Andrew Vasquez

Andrew Jude Vasquez...Named a 2011 Rawlings Preseason All-American from the California Region alongside Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins...Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 44th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft but did not sign...Spent three seasons at UC Santa Barbara, combining to go 9-7 with a 2.91 ERA...Attended Westmount College (CA) for his senior season where he went 7-1 with a 3.06 ERA and 124 strikeouts over 85.1 innings for the Warriors.

2021

Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A St. Paul before being traded to the Dodgers on Aug. 31...In 39 combined appearances between St. Paul and Triple-A Oklahoma, pitched to a 4-0 record and a 3.54 ERA with 79 strikeouts and 24 walks over 48.1 innings...Made his Dodgers debut Sept. 3 at SF, giving up a hit and an unearned run over 0.2 innings with a strikeout...Marked his first MLB appearance since April 10, 2019, at NYM as a member of the Twins.

2020

Did not play due to the canceled Minor League season...Worked out in Fort Myers, CA, with Cody Ponce of the Pirates.

2019

Made just one appearance for the Twins in 2019, surrendering three runs on a pair of walks and a hit batter...Split the rest of the campaign between three minor league levels, combining to pitch to a 2-3 record and a 5.40 ERA with 51 strikeouts across 30 games.

2018

Spent time at three different Twins affiliates and with the big league club...started the year with Single-A Ft. Myers...Named a Midseason Florida State League All-Star after going 0-2, 1.38 ERA (32.2 IP, 5 ER) with 13 walks and 37 strikeouts over 19 appearances...allowed more than two earned runs in an outing only once (3 ER on June 6)...Promoted to Double-A Chattanooga on June 20...did not allow an earned run with the Lookouts through his first five appearances (10.0 IP)...allowed a run in only three of his 17 appearances with Chattanooga, striking out 59 batters over 31.0 innings with a 0.81 WHIP...Promoted again to Triple-A Rochester on August 23...allowed a run in his first appearance on August 23 vs. Pawtucket, did not allow an earned run in his final three appearances...Contract selected by the Twins on September 1, made his big league debut September 1 vs. Texas...allowed one unearned run on one hit in 0.2 innings...Earned first major league win September 30 vs. Chicago-AL, pitching 1.0 scoreless innings of relief.