Arizona Diamondbacks sign former Toronto Blue Jays reliever
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed former Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Thomas Hatch to a minor league contract.
According to a report from MLBTR's Anthony Franco, the Diamondbacks have signed right-hander Thomas Hatch to a minor league deal.
Thomas Hatch has a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks that includes a non-roster invite to Spring Training. Righty returned from Japan last year and spent the final two months of the season working in a long relief role for Minnesota
Hatch turned 31 just a couple days after the season ended. He's pitched in parts of five big league seasons between the Blue Jays, Pirates, Royals and Twins, ending the 2025 campaign with the latter of that quartet.
NEWS: The Dbacks have signed Thomas Hatch to a minor league deal, per Anthony Franco. He played primarily with the St. Paul Saints (Twins AAA affiliate) as a starter. Will be interesting to see if he takes Jose Urquidy's former spot in Reno's projected rotation.
Hatch looking to break camp in a possible swingman role
In 103 MLB frames, the former third-round pick (Cubs, 2016) has a 5.24 ERA, 18% strikeout rate, 10.8% walk rate and 46.3% ground-ball rate.
Though he hasn't found much in the way of consistent big league success, Hatch has been a solid starter in four Triple-A campaigns.
He's pitched 334 innings at the top minor league level and logged a serviceable 4.42 earned run average while punching out 22.3% of his opponents against a tidy 7.5% walk rate.
Thomas Hatch, Changeup Spin.
Hatch also has brief experience pitching overseas in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, though he only made five appearances for the Hiroshima Carp during that 2024 stint.
Hatch has split his time in pro ball fairly evenly between starting and relieving.
He'll compete for a job this spring but would presumably be ticketed for a swingman role even if he secured a roster spot.
Source: MLBTR
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