"Winkel's best offensive season came in 2023 at Double-A, featuring 10 home runs, 48 RBIs, a .266/.362/.424 slash line and a 106 wRC+. That promising performance also included favourable walk (12.6 per cent) and strikeout rates (24.2 per cent)."
"In that span, the 2021 ninth-round selection by the Twins struggled offensively across 125 combined games, slashing a measly .224/.279/.371 with 14 home runs, 63 RBIs and a 64 wRC+ (100 league average)."
"Back during his days as a on-the-bubble top 30 prospect with Minnesota, Winkel was regarded as a bat-first catcher, who still had plenty of developing ahead of him behind the plate - only he's yet to fulfill that scouting report."
The Toronto Blue Jays signed catcher Patrick Winkel to a minor-league deal, enhancing the depth of their Double-A team, New Hampshire. Winkel, previously with the Minnesota Twins, has been reassigned to New Hampshire after being released in March. At 26, he joins Aaron Parker and Alex Stone as catching options. Winkel's offensive performance has been inconsistent, with a career .224 batting average over 125 games, but he had a strong 2023 season at Double-A before being hindered by an injury.
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