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Greg Garcia

Cardinals Career team 2014–2018
Number #4
Position Second Baseman
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 37
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place El Cajon, CA
Born Aug 8, 1989

Key Insights

2020
He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Garcia averages 77.2 mph off the bat, 1st percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2020. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 472nd in MLB.
Too much of his contact is weak

Just 11.1% of Garcia's contact reaches 95 mph, 1st percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2020. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 470th in MLB.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Garcia pulls 23.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

11 pulled, 25 up the middle and 10 the other way over 46 located batted balls.
The power is not there this season

Garcia is slugging .250, 10th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2020. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 426th in MLB.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Garcia is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .826 OPS there against .529 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.
He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Garcia's quality of contact only supports a .206 expected average, 20th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2020. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 378th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 8, 1989
Birth Place El Cajon, CA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Hawai'i