Ryan O'Rourke announced his retirement from his playing career via Twitter on Monday.

O'Rourke will join Triple-A Rochester on Saturday, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

O'Rourke signed a minor-league contract with Minnesota on Friday, Darren Wolfson of Skor North reports.

O'Rourke was outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, Matt Ehalt of Yahoo! Sports reports.