New Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Matt Garza said he missed out on a free-agent deal with the Los Angeles Angels this offseason because he was on vacation.
Garza, who is from California, told MLB.com that he did not respond to the offer because he did not want to be bothered. The Angels did not want to wait so they moved on and instead signed pitchers Hector Santiago and Tyler Skaggs, who came much cheaper.
Garza ended up getting a four-year, $50 million deal with the Brewers, similar to what the Angels offered.
“They offered, but it was more of a weird situation,” Garza said, according to MLB.com. “I was on vacation with my wife and I didn’t want to be disturbed, and it was like, ‘Here it is, we’ll pull it in a certain amount of hours.’ I didn’t have a chance to respond, so I just said, ‘Whatever. It is what it is.’ ”
Garza also said: “It wasn’t anything big. It was an offer and I said, ‘I’m on vacation. I’m not thinking about baseball, dude. Me and my wife are enjoying ourselves.’ ”
Garza and his wife were on an anniversary trip in Turks and Caicos.
Garza, 30, was 10-6 with a 3.82 ERA in 155 1/3 innings combined with the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers last year.