Mitch Garver
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Position:
PH
Born:
01/15/94
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
220
B/T:
R/R
Acquired:
Drafted in the ninth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft (MIN).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| Hitting .291 with 17 home runs, 45 RBI's and 29 doubles at Rochester (Triple-A) with a .387 OBP and .541 SLG. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Recalled from Rochester on August 18, when OF Robbie Grossman went on the 10-day DL. MLB Debut Date: 08/19/17 |
Debut Details
| August 19, in a 5-0 win against the Diamondbacks. Pinch-hitting for DH Miguel Sano, went 0-for-1 with a strikeout. Coming in in the bottom of the seventh with one on and no one out, he struck out swinging against right-handed reliever J.J. Hoover. |
Player Notes
| A senior-sign out of University of New Mexico, the Albuquerque native is a hitter who can catch rather than vice versa. His powerful bat will always be his best tool, but his improvement behind the plate is what kept him moving up steadily through the system with a career .271/.364/.429 slash line. That improved defensive package included throwing out 48 percent of opposing baserunners in 2016 between Chattanooga (Double-A) and Rochester where he combined to bat .270 with 12 home runs, 74 RBI's and 30 doubles. His lone offensive drought came in 2015 at Fort Myers (High A) where he batted .245 with four home runs and 58 RBIs after having hit .298 at Cedar Rapids (Class A), with 16 home runs and 79 RBIs along with 29 doubles. |
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