Chicago Cubs improve pitching depth by signing former Minnesota Twins minor leaguer Tyler Beede
The Chicago Cubs have signed right-handed pitcher Tyler Beede to a minor league deal, according to Ari Alexander of 7News Boston WHDH.
Beede, 32, signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2025. He made just seven appearances for Triple-A St. Paul, posting an 8.00 ERA with seven strikeouts and nine walks in nine innings across seven outings before being released on June 1.
After being released by the Twins, Beede, a former first-round pick by the San Francisco Giants in 2014, pitched 21 1/3 innings in the Atlantic League and 13 1/3 innings in the Mexican League.
Beede has logged MLB innings for the Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates and Giants. In parts of five MLB seasons, Beede has posted -1.1 bWAR and a 5.55 ERA with 181 strikeouts and 92 walks. Pre-2017, the former first-rounder was among MLB and Baseball America's top-100 prospects.
Twins made right decision by releasing new Cubs reliever Tyler Beede in 2025
The Twins made the correct decision to release Beede in 2025, even though his time with the organization wasn't long. There's a good chance Beede asked to be released with the plan to pursue playing elsewhere and sign with an MLB team during the 2025-26 offseason. If that's what happened, the Twins did the right thing by allowing him to do what he believed was best for his career.
Even if Beede didn't want to be released by Minnesota, the Twins made the right decision to let him go. With his struggles in St. Paul and an abundance of young pitchers who have MLB potential in the organization, getting rid of him made sense. Allowing younger, more promising arms to pitch more innings for the Saints was in the Twins' best interest.
Having Beede after trading five relievers (Jhoan Durán, Griffin Jax, Brock Stewart, Danny Coulombe and Louis Varland) would've been nice for the Twins. However, it was pretty easy and affordable for president Derek Falvey to add other journeymen such as Noah Davis, Michael Tonkin, Erasmo Ramirez and more, so Minnesota didn't make a drastic mistake by letting Beede go. The Twins already knew 2025 wasn't going to be their year after dealing nearly 40% of their roster at the trade deadline, and Beede likely wouldn't have provided the team with more value than the other journeymen relievers on the team.