One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Garcia's changeup moves 115.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
293 thrown, averaging 85.2 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Garcia throws the changeup 42.6% of the time against right-handers and 7.3% against left-handers.
619 pitches to right-handers, 396 to left-handers.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Garcia lives in the strike zone: 48.6% of his pitches are in it, 84th percentile.
1015 pitches in 2022. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 122nd in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .350 expected average against them, against .277 on his breaking balls.
435 of his fastballs thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Garcia's sinker leaves the bat at 91.1 mph, against 85.7 off his slider.
400 and 287 of them thrown.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Garcia puts 46.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 51.8% of his pitches to left-handers.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Garcia throws 44.2% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 49.7% with the bases empty.
217 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 798 with the bases empty.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Garcia's sinker carries 13.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
400 thrown, averaging 93.8 mph.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Garcia lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1015 located pitches in 2022.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Garcia lands 57.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 38.6% of his offspeed pitches.
435 of his fastballs, 293 of his offspeed pitches.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Garcia releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
1015 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Garcia works with 3 pitches: Sinker, Changeup and Slider. The sinker is 39.4% of everything he throws.
1015 classified pitches in 2022.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Garcia puts 57.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.2% when he is ahead.
293 located pitches behind, 280 ahead.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.5% of the contact Garcia gives up is hit hard, 32nd percentile.
1015 pitches in 2022. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 531st in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Garcia averages 88.2 mph across his arsenal, 37th percentile in the league.
1015 pitches in 2022. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 487th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.1 mph separates Garcia's sinker from his slider, 93.8 against 82.7.
400 and 287 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Garcia's sinker averages 93.8 mph, and has touched 95.8.
400 thrown, 39.4% of his pitches.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Garcia releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1015 tracked pitches in 2022.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Garcia has thrown 35 4-seam fastballs this season, 3.4% of his pitches, at 93.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1015 classified pitches in 2022.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Garcia's slider spins at 2,250 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
287 thrown in 2022.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Garcia's changeup moves 115.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
293 thrown, averaging 85.2 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Garcia's sinker carries 13.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
400 thrown, averaging 93.8 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Garcia throws the changeup 42.6% of the time against right-handers and 7.3% against left-handers.
619 pitches to right-handers, 396 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Garcia's sinker leaves the bat at 91.1 mph, against 85.7 off his slider.
400 and 287 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Garcia works with 3 pitches: Sinker, Changeup and Slider. The sinker is 39.4% of everything he throws.
1015 classified pitches in 2022.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.1 mph separates Garcia's sinker from his slider, 93.8 against 82.7.
400 and 287 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Garcia's sinker averages 93.8 mph, and has touched 95.8.
400 thrown, 39.4% of his pitches.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Garcia has thrown 35 4-seam fastballs this season, 3.4% of his pitches, at 93.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1015 classified pitches in 2022.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Garcia's slider spins at 2,250 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
287 thrown in 2022.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Garcia lives in the strike zone: 48.6% of his pitches are in it, 84th percentile.
1015 pitches in 2022. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 122nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .350 expected average against them, against .277 on his breaking balls.
435 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Garcia lands 57.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 38.6% of his offspeed pitches.
435 of his fastballs, 293 of his offspeed pitches.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Garcia puts 46.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 51.8% of his pitches to left-handers.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Garcia throws 44.2% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 49.7% with the bases empty.
217 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 798 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Garcia lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1015 located pitches in 2022.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Garcia releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
1015 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Garcia releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1015 tracked pitches in 2022.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Garcia puts 57.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.2% when he is ahead.
293 located pitches behind, 280 ahead.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.5% of the contact Garcia gives up is hit hard, 32nd percentile.
1015 pitches in 2022. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 531st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Garcia averages 88.2 mph across his arsenal, 37th percentile in the league.
1015 pitches in 2022. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 487th in MLB.
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