The already long, winding, nearly storybook journey for Ryan Vogelsong continues. The 39-year-old, free agent right-hander has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins, as announced by Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
The gritty bulldog pitcher was originally drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the fifth round of 1998’s amateur draft, out of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He moved quickly through the Giants’ organization, and made his big league debut in September of 2000, pitching in four games as a reliever that year.
He returned to the big leagues in 2001, but did not pitch well.