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Twins Designate Kyle Garlick For Assignment

By Steve Adams | January 11, 2023 at 10:06am CDT

The Twins announced Wednesday that they’ve designated outfielder Kyle Garlick for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to shortstop Carlos Correa, whose return on a six-year, $200MM contract (with four vesting/club options) has now been formally confirmed by the team.

Garlick, 31 later this month, has spent the past two seasons with the Twins, hitting a combined .233/.283/.446 in 269 trips to the plate. Those numbers don’t necessarily stand out on their own, but Garlick’s platoon splits tell the tale of a useful part-time/platoon outfielder. He’s been overmatched by fellow right-handers, evidenced by a .207/.258/.345 output. However, Garlick has consistently shown plus power against lefties, batting .256/.303/.534 with 10 home runs and seven doubles in just 145 plate appearances versus southpaws since joining the Twins.

Unfortunately, Garlick has also had difficulty staying on the field during his two seasons in Minnesota. Over the past two seasons, he’s had trips to the injured list for a sports hernia (which required surgery), a calf strain, a hamstring strain, a ribcage contusion and a wrist sprain — the latter of which ended his 2022 season. There’s little doubting that Garlick can hit left-handed pitching, but his lengthy list of injuries, combined with sub-par defensive ratings in the outfield corners, have limited his utility as well.

Garlick seemed to have a place on the Twins’ roster heading forward, as he’s a natural platoon partner for their veritable cavalcade of left-handed-hitting corner outfielders and had already agreed to a modest $750K salary for the upcoming season. That’s only $30K north of the league minimum at this point, though, so it’s not as though the Twins had locked Garlick in for a particularly weighty sum.

Any team wishing to claim Garlick would need to take on that mild salary but would also be able to control Garlick for another four seasons, if they choose. The Twins will have a week to trade Garlick or attempt to pass him through outright waivers. He’s been outrighted once previously in his career, so if Garlick goes unclaimed, he’d have the ability to reject an assignment to Triple-A in favor of free agency.

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Comments

  1. Jake1972

    3 weeks ago

    Bam Bam…

    Couldn’t help it!

    Reply
    • avenger65

      3 weeks ago

      Quick, Hahn! There’s another scrap for you to add to the Sox lineup!

      Reply
    • CaptainJudge99

      3 weeks ago

      Now Garlick is an important ingredient for any major league roster.

      Reply
      • rememberthecoop

        3 weeks ago

        I see what you did there Cap.

        Reply
        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          3 weeks ago

          Me too, it made me burb & left a bad taste in my mouth.

  2. benhen77

    3 weeks ago

    Farmer is the new short side platoon guy. Hopefully Garlick clears waivers. Twins will need him at some point next season.

    Reply
    • phantomofdb

      3 weeks ago

      With those platoon numbers he likely won’t.

      Reply
  3. PaulyMidwest

    3 weeks ago

    Texas better claim him fast.

    Reply
  4. Stan Konit

    3 weeks ago

    Pretty hard to pick the shortest straw in Twins collection of outfield spares. Garlick will resign and spend the summer in St. Paul with the rest of the bent nails.

    Reply
  5. abc123baseball

    3 weeks ago

    Spicy news.

    Reply
  6. Monkey’s Uncle

    3 weeks ago

    I guess that Garlick couldn’t wing it?

    Reply
  7. Larry Brown's crank

    3 weeks ago

    personally….im glad they got rid of Garlick. signed…….C.Dracula

    Reply
    • Jacksson13

      3 weeks ago

      But it still bothers me when STAKE is served in the clubhouse.!!

      Reply
  8. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    3 weeks ago

    The assignment? Roll.

    Reply
  9. tstats

    3 weeks ago

    He must be salty about this one

    Reply
  10. Saint Nick

    3 weeks ago

    Vampires least favorite player

    Reply
  11. Rumors2godsears

    3 weeks ago

    Went for the more seasoned player

    Reply
  12. SODOMOJO

    3 weeks ago

    Shouldn’t take long for the vampire slayer to get some work

    Reply
  13. channing1964

    3 weeks ago

    Yeah, I don’t know why they did that anyway. He can’t play center so they had to keep Celestino around

    Reply
  14. mindseye15

    3 weeks ago

    Carlos Correa, Carlos O’Kelley, Carlos Martinez, Carlos Boozer…it won’t matter who the Twins sign. They still won’t mess with the heavyweights in the A.L. plus they’re only the 3rd best team in their division behind Cleveland and Chicago.

    Reply
  15. rangers13

    3 weeks ago

    He would make a decent low-cost pickup to platoon with Thompson or Smith in LF if the Rangers don’t trade for Kepler, Santander, Happ, or Winker. I could see RAngers offer Dunning, Martin, Sborz, and Church for Kepler/Larnach and Garlick/Wallman.

