Calvin Faucher #53

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.

2023

Made 17 appearances (four starts) spanning three stints with the Rays…was with the Rays from Opening Day through April 30, May 25 to June 27 and July 19-30. Was on the injured list twice, first from June 7-27 with right elbow inflammation…was placed on the seven-day IL on Aug. 14 by Triple-A Durham before being recalled by the Rays on Sept. 23 and subsequently placed on the 60-day IL with right bicep tendinitis to clear a 40-man roster spot for Raimel Tapia. Started four games, going 0-1 with a 7.88 ERA (8.0/7) in those contests…the Rays were 2-2 in his starts, all of which came in April…he went 1-0 with a 6.62 ERA (17.2/13) in his 13 relief appearances. Recorded 2.0+ IP in seven of his 17 games. Allowed at least one run in seven of his first eight appearances before being optioned on April 30, pitching to a 6.43 ERA (14.0/10) in that span. Went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (8.0IP, 2ER) over seven games spanning two stints with the Rays from May 25 to July 22…yielded eight earned runs in 3.2 innings over his final two appearances of the season. On April 15 at TOR, recorded a career-high 2.2 innings pitched in his first career start, but the Rays fell to the Blue Jays, 5-2…the defeat halted the Rays modern-era-record-tying 13-game winning streak to open the season. On June 3 at BOS (G2), earned his lone win of the season with a scoreless eighth inning, stranding a pair of baserunners. On July 29 at HOU, threw a career-high 53 pitches in relief while allowing career highs in runs (six) and hits (seven) in what proved to be his final Major League appearance of the season…was optioned to Durham the following day. Allowed only one ER in 8.2 IP (1.04 ERA) over eight games with Triple-A Durham…recorded multiple strikeouts in five of those eight outings.

2022

Made 22 apps spanning five stints with the Rays, his first career major league action…was with the Rays for a 1-day stint on May 9 and June 3-4, June 9–July 9, Aug. 31–Sept. 11 and Sept. 23-28...After allowing five runs in his Major League debut, pitched to a 3.54 ERA (20.1-IP, 8-ER) in his last 21 apps from June 3–Sep 28…yielded 1 run (0 ER) in three apps spanning four IP during his final stint...On May 9 at LAA, made his major league debut and pitched the seventh inning…his first five BF reached and scored, going single, walk, single to load the bases…the first run allowed in his career came on a bases-loaded walk to Mike Trout and the next four came on a grand slam by Shohei Ohtani…marked the third time a pitcher making his major league debut allowed a grand slam to a reigning MVP, joining PHI Zach Eflin on June 14, 2016 at TOR (Josh Donaldson) and STL Walter Brown on May 16, 1947 at BOS (Ted Williams)...On June 18 at BAL, pitched a perfect eightth inning and recorded his first win after the Rays took the lead in the ninth…it came one night after conceding a go-ahead single and taking his first loss...On Sep 27 at CLE, pitched the 11th inning and recorded his first career save…allowed the automatic runner to score on a José Ramírez RBI single, then got a Josh Naylor flyout and Oscar Gonzalez groundout to end the game...Made 34 apps (four starts) with Triple-A Durham… went 1-0 with a 2.18 ERA (20.2-IP, 5-ER) in 18 apps (two starts) from July 12 through the end of the season, reducing his ERA from 4.84 to 3.56...Was the winning pitcher in Durham’s 13-0 win over Nashville in the International League Championship Game…entered with a 8-0 lead and pitched the fourth and fifth innings, retiring all six BF…the 5 SO were his most in a Minors game since May 22, 2021 at Tulsa (six, with Wichita)...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 26 prospect in the Rays system following the season… the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Curveball in the organization for a second consecutive year.

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.