{"id":533453,"date":"2026-01-22T23:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T23:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:27:14","slug":"phillies-re-sign-tim-mayza-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533453\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Re-Sign Tim Mayza To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies have re-signed veteran lefty Tim Mayza<\/a> to a minor league contract, reports<\/a> Matt Gelb of The Athletic. He\u2019ll be in big league camp as a non-roster invitee next month. Mayza is represented by Covenant Sports Group.<\/p>\n

A veteran of eight big league seasons, Mayza finished the 2025 campaign with Philadelphia after coming over in a trade from the Pirates. He spent the bulk of the 2025 season on the injured list but appeared in 15 games between the two clubs and logged a 3.78 ERA in 16 1\/3 frames. Dating back to 2021, the southpaw carries a 3.49 earned run average, 22.2% strikeout rate, 6.7% walk rate and 55% ground-ball rate in 214 1\/3 major league innings.<\/p>\n

Mayza, who turned 34 last week, still stands as something of a rebound candidate \u2014 despite that solid track record. In addition to missing the bulk of the 2025 season due to a lat strain, the longtime Blue Jays southpaw was roughed up for a 6.33 ERA in 42 2\/3 innings between Toronto and the Bronx in 2024. His last full, healthy and productive season came with Toronto in 2023, when he turned in 53 1\/3 innings with a tiny 1.52 ERA, a 24.7% strikeout rate, a 7% walk rate and a huge 58.2% ground-ball rate.<\/p>\n

Mayza typically sits 93-94 mph with a sinker he throws more than two-thirds of the time. (He averaged 93.6 mph on the pitch in 2025.) He\u2019s a two-pitch lefty, complementing that worm-burning two-seamer with a slider that generally sits 86-87 mph (87.1 mph in \u201925). Right-handed batters have typically had little trouble handling Mayza, evidenced by a career .281\/.350\/.474 batting line against him. Conversely, left-handers probably wonder why they even bother when he\u2019s on the mound; Mayza has held same-handed opponents to an awful .214\/.266\/.304 batting line in his career.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has a pair of quality left-handers \u2014 Jose Alvarado<\/a> and Tanner Banks<\/a> \u2014 in what should be a terrific bullpen overall. Beyond those two southpaws, the Phils boast a contingent of righties including Jhoan Duran<\/a>, Brad Keller<\/a> and Orion Kerkering<\/a>. The final few spots in the \u2019pen are somewhat up for grabs. Rule 5 pick Zach McCambley<\/a> and journeyman Zach Pop<\/a> (who signed a split major league deal this winter) feel particularly vulnerable if someone like Mayza or another in-house candidate enjoys a big spring performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies have re-signed veteran lefty Tim Mayza to a minor league contract, reports Matt Gelb of The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4,364],"class_list":["post-533453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-tim-mayza"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115941346361498870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}