{"id":25865,"date":"2026-05-27T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=25865"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:42:03","slug":"former-growler-tanner-andrews-makes-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/former-growler-tanner-andrews-makes-mlb-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Growler Tanner Andrews makes MLB Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KALAMAZOO, Mi. \u2013 Former Growler starting pitcher Tanner Andrews made his MLB debut for the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night, pitching a perfect inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews would appear for the Blue Jays again Tuesday night, pitching two scoreless innings in an 8-1 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews played for the Growlers in 2016, recording three starts and pitching just over 15 innings. Andrews played his college ball at Purdue before grinding in the minor leagues for eight seasons before earning the call up Monday morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews was drafted in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB draft before spending time in the Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations. The right-handed pitcher holds a career 4.31 minor league ERA while striking out 343 batters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews was a member of the Atlanta Braves organization for a brief moment after being selected in the 2021 Rule 5 draft, but would be traded to the Giants just a few hours later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews had to work through a lot in his journey to the major leagues. He faced Tommy John surgery in 2021 that sidelined him until 2022. Andrews kept pushing however, working his way up to AAA for the first time in the 2023 season. After being released by the Giants following the 2024 season, Andrews spent a brief stint in the Atlantic League before being signed into the Twins minor league system during the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All the work led up to May 25th, 2026, when Andrews&#8217; contract was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays, making his major league debut later that night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrews marks the 13th former Growler to debut in the major leagues, and the fifth since 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" title=\"Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-scaled.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-scaled.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25867\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272048%27%20height%3D%272560%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202048%202560%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272048%27%20height%3D%272560%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-200x250.png 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-400x500.png 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-800x1000.png 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-1200x1500.png 1200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Tanner_Andrews_MLBDebut-scaled.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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