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| Height: 6-4
Weight: 185
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Nov 26, 1983, Selma, CA |
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| November 29, 2007 The Devil Rays acquired Matt Garza, Eduardo Morlan and Jason Barlett from the Twins Wednesday in exchange for Delmon Young, Brendan Harris and Jason Pridie. Garza wasn't spectacular in 16 games (15 starts) with the Twins last year, but he has the potential to develop into a staff ace. He'll slide into the Rays rotation behind Scott Kazmir and James Shields in 2008. |
| November 8, 2007 The Twins have made it clear they're targeting offense this offseason, and they may be willing to trade young pitching, such as Matt Garza, in order to make a deal for a top hitter, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "We really haven't gone out to get hitters because we had hitters coming," GM Bill Smith said. "But now we have holes in our offense, and we need to do whatever we can to try to fill those holes." In addition to Garza, Scott Baker and Kevin Slowey are two other youngsters that could enter trade discussions this winter. |
| July 18, 2007 Matt Garza didn't have his best stuff on Tuesday night, but he still managed to limit the Tigers to just one unearned run in seven innings of a tough-luck loss. Garza told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he felt terrible after the first inning because his fastball didnt have it's usual life. "That's what I was sent down to [the minor leagues] to do, work on establishing my fastball and be able to change speeds when I need," he said. |
| July 9, 2007 Matt Garza will stick in the rotation after the All-Star break. "For right now, yeah," manager Ron Gardenhire told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Garza worked six scoreless innings against the White Sox in his last outing, and that was enough to earn him another start. |
| June 28, 2007 The Twins called up Matt Garza following Thursday's win over the Blue Jays. The team's top prospect will work out of the bullpen before making a start against the White Sox during the doubleheader on July 6, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. "The feeling is, they want to see him in the big leagues. Hes starting to get a little frustrated, so we bring him up here, give him a chance to pitch for us right here," manager Ron Gardenhire explains. Garza, 23, was 4-6 with a 3.62 ERA over 16 starts at Triple-A Rochester. |
| June 21, 2007 Matt Garzas numbers are not that impressive at Triple-A Rochester, but Twins minor league director Jim Rantz sees progress. Hes going to be back [in the major leagues]; its just a matter of when, Rantz told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Hopefully the next time he goes back, hes there to stay. After a brief quibble with the organization about his failure to mix in enough off-speed stuff, Garza is reportedly back to throwing all four of his pitches while touching up to 96 miles per hour with his fastball. He is just 3-6 with a 3.71 ERA, but has shown signs of progress in recent starts. |
| May 29, 2007 Though nothing has been made official yet, the Twins will almost certainly call up starter Kevin Slowey from Triple-A to start on Friday in the rotation spot vacated by Ramon Ortiz. That means that phenom Matt Garza will have been bypassed for the third time this season, and Garza is showing his frustration. Last week, Garza criticized Twins management for telling him to throw more off-speed pitches. Its immaturity and frustration, pitching coach Rick Anderson told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Hell get over it. Maybe he needed to vent. Garza is 2-5 with a 3.21 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 56 innings at Triple-A Rochester, while Slowey has a 1.54 ERA and 57-5 K/BB ratio in 64 innings. |
| March 28, 2007 The Twins optioned Matt Garza to Triple-A on Wednesday, according to the AP. Garza, who had been competing for a rotation job this spring, is one of the top pitching prospects in the game, and he'll make an impact at some point this year. |
| March 21, 2007 Matt Garza pitched three scoreless innings Wednesday, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out two. Garza entered the game in relief of Sidney Ponson, who gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out one in four innings. The two pitchers are both fighting for a rotation spot. Garza's ERA this spring is 1.00, while Ponson's is 6.30. |
| March 16, 2007 Matt Garza, competing for the final spot in the Twins rotation, threw two scoreless innings against the Orioles on Friday, allowing two hits and striking out one. He holds a 1.50 ERA in six innings this spring. |
| March 8, 2007 An MRI on Matt Garza's neck revealed nothing serious, but he's still scheduled to see a neurologist today, according to the Star-Tribune. We should know more soon about when he'll be ready to return to action. |
| March 7, 2007 Matt Garza is slated to have an MRI taken of his ailing neck, as well as be examined by a neurologist, according to the Pioneer Press. Garza's been dealing with pain in his neck and headaches for over a week and was pulled from Monday's game due to the problem. A CT scan last week revealed nothing abdnormal, but Garza is out indefinitely at this point. |
| March 5, 2007 Matt Garza was removed from his outing against Tampa Bay on Monday after facing two batters because of a stiff neck, according to the AP. He allowed a walk and a hit to the two batters he faced. He's expected to visit a doctor on Tuesday. |
| February 27, 2007 Matt Garza had a stiff neck and headaches after throwing batting practice Saturday, so the club decided to have him undergo a CAT scan as a precaution, according to the Star-Tribune. The results should be known today. |