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Twins, Kyle Garlick Avoid Arbitration

By Darragh McDonald | November 14, 2022 at 5:20pm CDT

The Twins and outfielder Kyle Garlick have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal, reports Dan Hayes of The Athletic. Garlick will make a salary of $750K, pre Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com.

Garlick, 31 in January, was outrighted off the Twins’ roster a year ago but earned his way back on by the middle of April. He only got into 66 games on the season due to various injuries. He went to the IL four times, with the causes ranging from a right calf strain, a left hamstring strain, a right ribcage contusion and a left wrist sprain.

Despite all those ailments, he was still able to be an above-average hitter at the plate on the season. He hit nine home runs in that limited playing time and produced an overall batting line of .233/.284/.433. That amounted to a wRC+ of 104, indicating he was 4% better than the league average hitter. The Twins likely envision him for a platoon role, as he was much better against lefties. Six of his nine homers were against southpaws and his overall production against them finished at .243/.305/.500, wRC+ of 128. Against righties, it was just .224/.263/.368 and a wRC+ of 79.

The Twins have a couple of lefties in their outfield mix in Max Kepler, Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach. Given Garlick’s abilities with the platoon advantage, he could take some at-bats away from that crew from time to time. All three of them also made multiple trips to the IL in 2022 and could create a larger opening for Garlick if they got hurt. There’s also the oft-injured Byron Buxton in the mix in center, creating another reason for the Twins to keep Garlick around as depth.

Garlick qualified for arbitration as a Super Two player, his first time being eligible for the process. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected Garlick for a salary of $1.1MM but he has settled for less than that. It’s not uncommon for such deals to come out at this time of year. Thursday is the deadline for teams to decide whether or not they will tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players. Garlick was a candidate to be non-tendered and sent back to free agency but has instead agreed to a salary with a modest raise.

Last year’s minimum was $700K and next year’s will be $720K, meaning Garlick gets a small bump and the Twins have secured a player they could find useful at a rate barely above minimum. Under the previous collective bargaining agreement, arbitration salaries weren’t guaranteed until Opening Day but the new CBA does guarantee them as long as the player doesn’t go to a hearing. That means Garlick has that $750K locked in.

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19 Comments

  1. Jon M

    3 years ago

    That’s basically minimum

    Reply
  2. NickTheDev

    3 years ago

    Phew… a whole $30K over minimum… glad they were able to figure that out. SIGH

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  3. JeffreyChungus

    3 years ago

    Thank God! This is exactly what I was waiting to hear

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  4. .

    3 years ago

    Baseball Reference says he was with the LA Dodgers in 2019 and I cannot remember him on the team whatsoever…..Any other LA fans remember this guy???

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    • tstats

      3 years ago

      I do he had a funky swing and hit a few jacks but was really not worth much

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  5. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    3 years ago

    At an individual level that’s still a ton of money to earn in a year. Good for him. Hopefully he loves up to the extremely modest expectations of the contract and can stick around, be of done value. But he is 31, so…

    Reply
  6. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    3 years ago

    Not a lot of bread for Garlick.

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    • ohyeadam

      3 years ago

      Gotta be a player out there named after a cheese he can platoon with

      Reply
      • Edp007

        3 years ago

        Jake Lamb? Or maybe a platoon with Rougned Odor

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      • AHH-Rox

        3 years ago

        Plenty of players named Jack.

        Reply
      • Rsox

        3 years ago

        C Damon BERRYhill
        1B Seth Beer
        2B Jake Burger
        SS Alfredo Griffin
        3B Sean Berry
        LF Jim Rice
        CF Mike Trout
        RF Darryl Strawberry
        DH Chili Davis
        SP Bob Lemon

        No cheese but a team good enough to eat

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        • .

          3 years ago

          Tim Salmon on the bench.

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  7. Edp007

    3 years ago

    Someone said this guy stinks

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  8. BirdieMan

    3 years ago

    Who?

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    • .

      3 years ago

      Vampires Birdie

      Reply
    • Edp007

      3 years ago

      Someone on MLB rumours FB page said “ this guy stinks “

      Reply
  9. CBA_Enjoyer

    3 years ago

    Btw, the non tender deadline is Friday, not Thursday.

    Reply
  10. Poster formerly known as . . .

    3 years ago

    Maybe they should sign Paul Fry to team with Garlick.

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  11. rememberthecoop

    3 years ago

    w/rc+ must weigh slug pretty heavily, because an OBP of .284 is certainly not what I would call “above average” offense.

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