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.
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 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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
47.4% of the contact against Garcia with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.1% with the bases empty.
217 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 798 with the bases empty.
Both sides hit him about the same
39.3% of the contact right-handers make against Garcia is hit hard, against 44.9% of what left-handers make.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
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.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.9 mph off the bat against Garcia and left-handers 86.5.
117 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 78 from left-handers.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .333 average against Garcia and left-handers to .309.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Garcia has given up 10 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 462 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2022.
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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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.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
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.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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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 Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
47.4% of the contact against Garcia with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.1% with the bases empty.
217 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 798 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
39.3% of the contact right-handers make against Garcia is hit hard, against 44.9% of what left-handers make.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .333 average against Garcia and left-handers to .309.
619 pitches to right-handed hitters, 396 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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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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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.9 mph off the bat against Garcia and left-handers 86.5.
117 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 78 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Garcia has given up 10 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 462 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2022.
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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