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Reds Sign Patrick Weigel To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | July 16, 2024 at 10:14am CDT

Right-hander Patrick Weigel, who’s spent the bulk of the season pitching with the Mexican League’s Saraperos de Saltillo, has signed a minor league deal with the Reds, as first announced by his now-former club. Weigel was assigned to Double-A Chattanooga and tossed a perfect inning with one strikeout on Sunday.

Weigel, who turned 30 last week, pitched in a pair of big league seasons in 2020-21. The former seventh-round pick ranked as one of the Braves’ top organizational pitching prospects for years, climbing as high as the system’s ninth-best prospect on Baseball America’s 2017 list and ranking within BA’s top 20 Braves prospects each year from 2017-21.

Despite being a prospect of some note for more than a half decade, Weigel has just 4 2/3 innings at the big league level under his belt. He yielded four earned runs on six hits and seven walks with nine punchouts in that tiny sample. He’s posted sterling numbers throughout the lower and middle levels of the minors but stumbled a bit upon reaching Triple-A, where he carries a career 4.68 ERA, 21.1% strikeout rate and 13.4% walk rate in 209 2/3 innings across parts of four seasons.

Weigel’s run with Atlanta came to an end in 2021, when the Braves traded him to the Brewers alongside fellow righty Chad Sobotka in the deal that netted current shortstop Orlando Arcia. Weigel was cut loose following that 2021 season and has since pitched for the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate and for the Kansas City Monarchs of the independent American Association in addition to this year’s stint in Mexico.

He’ll need to pitch his way into bullpen consideration for the Reds, but Sunday’s spotless frame was a good start — and his work in a very hitter-friendly Mexican League setting was intriguing as well. Weigel tossed 37 2/3 innings and worked to a sharp 2.87 earned run average while fanning 28.3% of his opponents against a tidy 7.9% walk rate.

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  1. Cincyfan85

    1 year ago

    Organizational depth due to injuries, trades, and opt outs. Makes sense. Maybe he pans out, maybe he doesn’t.

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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      1 year ago

      Cincy – The burning question, is he related to Teri?

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  2. This one belongs to the Reds

    1 year ago

    A 30 year old pitching in the Mexican League? Typical dumpster dive fodder for this bunch.

    He’ll be in the big leagues after the inevitable bullpen sale coming up.

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    • Armaments216

      1 year ago

      If they’re gonna go dumpster diving in the Mexican league for 30-something RHP depth, they definitely could have done worse than this.

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      • AFrenchBullDog

        1 year ago

        Guys just a casual baseball fan who cries about the Reds nonstop

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      • Line2line 2

        1 year ago

        “This one belongs to the reds”

        I got $100 there’s no “bullpen dire sale”

        You’re always wrong. So put your money where your worthless ignorant mouth id is.

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    • Cincyfan85

      1 year ago

      Yeah. Why are they so cheap!? There were 50 better relievers they could have gotten on the free agent market. The surplus is crazy.

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      • Man What Runs With the Football

        1 year ago

        They aren’t cheap, it’s smart. The guy had a 4 inning cup of coffee in the bigs. May have had the flu, maybe his mom was sick, trouble at home. We never know what is going on with others, yet we judge them and call them garbage and laugh. He had a 4 inning audition and it didn’t go in his favor, maybe he’s matured will become a good reliever. It doesn’t cost that much to find out.And before you criticize somebody ask yourself if you could do any better. At least he stuck with it

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    • Bobcastelliniscat

      1 year ago

      The Krall sycophants will soon be here telling us what a brilliant move this is LOL

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      • Man What Runs With the Football

        1 year ago

        Thank you Debbie Downer. I think this guy finds his groove when our great pitching coach gets ahold of him and becomes a good if not great pitcher. The Reds then cannot afford him and he signs with the Yankees for 20 million a year, or he totally flops and he hits the waiver wire next week.I know which one you pick, but I’m betting he’s a keeper. Keep thinking Happy Thoughts.

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        • Bobcastelliniscat

          1 year ago

          You were right on cue

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        • Man What Runs With the Football

          1 year ago

          I will speak in your language for my response. Meow, meow, meow and meow meow meow and Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow.

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      • earmbrister

        1 year ago

        Every MLB team churns the bottom of their roster. Such bottom feeder teams as the Braves, the Mariners, and the Brewers have had this guy on their rosters. It’s not a brilliant move, and it’s not a dumpster dive move as some would say. It’s a minor move in the hopes of moving the needle a minor bit.

        Sad that you have to name call those that you disagree with. I hope you feel better soon.

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      • Line2line 2

        1 year ago

        Does it suck going through life sitting on the internet every waking minute of sad life, using multiple usernames on the same website, being a worthless ignorant moron who clearly never knows what he’s talking about? While also being a mentally stunted loser who just repeats himself on every single reds article. Go play in traffic you fkn bum

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  3. Rking

    1 year ago

    Good luck Patrick, followed him as a Braves prospect..

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  4. gocincy

    1 year ago

    I was hoping the Reds would sign a different mlb veteran pitcher who’s had some success in Mexico this year.

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    • Squeeze32

      1 year ago

      Yeah, someone needs to sign Tom Hackimer already

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      • Squeeze32

        1 year ago

        Wait, you said an mlb veteran… Yeah, Neftali Feliz has looked incredible in Mexico this year

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        • Armaments216

          1 year ago

          Josh Hader and Ryan Pressly both pitched well in Mexico this year.

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        • Acoss1331

          1 year ago

          Greg Bird is playing for the Mexican Baseball League, I figure he’s doing well so far this season.

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        • SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

          1 year ago

          Bird has 18 homers and an ops of .979 in Mexico, which is nothing compared to 41 year old Robinson Cano batting over .400 with an ops over 1.100

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  5. cguy

    1 year ago

    Weigel is definitely an improvement in that Nooga bullpen. Lookouts defense and relievers have been pethetic.

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    • dhud

      1 year ago

      No no no, that’s not the point

      You ask some so called fans on here and every single roster move should be ground breaking and immediately catapult the big league team to World Series contenders

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      • ChasingTime

        1 year ago

        Immediate? 1990….2024…..Immediate?

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  6. cguy

    1 year ago

    Connor Overton and Reiver Sanmartin each pitched an inning (rehab) at the ACL Reds game last night. After rehab, both need a 40-man roster spot. Both have options. Will be interesting.

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  7. letmeclearmythroat74

    1 year ago

    Gives them a little Weigel room

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  8. 80sBravesFan

    1 year ago

    I had to log-in instead of lurk. This guy was a big time prospect with the Braves. He had a couple arm injuries. Saw him in Single A and was extremely nice to my son (got an autograph and personally walked to my son to give him the ball after warmups). I’ve pulled for him ever since.
    As an aside, why do fans on this site complain over these moves? These young men are trying to live their dreams and earn a paycheck. Can you imagine if someone complained about you getting a job on a public forum?
    Best of luck Patrick!

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