Kyle Garlick

Kyle Bruce Garlick

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lb.
• School University of Oregon, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
• High School Chino Hills High School
• Debut May 19, 2019

• Born January 26, 1992 in La Habra, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Kyle Garlick made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 19, 2019. His first major league hit was a pinch-hit double off Jeff Samardzija of the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on June 8th.

Although drafted in a high round (28th round in the 2015 amateur draft), Garlick made an immediate impression during his first year in the minors, hitting .349 with power, playing for three different teams. He followed that up with a .293/.348/.508 line in 2016 as he continued to move up in the Dodgers system. Still hitting with power in 2017, his batting average dropped under .250, and in 2018 the power continued as he hit .259. In 2019, he was slugging over .600 when called up to the big leagues.

Although rookies are often alone on teams of veterans, Garlick found himself in the majors in the spring and summer of 2019 playing alongside other rookie position players such as Matt Beaty, Will Smith and Edwin Rios, all of whom spent part of the season with him on the Oklahoma City Dodgers. In the five games through August 16th the L.A. Dodgers set a major league record by hitting at least four home runs in each game. Garlick did his part by launching a homer in the fourth game of that set.

One consequence of the high-profile Mookie Betts trade was that Kyle was designated for assignment by the Dodgers. Betts is a right-handed-hitting outfielder, as are Garlick and A.J. Pollock, and the Dodgers presumably decided that they had enough right-handers in the outfield. He was then traded to the Philadelphia Phillies prior to the 2020 season in return for P Tyler Gilbert. The announcement that the National League would use the designated hitter position in a truncated season made it more likely that Kyle would make the Phillies' team. [1] Kyle did play some for the Phillies, getting into 12 regular-season games, but he hit just .136. As with the Dodgers, he played more left field than right field with the Phils. On September 16th, he was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury.

In early 2021, he was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves. The next month he was again selected off waivers, this time by the Minnesota Twins, and he played for the Twins in 2022 until he was injured and ended up getting surgery. In 2022 he started in the minors but was soon up again with the Twins before April was over.

Because his last name resembles "garlic", he is sure to make the "all food team", along with others such as Sweetbreads Bailey, Pie Traynor, Candy Cummings, Chicken Wolf, Clarence Beers and a few others.

Related Sites

• Kyle Garlick on mlb.com