The Orioles have signed outfielder Logan Schafer to a minor league deal, the club announced on Thursday.
Schafer, 30, opened last season playing for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League and ended it on the Minnesota Twins’ major league roster. He hit .238/.342/.317 in 26 games with the Twins.
The left-handed Schafer will add outfield depth to the organization. A former third-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers, Schafer spent his first seven seasons in the Brewers organization, playing parts of five seasons with the major league club. His most extended time in the majors came in 2013, when he saw action in a career-high 134 games with Milwaukee, hitting .