The Twins introduced Tuesday that they’ve designated right-hander Ralph Garza Jr. for project. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to shortstop Carlos Correa, whose three-year, $105.3MM contract with Minnesota has now been formally introduced by the group.
Garza, 28 subsequent month, will cede his spot on the 40-man roster to his former Astros teammate. The 6’2″, 220-pound right-hander was drafted by the Astros within the twenty sixth spherical again in 2015 and made his Main League debut with the ’Stros in 2021 earlier than becoming a member of the Twins by way of an August waiver declare. He tallied 30 1/3 innings between the 2 golf equipment and pitched to a stable 3.56 ERA, albeit it with strikeout, stroll and ground-ball charges (22.8%, 11% and 37.3%, respectively) that each one checked in worse than these of the league-average reliever.
Garza throws each a sinker and a four-seamer and works with a pair of various arm angles that provide some deception to opponents. He sports activities a profession 3.82 ERA in components of 4 seasons in Triple-A, the place he’s whiffed 25.9% of his opponents in opposition to an 11.3% stroll price. A pure reliever, Garza has a pair of minor league possibility years remaining, so it’s attainable one other membership shall be intrigued by his mix of 4 pitches, his respectable upper-minors monitor report and the pliability of these possibility years. The Twins may have per week to commerce him or place him on outright waivers, at which level any of the opposite 29 golf equipment might place a declare.
