Ryan Garton

Ryan Patrick Garton (born December 5, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mariners.

Ryan Garton
Garton with the Tampa Bay Rays
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher
Born: (1989-12-05) December 5, 1989
Clearwater, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 26, 2016, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Win–loss record1–3
Earned run average4.90
Strikeouts50
Teams

Career

Tampa Bay Rays

Garton attended J. W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida, and Florida Atlantic University, where he played college baseball for the Florida Atlantic Owls. The Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the 34th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. [1]

The Rays promoted Garton to the major leagues on May 25, 2016,[2][3] and he made his major league debut the next day in the seventh inning of a game against the Miami Marlins, allowing three earned runs on two innings pitched.

Seattle Mariners

On August 6, 2017, the Rays traded Garton and Mike Marjama to the Seattle Mariners for Anthony Misiewicz, Luis Rengifo, and a player to be named later or cash considerations.[4] He was outrighted to AAA on October 26, 2017. He spent all of 2018 with AAA Tacoma Rainiers. He was assigned to AAA Tacoma Rainiers to start the 2019 season. He had his contract selected to the major leagues on May 17, 2019. He was designated for assignment on May 21.[5] He elected free agency on October 8, 2019.

Minnesota Twins

On November 26, 2019, Garton signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins.[6]

References
  1. "Rays Tales: Garton a product of unorthodox training program". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. Topkin, Marc (May 25, 2016). "Rays call up RHP Ryan Garton, send Beckham to Durham". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  3. "Mitchell High's Garton reaches majors with hometown Rays". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  4. MLBRosterMoves [@MLBRosterMoves] (August 6, 2017). ".@Mariners acquire RHP Ryan Garton, catcher Mike Marjama from #Rays for LHP Anthony Misiewicz, INF/OF Luis Rengifo, PTBN or cash" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Ryan Divish (May 21, 2019). "Mariners make slew of roster moves including placing Dee Gordon and Ryon Healy on injured list". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. Do-Hyoung Park (November 26, 2019). "Twins ink Hardy among Minors deals". MLB.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.


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