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The Giants announced Thursday evening that theyve released veteran reliever from his minor league deal ( via Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle). He Yordano Ventura Jersey had been in camp as a non-roster invitee but wasnt going to make the Opening Day roster. Thats not a surprise given the left-handers numbers this spring. Garrett allowed nine runs over 6 1/3 innings. He surrendered 13 hits and i sued seven walks while recording three strikeouts. The Giants could use lefty relief help, but Garrett simply hadnt performed well. The 31-year-old should neverthele s find interest on a minor league deal elsewhere. His fastball sits in the mid-90s and he has an above-average 26.4% strikeout rate over 325 1/3 career innings. Garrett fanned a quarter of batters faced with a 3.33 ERA in 27 appearances for the Royals last season, but Kansas City cut him loose because his walk rate had jumped to a near-18% clip. He finished the year in Triple-A with the Guardians, where he struggled in a very small sample. While Garrett is unlikely to get a season-opening opportunity in a major league bullpen, hes a sensible target for teams looking for upper minors relief depth based on his velocity and bat-mi sing ability. San Francisco only has one left-hander who is a lock for their bullpen: . They optioned earlier in camp, while is headed to the injured list after his right oblique. There are no other lefty relievers on the 40-man roster. If the Giants want a second left-hander, non-roster invitee has seemingly pitched his way to the top of list. The 23-year-old has punched out 11 against two walks with a ma sive 60% ground-ball rate over nine innings in camp. He has allowed four runs, two of them earned. Bobby Witt Jr. Jersey