    Reply
  16. MikeJ838

    3 weeks ago

    Braves give him a look

    Reply
  17. whyhayzee

    3 weeks ago

    Until there’s a major leaguer named Basil, we’ll never get much pesto out of this guy.

    Reply
    • Stan Konit

      3 weeks ago

      Former Minnesota North Star tough guy Basil McRae. You’ll find him swinging at hockeyfights.com

      Reply
      • whyhayzee

        3 weeks ago

        Playing hockey and having the name Basil pretty much guarantees fighting will be involved.

        Reply
  18. ohyeadam

    3 weeks ago

    Gallo fears not the platoon

    Reply
  19. gotigers68

    3 weeks ago

    The Tigers will
    take him…. Now !!

    Reply
  20. thecrocusesareinbloom

    3 weeks ago

    Would love to see the Red Sox take a flyer on Garlick, especially with Story’s injury likely pushing Hernández to shortstop. They need some kind of right-handed complement to Verdugo, Yoshida, and (if they don’t make more moves) Duran.

    Reply
    • drtymike0509

      3 weeks ago

      I agree

      Reply
  21. Sabean Wannabe

    3 weeks ago

    So long Garlick. You will be minced.

    Reply
    • H E Pennypacker

      3 weeks ago

      Well played haha

      Reply
    • H E Pennypacker

      3 weeks ago

      Perhaps next they’ll kick the tires on Paul Parsley, Stevie Sage, Ronnie Rosemary and Brett Lawry’s Seasoning Salt.

      Reply
  22. clrrogers

    3 weeks ago

    Garlick would be a good 4th OF for the Blue Jays. He hits lefties well, which Kiermeier and Varsho do not.

    Reply
    • NoSaint

      3 weeks ago

      Possible, but another roster move would have to be made. Hatch’s career transition to grocery bagger seems an inevitable.

      Reply
  23. H E Pennypacker

    3 weeks ago

    I came here for the garlic puns and was not disappointed.

    Reply
  24. top jimmy

    3 weeks ago

    He would make a good RH platoon partner with Vogelbach as Mets’ DH.

    Reply
  25. fre5hwind

    3 weeks ago

    Garlick is going back into the soup.

    Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      3 weeks ago

      That will be Ruf for him.

      Reply
  26. Jaysfan1981

    3 weeks ago

    Welcome to Toronto Mr. Garlick

    Reply
  27. Viveleempireevil

    3 weeks ago

    Welcome to Miami, Mr. Garlick.

    Reply
  28. Viveleempireevil

    3 weeks ago

    At least he can some day tell his grandkids “I got released so my club could sign a one-legged cheater”.

    Reply
    • 123redsox

      3 weeks ago

      Almost sounds as good as his grandfather tellig him about how he stormed Omaha beach!

      Reply
  29. joefleury

    3 weeks ago

    Now he needs to join the same roster as Rougned Odor.

    Reply
  30. rememberthecoop

    3 weeks ago

    Even vs southpaws he doesn’t get on base. That, combined with his injury issues are enough for me to pass.

    Reply
  31. Rsox

    3 weeks ago

    One sign you won’t see; “Welcome to Transylvania Mr. Garlick”

    Reply
  32. Fink Ployed

    3 weeks ago

    This move makes scents.

    Reply
  33. exrobinsoncanofan

    3 weeks ago

    Summit Beer is really good.

    Reply
    • Stan Konit

      3 weeks ago

      It’s made near the former home of Schmidt and in the shadow of the brewery that brought you Hamm’s. You ain’t got to be old to enjoy the beers that were former Twins sponsors.

      Reply
      • Stan Konit

        3 weeks ago

        Used to be a strip club in that area. Odd configuration with a glass wall that was a separate address of the bar next door. Always worth a stop after roadie for a game. Remarkably, the homeliest girl in the world danced one night. I recall a chant of “sympathy dollar” for her.

        Reply
  34. KermitJagger

    3 weeks ago

    Now they are free to sign Kyle Vampire.

    Reply
  35. YankeesBleacherCreature

    3 weeks ago

    Garlick is far from being toast and will make bread signing with his next cream once he pasta physical.

    Reply
  36. Jaysfansince92

    3 weeks ago

    Could work as a platoon outfielder for the Jays.

    As an added bonus maybe he can help them slow down Judge. There is obviously SOMETHING supernatural going on there. Do we know for sure he’s not a vampire? Fess up Yankee fans, how many of you have woken up with twin holes in your neck right after one of Judge’s multi homer games?

    Since we have yet to even prove the existence of vampires it seems likely he wouldn’t get popped on PED test for it.

    Reply

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