There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Garza's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.3 mph, against 79.2 off his curveball.
832 and 200 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .389 expected average against them, against .323 on his offspeed pitches.
643 of his breaking balls thrown.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Garza's stuff spins at 1,995 rpm, 12th percentile in the league.
1910 pitches in 2017. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 623rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Garza is weak: 86.5 mph off the bat on average, 72nd percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 200th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
30.4% of the contact against Garza with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.2% with the bases empty.
498 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1412 with the bases empty.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 85.2 mph off the bat against Garza and left-handers 87.9.
173 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 166 from left-handers.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Garza works off the plate, with only 41.6% of his pitches in the zone, 25th percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 525th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Garza has given up 17 tracked home runs, 9 of them to right field, the longest 437 feet.
17 tracked home runs allowed in 2017.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Garza averages 87.4 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
1910 pitches in 2017. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 490th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.4% of the contact Garza gives up is hit hard, 64th percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 252nd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.1% of the balls put in play against Garza have gone to centre field.
167 of 379 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.9% of the contact against Garza is on the ground and 34.4% of it is in the air.
337 tracked batted balls allowed.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Garza's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.3 mph, against 79.2 off his curveball.
832 and 200 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 breaking balls: a .389 expected average against them, against .323 on his offspeed pitches.
643 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Garza's stuff spins at 1,995 rpm, 12th percentile in the league.
1910 pitches in 2017. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 623rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Garza is weak: 86.5 mph off the bat on average, 72nd percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 200th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.4% of the contact Garza gives up is hit hard, 64th percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 252nd in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
30.4% of the contact against Garza with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.2% with the bases empty.
498 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1412 with the bases empty.
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 85.2 mph off the bat against Garza and left-handers 87.9.
173 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 166 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Garza has given up 17 tracked home runs, 9 of them to right field, the longest 437 feet.
17 tracked home runs allowed in 2017.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.1% of the balls put in play against Garza have gone to centre field.
167 of 379 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.9% of the contact against Garza is on the ground and 34.4% of it is in the air.
337 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Garza works off the plate, with only 41.6% of his pitches in the zone, 25th percentile.
1910 pitches in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 525th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Garza averages 87.4 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
1910 pitches in 2017. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 490th in MLB.
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