The Minnesota Twins signed right-handed pitcher Austin Voth to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A St. Paul after he became a free agent following his outright by the Toronto Blue Jays. The move comes as the Twins manage injuries and roster tu
The Minnesota Twins moved quickly to steady their pitching depth, signing right-handed pitcher Austin Voth to a minor league contract on Thursday and sending him to Triple-A St. Paul.
Voth had been a free agent since Tuesday, when he was outrighted by the Toronto Blue Jays. This season with Toronto, he appeared in two relief outings, throwing six innings and allowing six earned runs on eight hits and five walks. He also recorded three wild pitches and finished with one strikeout.
For Minnesota. the signing is also a practical response to a bullpen-and-rotation squeeze that has already started reshaping how the club operates. Just before this deal. the Twins designated Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment and then traded him to the Blue Jays for cash considerations. On the injury front. Bailey Ober is dealing with a mild flexor strain expected to keep him out for 10-14 days. likely sidelining him for most or all of June. Kendry Rojas has a triceps strain, and Mick Abel has been out since mid-April.
Until those absences ease, Minnesota has leaned on a rotation that includes Joe Ryan, Taj Bradley, Zebby Matthews, and Connor Prielipp, while Mike Paredes has handled long relief duties.
Voth’s track record explains why the Twins are willing to gamble on upside in the minors. Over 366 MLB innings, he has posted a 4.77 ERA with 344 strikeouts and 134 walks. Two years ago with the Seattle Mariners, he recorded a 3.69 ERA with 61 strikeouts and 18 walks in 61 innings. In his pitch mix, Voth has featured a cutter, four-seam fastball, curveball, sweeper, sinker, and split-finger.
In Triple-A work this season, Voth made eight starts, pitching to a 2.90 ERA while averaging fewer than four innings per outing. His strikeout rate was 17%, and his walk rate was 6.8%.
Minnesota didn’t stop there. The club also added right-hander Hunter Gregory on a minor league deal and assigned him to Double-A Wichita. Gregory spent part of his career inside the Toronto organization from 2021-25. For the York Revolution, he logged a 2.63 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings, though he allowed a 1.463 WHIP. Across the minors overall, he carries a 5.67 ERA with 264 strikeouts and 112 walks over 230 1/3 innings.
Another minor addition followed: right-hander Jake Covey signed a minor league contract after working to a 1.50 ERA with 14 strikeouts and two walks in 12 innings over two starts with Glacier in the Pioneer League. At Concordia Eagles during 2024-25, he posted a 3.03 ERA with 188 strikeouts and 41 walks in 163 1/3 innings across 24 appearances.
Taken together, the Twins’ flurry of minor league moves lands in the middle of real constraints—injuries, roster churn, and the need for innings—making Voth’s arrival to Triple-A St. Paul the next piece in a pitching puzzle Minnesota is already having to solve in real time.
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Austin Voth to the Twins? sounds like they’re just picking random pitchers off the waiver wire lol.
If Ober is out 10-14 days and then Rojas too, that’s basically like half a rotation gone. Still, one guy with 4.77 ERA feels like a bandaid not a plan.
Wait they traded Woods Richardson for cash and then added Voth… so like they’re basically buying bullpen chaos? also 3 wild pitches in 6 innings is kinda yikes but maybe Triple-A fixes it.
I don’t get it, didn’t Voth just get outrighted by Toronto which means he was bad, right? But they say “upside” like okay. Meanwhile they’re calling up Zebby Matthews or whoever, and the injuries keep stacking up. Feels like they should’ve just used the minors longer instead of signing someone off free agency for minor league money.