about minor league signings is just plain dumb. Be upset about Bundy all you want, but Coulombe and Faria are nothing.
Year in year out…sign low level free agents…hope one has a come to Jesus season…it never ends. Pohlads are one of the wealthiest owners in MLB. Promises were made to field championship quality teams when the new stadium was built. Obviously their definition of championship is different than everyone elses. A couple division titles ARE NOT championships. These 3 guys that were just signed are a joke. Castoffs from other teams due to inability to play MLB. WTF do you think they’re going to do? The only consolation these signings will have is to make sure every kid in the crowd gets a souvenir home run ball from the game. Quit screwing over the loyal fans you have left POHLADS!!! Field a championship quality product or GTFO of baseball!!!
Faria rhymes with malaria
Steve Carlton and Jesse Orosco are still out there