Alumni of the Week: Garza and Vrabel
March 24, 2025 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Mankato MoonDogs News Release
For your MoonDogs Alumni of the Week, we have fielder Carter Vrabel, and pitcher Grant Garza.
Carter Vrabel is a in-fielder from Tennessee Tech who is making his way into the regular lineup. Vrabel helped lead the Golden Eagle squad to a series sweep against Little Rock. In the series against Little Rock, Vrabel went 5/11 with 5 RBIs and a homerun! This homerun would be Vrabel's 3rd of the season. Beyond the plate, Vrabel has contributed on the field with having zero errors so far this season.
Vrabel was a 2024 MoonDog and ended his season with a batting average of .232. In his time with the MoonDogs, he played in 39 games, had 142 at-bats, 20 runs, 33 hits, 4 doubles, 15 RBIs, and 4 homeruns! For fielding, Vrabel played in 327 innings, 116 total chances, 55 putouts, 59 assists, and 2 errors. His overall fielding percentage was .983. Vrabel also appeared in the 2024 All-Star Home Run Challenge, where he hit 7 home runs.
Grant Garza is a relief arm for UT Tyler. Garza had 11 strikeouts between 2 appearances, where he threw a total of 5.2 innings. During his appearances he only let up 2 runs in their game against Cameron. His 9 strikeouts in his appearance versus Eastern N.M was his season high when he struck out 9/14 batters faced. So far this season, Garza has an ERA of 3.07.
Garza played for the MoonDogs in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Garza was also recognized at the All-Star Game playing for the Great Plains. In his time with the MoonDogs, he played in 32 games, with 5 wins, 1 loss, and 7 saves. He pitched 51.1 innings, had 49 strikeouts, 216 batters faced, and an ERA between his seasons of 2.45. In his two seasons, Garza had zero errors out of his 10 total chances.
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