Yimi Garcia
33-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
3-4
ERA
4.09
WHIP
1.24
K
79
SV
3
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After a down year with his curveball in 2022, Garcia once again found success with the pitch last season (.189 BA). The 33-year-old threw his curve at a 34.3 percent clip, which was one-tenth of a percentage point higher than his 4-seamer that had been his primary offering throughout his career. Garcia's strikeout and walk rates improved during the 2023 campaign whilst establishing career-highs in games played (73, T-7th-most in the league) and innings pitched (66). He maintained above-average Statcast metrics across the board while recording 19 holds as one of the Blue Jays' primary setup men. Garcia's $6 million option for 2024 vested during last season, locking him into a late-inning role for Toronto for another year. Read Past Outlooks
Solid spring so far
Garcia tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Tigers.
ANALYSIS
Entering the game in the third inning to follow Ricky Tiedemann, Garcia retired Kerry Carpenter, Javier Baez, Jake Rogers and Colt Keith for his fourth scoreless spring appearance in his last five games. The 33-year-old righty hasn't been dominant in camp, posting a 5:2 K:BB through seven innings, but he's on track to fill a setup role once again in front of Toronto closer Jordan Romano. Over the last two seasons for the Blue Jays, Garcia has racked up 41 holds with a 3.61 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 137:31 K:BB through 127 innings.
Entering the game in the third inning to follow Ricky Tiedemann, Garcia retired Kerry Carpenter, Javier Baez, Jake Rogers and Colt Keith for his fourth scoreless spring appearance in his last five games. The 33-year-old righty hasn't been dominant in camp, posting a 5:2 K:BB through seven innings, but he's on track to fill a setup role once again in front of Toronto closer Jordan Romano. Over the last two seasons for the Blue Jays, Garcia has racked up 41 holds with a 3.61 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 137:31 K:BB through 127 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
11
How many pitches does Yimi Garcia generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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121+
What part of the game does Yimi Garcia generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
Even Split
2023
-14%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .237 | 76 | 31 | 65 | 12 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .236 | 121 | 18 | 99 | 10 | |||
2023vs Left | .237 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 3 | |||
2023vs Right | .274 | 43 | 5 | 45 | 5 | |||
2022vs Left | .222 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 3 | |||
2022vs Right | .211 | 39 | 5 | 28 | 3 | |||
2021vs Left | .253 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 6 | |||
2021vs Right | .213 | 39 | 8 | 26 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-34%
ERA at Home
2023
-53%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.02 | 1.08 | 92.1 | 10.6 | 2.7 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 4.58 | 1.22 | 92.1 | 8.6 | 2.0 | ||||
2023Home | 2.65 | 1.09 | 34.0 | 11.1 | 2.6 | ||||
2023Away | 5.63 | 1.41 | 32.0 | 10.4 | 1.4 | ||||
2022Home | 3.48 | 1.10 | 31.0 | 9.3 | 2.6 | ||||
2022Away | 2.70 | 1.00 | 30.0 | 7.8 | 2.1 | ||||
2021Home | 2.96 | 1.06 | 27.1 | 11.5 | 3.0 | ||||
2021Away | 5.34 | 1.25 | 30.1 | 7.4 | 2.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Yimi Garcia compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
5.27K/9
10.8BB/9
2.0HR/9
1.1Fastball
95.8 mphERA
4.09WHIP
1.24BABIP
.355GB/FB
1.66Left On Base
66.4%Exit Velocity
79.7 mphBarrels/BBE
4.2%Spin Rate
2506 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.6%Swinging Strike
14.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Garcia's first season in Toronto went about as you'd expect. He wasn't spectacular, but was rock solid in his eighth inning setup role, recording a career-best 22 holds. Garcia posted slightly better than league-average rates for both strikeouts (23.5%) and walks (6.5%) and maintained success with his 4-seamer (.127 BAA) despite losing a little over a mile per hour on average (94.9 mph). In fact, his heater generated a Statcast run value of -18, which was 14th-best in the league for that pitch type. 42 of his 58 strikeouts came via his fastball, which speaks to his reliance on the offering. Garcia posted a 3.10 ERA and 1.05 WHIP across 61 innings, but those ratios could have been much better if not for a brutal two-week stretch at the end of last season. Toronto's acquisition of Erik Swanson may relegate Garcia to the sixth or seventh inning, but he should continue to rack up holds for those seeking help in the category.
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Under contract for 2024
Garcia's $6 million option for 2024 vested Sunday during his relief appearance in Toronto's 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Angels, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports.
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Notches one-out save
Garcia recorded the final out of Friday's 4-1 win over the Angels to collect his third save of the season.
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Nabs second save
Garcia picked up the save Saturday against the Diamondbacks, allowing two hits while striking out one over a scoreless inning.
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Secures third win
Garcia (3-3) struck out two in a perfect inning of relief Sunday to pick up the win in an extra-inning victory over the Tigers.
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Nabs save in extra innings
Garcia earned a save against the White Sox on Thursday by retiring both batters he faced.
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