The Brewers agreed to a minor league cope with lefty Thomas Pannone, reviews Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The BHSC consumer shall be in main league camp as a non-roster invitee to spring coaching in 2025.
It’ll be the second Brewers stint of Pannone’s profession. He was additionally with the group in 2023. Whereas the 30-year-old’s broader monitor document in Triple-A doesn’t essentially stand out, he’s been sharp in opposition to non-MLB competitors in current seasons. Pannone tossed 53 1/3 innings of two.70 ERA ball with the Brewers’ Triple-A membership in 2023, and he additionally spent elements of the 2022-23 seasons with the KBO’s Kia Tigers, pitching to a mixed 3.49 ERA in 165 innings throughout these two seasons. Most not too long ago, Pannone hurled 152 1/3 innings of three.54 ERA ball between the Triple-A associates for the Cubs and Yankees in 2024. He fanned 21.9% of opponents in opposition to a 5.9% stroll charge this previous season.
All of that ought to permit Pannone to go to camp with the Brewers and compete for a rotation spot or lengthy aid function. He’s stretched out and constructed up, which means workload wouldn’t be a difficulty if the Brewers have to make the most of him as a starter between Nashville and Milwaukee. (Notably, he’s out of minor league choices, so if he’s added to the 40-man at any level, he’d have to stay or else be positioned on waivers.)
For a Brewers membership that’s at the moment gentle on rotation depth, including a lefty who’s pitched effectively for the previous three seasons within the higher minors and within the KBO makes good sense. In the meanwhile, Milwaukee’s rotation probably contains Freddy Peralta, Brandon Woodruff (probably on an innings restrict after lacking 2024 on account of shoulder surgical procedure), Aaron Civale, Tobias Myers and certainly one of Aaron Ashby or DL Corridor. That group might change, in fact, relying on how the remainder of the offseason performs out. Every of Myers, Ashby and Corridor could be optioned. Civale has been a speculative commerce candidate (as is the case with most Brewers veterans once they’re down to 1 last season of membership management remaining). Lefty Robert Gasser might be a part of the bunch late in 2025, however he’s recovering from UCL surgical procedure carried out in June.
