[Nightengale Jr] The Twins have signed RHP Alex Speas. Speas spent time in four organizations last season and has a big fastball that can hit 101 mph. He made one MLB appearance in 2024 with the Astros, coincidentally against the Twins.

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1. Unclear what kind of contract this is, but presumably it’s a minor league deal.

   Speas is 26 and a reliever. His top-tier stuff has led to a lot of strikeouts in the high minors (12.6 k/9 in AAA ball) but he has also shown significant control issues (10.6 bb/9 in AAA). If he can rein the walks in it’s easy to see him becoming a setup-caliber reliever but only time will tell if he’ll be able to reach that full potential.

2. He throws g a s

3. Sounds like Juan Morillo who the Twins had back in 2009. Throw extremely hard with little to no control.

   It’s a low risk minor league deal so you can hope the pitching coaches can find a flaw and correct it.

4. Can never have enough dudes who throw 100s in St Paul