Left-handed pitcher Braeden Ogle agreed to a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates two weeks ago according to a post tagged on his Instagram. Alex Stumpf is reporting that he received an invite to Spring Training.
Ogle was originally drafted by the Pirates out of high school in the fourth round in 2016. He remained in the system until he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies late in the 2021 season for Abraham Gutierrez.
The 25-year-old Ogle spent all of the 2021-22 seasons in Triple-A. He had a 3.13 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP and 42 strikeouts in 31.2 innings with Indianapolis prior to the trade. He went to Lehigh Valley for the rest of 2021 and all of 2022, where he had a 6.91 ERA in 54.2 innings, with a 1.92 WHIP and 42 strikeouts. He reached minor league free agency after the season.
The Pirates have been busy signing left-handed pitchers recently, to add to the group they signed earlier this winter. Last week we reported Geronimo Franzua signing, while just one day earlier, we announced Kent Enmanuel was signed.
