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**Anthony Swarzak**
Anthony Swarzak
; Anthony Swarzak
	Minnesota Twins — No. 51
	Starting pitcher
	Born: September 10, 1985 (age 24); Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	May 23, 2009 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics; (through August 24, 2009)
Win–Loss	3-7
Earned run average	6.25
Strikeouts	34
Teams
	Minnesota Twins (2009-present);
Career highlights and awards
	Baseball America Top Gulf Coast League Prospects (#15, 2004); Midwest League Pitcher of the Week (May 23-30, 2005); Twins' Pitcher of the Month (May 2005); Midwest League All-Star (2005); Baseball America Top Midwest League Prospects (#8, 2005); Florida State League Pitcher of the Week (August 7-14, 2006); FSL Post-Season All-Star (2006);

Anthony Swarzak (born September 10, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. The 6'4", 225 lb. right-hander was the Twins' second-round pick in the 2004 June draft.

Swarzak was one of the top rated prospects in the Twins' farm system before a fifty game suspension for violation of Minor League drug policy on April 20, 2007 sidetracked his career.^[1] Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse wrote that the "culprit" of the positive drug test was marijuana.^[2] After having started the season with the Double A New Britain Rock Cats, upon his reinstatement from the restricted list on June 11, he was reassigned to Class A Advanced Fort Myers. After three games with the Miracle, he returned to New Britain.

He began the 2008 season with the Rock Cats, and went 3-8 with a 5.67 earned run average. After a promotion to Triple-A, his record actually improved to 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in seven starts. He's been added to the Twins' 40 man roster, and spent his first spring with the Twins in 2009. Following Spring training, he was reassigned to Rochester. Swarzak suffered from a lack of run support in Rochester to start the season. Despite an ERA of 1.59 in his first three starts, his record stood at 0-3.^[3]

His record improved to 3-4 with a 2.25 ERA when he got the call to the majors on May 20. He will be filling in the starting rotation for the injured left-handed starter Glen Perkins.^[4]

Swarzak made his major league debut for the Twins on May 23, 2009 in a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers. He pitched seven shutout innings, giving up five hits and two walks while striking out three. The Twins won the game 6 – 2, earning Swarzak his first major league win.^[5]^[6]

[edit] References

^ "Swarzak grateful for second chance". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090301&content_id=3900486&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
^ http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/45923497.html?page=2&c=y
^ "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Anthony%20Swarzak&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=461872. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
^ Neal III, La Velle E. (2009-05-20). "Twins call up Swarzak; Breslow claimed off waivers by Oakland". Twins Insider (Star Tribune). http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/05/20/twins-shake-up-the-bullpen-a-little-more/. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ Campbell, Dave (2009-05-23). "Mauer power: Swarzak, Twins beat Brewers 6-2". Minneapolis, Minn.: Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/45924212.html. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ "In-Progress Boxscore Milwaukee vs. Minnesota". Star Tribune. 2009-05-23. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=StarTribune&page=mlb/scores/final/boxscore.aspx?GameID=24858. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

[0] "Swarzak grateful for second chance". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090301&content_id=3900486&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-04-07.

[1] ttp://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/45923497.html?page=2&c=y

[2] "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Anthony%20Swarzak&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=461872. Retrieved 2009-04-07.

[3] Neal III, La Velle E. (2009-05-20). "Twins call up Swarzak; Breslow claimed off waivers by Oakland". Twins Insider (Star Tribune). http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/05/20/twins-shake-up-the-bullpen-a-little-more/. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

[4] Campbell, Dave (2009-05-23). "Mauer power: Swarzak, Twins beat Brewers 6-2". Minneapolis, Minn.: Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/45924212.html. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

[5] "In-Progress Boxscore Milwaukee vs. Minnesota". Star Tribune. 2009-05-23. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=StarTribune&page=mlb/scores/final/boxscore.aspx?GameID=24858. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

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