Calvin Faucher #65

Selected by the Twins in the 10th round of the 2017 Amateur Draft out of the University of California, Irvine…spent two seasons there and totaled 20 saves and 92 SO in 65 IP after transferring from Southwestern Junior College...Won the Cape Cod League championship with Yarmouth-Dennis in 2016 after going 3-1 with a 3.57 ERA (17.2-IP, 7-ER) in 16 apps.

2021

Spent the entire season in the minors between the Twins and Rays organizations after being acquired in the Nelson Cruz trade July 22...Assigned to Double-A Montgomery after the trade and promoted to Triple-A Durham on July 30…went 0-0 with a 1.44 ERA (25-IP, 4-ER) and 30 SO in 13 apps (three starts) between the two levels...Pitched for Double-A Wichita prior to the trade and went 1-1 with a 7.04 ERA (30.2-IP, 24-ER)...Totaled a career-high 72 SO between three teams and two organizations...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 24 prospect in the Rays system following the season…the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Curveball in the organization.

2020

In 2020, was not part of the Twins 60-man player pool and did not play following the cancellation of the minor league season.

2019

In 2019, made 34 apps for Class-A Fort Myers… missed two weeks with a left ankle sprain...Named the Fort Myers recipient of the Harmon Killebrew Award for outstanding minor league community service.

2018

Split the 2018 season between Class-A Cedar Rapids and Fort Myers and went 4-4 with a 4.09 ERA (66-IP, 30-ER) in 36 apps…his 4 wins, 36 apps and 66 IP remain career highs.

2017

In 2017, began his professional career with Rookie-level Elizabethton but was limited to five apps due to right shoulder bursitis.