Kyle Garlick

BIOGRAPHY

Kyle Bruce Garlick was born on January 26, 1992, in La Habra, California. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Garlick graduated from Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California. He enrolled at the University of Oregon and played college baseball for the Oregon Ducks for three years. He was transferred to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and played for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos in 2015. That year, he set the Broncos single-season home runrecord with his 17th home run, breaking Travis Taijeron's previous record of 16. He finished the year with a .358 batting average and 17 home runs.

Garlick was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 28th pick of the 2015 MLB Draft. He received a $1,000 signing bonus from the Dodgers. Garlick played in 60 games across four different levels in 2015, hitting for .349. He began the 2016 season with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, where he hit three home runs, including an inside the park one, in a game against the Lancaster JetHawks on April 19. In 49 games with the Quakes, he hit .306 with 11 home runs and 37 runs batted in. He was chosen to represent them at the mid-season all-star game, though he was unable to play in the game as a result of a promotion to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League.

In 2017, Garlick was named to the mid-season Texas League all-star game. He hit .239 in 74 games for the Drillers with 17 home runs and 42 RBIs. In the 2018 season, he started with Tulsa before an early season promotion to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers in the Pacific Coast League. Between the two levels, he hit .259 with 22 home runs and 60 RBIs. Garlick was promoted by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the major leagues on May 17, 2019. He lined out to left field in his first MLB at-bat, as a pinch hitter on May 19 against the Cincinnati Reds.

On June 8, 2019, Garlick recorded his first MLB hit, a pinch-hit double off of Jeff Samardzija of the San Francisco Giants. On June 19, 2019, Garlick hit his first major league home run off of Drew Pomeranz of the San Francisco Giants. He played in 30 games for the Dodgers in 2019, with three home runs, six RBIs, and a .250 batting average. He spent most of the season with Oklahoma City, where he hit .314 in 81 games with 23 homers and 59 RBIs.

On February 10, 2020, Garlick was designated for assignment.

On February 15, 2020, Garlick was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Tyler Gilbert.

 On February 11, 2021, Garlick was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins. After a productive spring training, he earned a spot on the Twins' 2021 Opening Day roster. Garlick was placed on the 60-day injured list on July 24 with a sports hernia. In 36 games with the Twins, Garlick slashed .232/.280/.465 with 5 home runs and 10 RBI. He was outrighted off of the 40-man roster on November 19, 2021.

The Twins promoted Garlick back to the major leagues on April 15, 2022. In 66 games for the Twins, Garlick slashed .233/.284/.433 with career-highs in home runs (9) and RBI (18). Garlick was designated for assignment by the Twins on January 11, 2023, after the team re-signed Carlos Correa. On January 17, Garlick cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A St. Paul Saints.