Player profile
Matt Garza
- Sport: Baseball
- Position: pitcher
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Nationality:
United States
- Birth date: 1983-11-26 (29 years)
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Tampa Bay Rays
2008 - present
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Tampa Bay Rays
2006 - 2007
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Minnesota Twins
2006 - 2007
*Matthew Scott Albidrez-Garza’ was born on November 26, 1983 in Selma, California. He is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. High SchoolMatt attended Washington Union High School.CollegeMatt attended Fresno State University.*Minor Leagues’ Matt was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. He signed on June 13, 2005.
2005 - Elizabethton Twins in the Appalachian League, then Beloit Snappers in the Midwest League 2006 - Fort Myers Miracle in the Florida State League, then the New Britain Rock Cats in the Eastern League, then the Rochester Red Wings in the International League 2007 - the Rochester REd Wings 2008 - Vero Beach Devil Rays in the Florida State League (Devil Rays)
Major Leagues Matt made his major league debut on August 11, 2006 for the Minnesota Twins.
On November 28, 2007, the Twins traded him, along with Jason Bartlett and Eduardo Morlan, to the Tampa Bay Rays for Delmon Young, Jason Pridie, and Brendan Harris.
Personal Matt is engaged to his high-school sweetheart, Serina. They have one son, Matthew (b. 2002), and a daughter, Sierra (b. 2005)
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My problem w/his slide & also Jeff Keppinger's 1 at home where he was tgaged out a few days ago, is that each of them seem to have at least a limb (right arm/hand of Joyce, Kep's whole body) pass the bag/plate before they reached out to touch it. Joyce's situation may make sense b/c he needs to hang on to the bag until time is called, but not so in Kep's case. Surely he could have reached out w/a toe, knee, elbow or something before sliding completely past the plate & reaching back!! Did they not review sliding techniques in Spring Training?
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