Matthew Scott Garza is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Garza was born in Selma, California. He attended Washington Union High School and Fresno State. He was the 25th pick in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, drafted by the Minnesota Twins. Entering 2006, Garza was ranked as the Minnesota Twins seventh-best prospect by Baseball America. He gained attention for rising through the ranks of the Twins' minor league system, starting the season at Single-A Fort Myers and ending at the major league level, pitching with... the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats and the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in between. Garza was a combined 14–4 at the three minor league levels in 2006, with a 1.99 ERA and 154 strikeouts in 135 ⅔ innings. He earned All-Star berths in the Single-A Florida State League and Double-A Eastern League. Backed by those numbers, Garza earned the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award for 2006, the second consecutive year in which a Twin won the award .
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| Birthdate: | November 26, 1983 |
| Birthplace: | Selma, California |
| Age: | 28 |
| All Positions Played: | Pitcher, Starting pitcher |