Luke Bard #36

Selected by the Twins in the first round (42nd overall) of the 2012 Amateur Draft out of Georgia Tech… signed with the Rays on March 24, 2022 and debuted with Triple-A Durham... suffered a season-ending injury (lat) March 31 of his junior season…previously selected by the Red Sox in the 16th round of the 2009 Amateur Draft, but did not sign… his brother, Daniel, pitched in the majors from 2009-13 with the Red Sox and returned with the Rockies in 2020, earning NL Comeback Player of the Year honors.

2021

Experienced right hip discomfort in spring training and opened the season on the 60-day IL… underwent season-ending surgery May 20.

2020

Spent majority of season at Alternate Training Site in Long Beach...Appeared in six games for Angels across three Major League stints...Did not walk a batter and only once reached three balls in a count (vs. Dodgers Chris Taylor, Sept. 27 - who ultimately struck out)... Worked at least one inning in four of six appearances and recorded multiple strikeouts in three of six outings...Stranded all four inherited runners on the season...Ranked third among A.L. pitchers (min. 20 BF) with an average spin rate of 2769.7 RPM.

2019

Made Angels Opening Day roster for second straight season...Appeared in 32 total games with Angels across nine Major League stints... Earned first career win May 11 at Baltimore with 1.2 scoreless innings...Had 10 scoreless inning streak, April 26- May 15... Made three starts as Opener, working one inning in each appearance...First two starts were scoreless and allowed one run in final start Sept. 5 at Oakland... Set career highs in innings pitched (3) and strikeouts (5) in winning decision Sept. 18 at Yankee Stadium... Had streak of retiring 23 consecutive batters faced from Sept. 13-26...Streak was snapped with walk to Houston's Alex Bregman in final outing of season, Sept. 28.

2018

Made Major League debut with Angels, March 31, 2018 at Oakland after being acquired by Halos from Twins in Rule 5 Draft in Dec. 2017... Appeared in eight games in relief for Angels last season, before being designated for assignment, Apr. 21 and returned to Twins organization... Pitched remainder of year for Triple-A Rochester, making 32 appearances and averaging 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings (48.1 IP - 52 SO).

2017

Opened season with Double-A Chattanooga...Pitched more than one inning in 20 of 33 appearances for Lookouts ... During 25 game stretch from Apr. 27-July 29, went 3-1 with four saves and a 1.33 ERA (40.2 IP - 6 ER) with 60 strikeouts and 12 walks...His ERA ranked third in Southern League in that span (min. 35 IP) ... Pitched two innings May 13 vs. Birmingham and recorded all six outs via strikeout ... Did not allow a run in 10 of 11 appearances (0.51 ERA; 17.2 IP - 1 ER) from May 24-July 4 and held opponents to a .190 batting average against (12/63) in that span ... Promoted to Triple-A Rochester, Aug. 7...Recorded at least two strikeouts in each of final six relief appearances ... Tossed 1.2 innings-or-more in five of eight appearances for Red Wings.