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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Matt Garza 2026 Season · MIL

Matt Garza is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +0.1, #2,442 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2011 (+2.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 93-106, 4.09 ERA, 1380 K in 1710.2 IP.

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Matt Garza

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CAverage

+0.1Career NUT

+1.9 to Good

Career

4.09ERA1.32WHIP93W1380K1710.2IP1SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 4", 220 lb · b. Nov 26, 1983 · Selma, CA · Draft 2002 (40th Rd, #1191)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2006	22	MIN	+0.0	3	6	5.76	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	232	50.0	62	32	23	0	38	1.70
2007	23	MIN	+0.3	5	7	3.69	16	15	0	0	1	0	0	367	83.0	96	34	32	4	67	1.54
2008	24	TB	+0.4	11	9	3.70	30	30	3	2	0	0	0	772	184.2	170	76	59	6	128	1.24
2009	25	TB	+0.3	8	12	3.95	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	861	203.0	177	89	79	11	189	1.26
2010	26	TB	-0.8	15	10	3.91	33	32	3	1	1	1	1	855	204.2	193	89	63	7	150	1.25
2011	27	CHC	+2.3	10	10	3.32	31	31	2	0	0	0	0	839	198.0	186	73	63	3	197	1.26
2012	28	CHC	-0.2	5	7	3.91	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	424	103.2	90	45	32	4	96	1.18
2013	29	CHC	+0.1	6	1	3.17	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	293	71.0	61	25	20	4	62	1.14
2013	29	TEX	-0.1	4	5	4.38	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	359	84.1	89	41	22	1	74	1.32
2013	29	TOT	+0.0	10	6	3.82	24	24	1	0	0	0	0	652	155.1	150	66	42	5	136	1.24
2014	30	MIL	+0.4	8	8	3.64	27	27	1	1	0	0	0	680	163.1	143	66	50	4	126	1.18
2015	31	MIL	-1.7	6	14	5.63	26	25	0	0	1	0	0	666	148.2	176	93	57	2	104	1.57
2016	32	MIL	-0.2	6	8	4.51	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	461	101.2	117	51	36	3	70	1.50
2017	33	MIL	-0.7	6	9	4.94	24	22	0	0	1	0	0	504	114.2	121	63	45	1	79	1.45
Career	—	12 yrs	+0.1	93	106	4.09	290	284	10	4	4	1	1	7313	1710.2	1681	777	581	50	1380	1.32

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Garza's career NUT of +0.1

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.3

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NUT by Season

+0.0

+0.3

+0.4

+0.3

-0.8

+2.3

-0.2

+0.0

+0.4

-1.7

-0.2

-0.7

Awards

2006EAS Pitcher of the Week · EAS Mid-Season All-Star · USA Today Minor League Player of the Year · Baseball America Minor League All-Star · MiLB.com Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year

2007Futures Game Selection · INT Mid-Season All-Star · Twins Bill Boni Outstanding Rookie Award

2008ALCS MVP

2010AL Player of the Week

2017Brewers Michael Harrison Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2005	21	A	3	3	3.54	10	10	0	0	235	56.0	53	22	15	4	64	1.21
2006	22	A+	5	1	1.42	8	8	0	0	177	44.1	27	7	11	2	53	0.86
2006	22	AA	6	2	2.51	10	10	0	0	228	57.1	40	16	14	3	68	0.94
2006	22	AAA	3	1	1.85	5	5	2	1	126	34.0	20	7	7	3	33	0.79
2007	23	AAA	4	6	3.62	16	16	1	0	401	92.0	93	37	31	5	95	1.35
2008	24	A+	0	0	9.82	1	1	0	0	20	3.2	8	4	3	0	4	3.00
2013	29	AA	0	1	1.50	2	2	0	0	26	6.0	4	1	4	0	2	1.33
2013	29	AAA	1	0	0.96	2	2	0	0	34	9.1	6	1	0	1	9	0.64
2016	32	A	0	2	4.76	3	3	0	0	46	11.1	13	6	1	1	10	1.24
2017	33	A	0	1	6.35	1	1	0	0	28	5.2	9	4	2	0	8	1.94
2017	33	AAA	0	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	18	5.0	2	1	2	0	4	0.80

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