{"id":588819,"date":"2026-02-23T19:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588819\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:07:13","slug":"pirates-sign-carson-fulmer-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588819\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Sign Carson Fulmer To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pirates have signed right-hander Carson Fulmer<\/a> to a minor league contract, reports<\/a> Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Fulmer, a client of Icon Sports Management, receives an invite to big league spring training and has already arrived at Pirates camp.<\/p>\n

Fulmer, 32, was the No. 8 overall pick back in 2015. He hasn\u2019t matched that draft status or the considerable fanfare he generated during his Vanderbilt days, but he\u2019s pitched decently in a multi-inning role for the Angels across the past three seasons, logging a combined 4.43 ERA, 20.9% strikeout rate, 10.2% walk rate and 42.3% ground-ball rate in 126 innings (44 relief appearances, nine starts).<\/p>\n

As Alex Stumpf points out<\/a>, this is somewhat incredibly the fourth stint for Fulmer in the Pirates organization \u2014 despite never actually appearing in a major league game with them. Pittsburgh claimed Fulmer off waivers from the Tigers back in August of 2020 and immediately optioned him. He was designated him for assignment a couple weeks later and lost to the Orioles via waivers. The Bucs claimed him\u00a0back from the Orioles three weeks later and even recalled him to the big league roster for the final couple days of the season, but he didn\u2019t pitch in a game. Fulmer was designated for assignment the following spring and claimed by the Reds.<\/p>\n

The Pirates also signed Fulmer to a minor league contract and brought him to camp last spring. He didn\u2019t make the club but did spend the first two months of the season pitching for Triple-A Indianapolis, where he logged a 4.64 ERA in 42 2\/3 innings (seven relief appearances, six starts). Those numbers generally align with Fulmer\u2019s performance in parts of what is now nine seasons at the Triple-A level.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s bullpen is largely set, but there are at least a couple spots up for grabs this spring. Dennis Santana<\/a>, Gregory Soto<\/a>, Isaac Mattson<\/a>, Justin Lawrence<\/a> and Carmen Mlodzinski<\/a> all figure to be on the Opening Day roster, health permitting. Left-hander Mason Montgomery<\/a>, acquired alongside Brandon Lowe<\/a> in the three-team deal sending righty Mike Burrows<\/a> to Houston, should have a strong chance to make the club, too. The final two spots will be a contest including Evan Sisk<\/a>, Kyle Nicolas<\/a>, Cam Sanders<\/a> and Yohan Ramirez<\/a>. Since he\u2019s out of minor league options, Ramirez might have an advantage. Non-roster invitees joining Fulmer in big league camp include Chris Devenski<\/a>, Joe La Sorsa<\/a> and Beau Burrows<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pirates have signed right-hander Carson Fulmer to a minor league contract, reports Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,20328],"class_list":{"0":"post-588819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-carson-fulmer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116121517857925980","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588819","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=588819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}