CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Kohl Stewart on a 2021 major league contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chicago’s 40-man roster stands at 37 players.
Stewart, 26, is 4-3 with a 4.79 ERA (33 ER/62.0 IP) in 17 major league games (six starts) with the Twins in 2018-19. He was 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA (15 ER/36.2 IP) in eight games (four starts) for Minnesota at the age of 23 in his MLB debut season in 2018, walking 18 and striking out 24.
In 2019, Stewart appeared in nine games (two starts) in seven stints with the Twins, going 2-2 with a 6.39 ERA (18 ER/25.1 IP). He spent a majority of the campaign with Triple-A Rochester and pitched to an 8-6 record with a 5.14 ERA (52 ER/91.0 IP) with 80 strikeouts in 20 games (19 starts).
The six-foot three-inch Stewart signed with Baltimore as a free agent in December of 2019. He did not appear in a game for the Orioles as he opted out of the 2020 campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stewart owns a 3.60 ERA (265 ER/661.2 IP) with a 39-40 record and two complete games in 131 career minor league games, all but six as a starter, with 259 walks and 486 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the Twins in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2013 draft out of St. Pius X High School in Houston, Texas.