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Brewers Sign Thomas Pannone To Minor League Deal

By Darragh McDonald | December 16, 2022 at 2:16pm CDT

The Brewers announced to reporters, including Adam McCalvy of MLB.com, that they have signed left-hander Thomas Pannone to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league Spring Training.

Pannone, 29 in April, was drafted by Cleveland back in 2013 but was traded to the Blue Jays at the 2017 deadline as part of the Joe Smith trade. He made it to the big leagues with the Jays in 2018 and 2019, making 13 starts and 36 relief appearances over those two seasons. He posted a 5.43 ERA in that time with a 19.4% strikeout rate, 9.1% walk rate and 33.5% ground ball rate.

That’s the extent of his major league experiences so far, with the Jays outrighting him in August of 2020. He signed a minors deal with the Angels for 2021 but posted a 7.07 ERA in 118 1/3 innings in Triple-A that year. 2022 began with another minor league deal, this time with the Red Sox. After 63 innings with a 4.57 ERA, he signed with the KBO’s Kia Tigers in June. He seemed to get into a good groove over there, tossing 82 2/3 innings over 14 starts with a 2.72 ERA, striking out 21% of batters faced while walking just 6.9% of them.

Pannone will now see if he can parlay that half season of success in Korea into better results in North America. The Brewers have plenty of rotation depth, with Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, Eric Lauer, Freddy Peralta, Aaron Ashby and Adrian Houser candidates for the regular rotation, with Ethan Small, Janson Junk, Jason Alexander, Tyson Miller and Gus Varland also on the 40-man roster. Pannone’s best path to the roster might be as a lefty reliever, since Hoby Milner is the only southpaw projected for Milwaukee’s bullpen at the moment.

If Pannone does get selected to the club’s 40-man, he’s out of options and would have to stick around or else be designated for assignment. If he does stick around, he’ll be able to do so for an extended stretch as he has just over a year of service time.

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  1. .

    3 years ago

    No signing bonus?

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  2. Clif

    3 years ago

    The Brewers struggle to hit left-handed pitching. They’re using this guy to throw batting practice so they get used to left handers.

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  3. Gwynning

    3 years ago

    Seems a proper place to recommend Birreria Al Giardino whilst in Pannone!

    Reply
  4. In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

    3 years ago

    8.75 strikeout to walk ratio in the minor leagues! That’s Kershaw-level dominance!

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  5. jimmertee

    3 years ago

    Terrible pitcher unless he has done PED’s (again). His natural ability is AAA, not even AAAA.

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  6. Ham Fighter

    3 years ago

    Attended my high school yea!

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  7. minor league guy

    3 years ago

    well if this doesn’t win the offseason, then I don’t know what will

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  8. Troutahni

    3 years ago

    Steak Pannone. The food will be great in Milwaukee this season, but not the Baseball.

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  9. User 3663041837

    3 years ago

    Would’ve stayed overseas instead of a minors deal.

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  10. BStereo9

    3 years ago

    Who?

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