2023 Stats
W-L
3-4
ERA
4.24
WHIP
1.29
K
77
SV
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
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.
ANALYSIS
Though Garcia took his fourth loss of the season while allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit in the outing, he was at least able to earn himself a guaranteed contract for 2024 in the process. Per the terms of the two-year deal Garcia signed with Toronto in November 2021, Garcia triggered the $6 million option since the relief appearance was his 110th between the 2022 and 2023 seasons. The 32-year-old right-hander will remain locked into a key late-inning role for the Blue Jays for the foreseeable future, though his path to picking up saves in the short-term became more challenging after Toronto acquired hard-throwing righty Jordan Hicks from St. Louis on Sunday to bolster the back end of the bullpen while All-Star closer Jordan Romano (back) is on the injured list.
Though Garcia took his fourth loss of the season while allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit in the outing, he was at least able to earn himself a guaranteed contract for 2024 in the process. Per the terms of the two-year deal Garcia signed with Toronto in November 2021, Garcia triggered the $6 million option since the relief appearance was his 110th between the 2022 and 2023 seasons. The 32-year-old right-hander will remain locked into a key late-inning role for the Blue Jays for the foreseeable future, though his path to picking up saves in the short-term became more challenging after Toronto acquired hard-throwing righty Jordan Hicks from St. Louis on Sunday to bolster the back end of the bullpen while All-Star closer Jordan Romano (back) is on the injured list.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Yimi Garcia generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Yimi Garcia generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-1%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-16%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .238 | 75 | 31 | 65 | 12 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .240 | 120 | 18 | 99 | 10 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .239 | 35 | 10 | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .285 | 42 | 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
-32%
ERA at Home
2023
-50%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 3.10 | 1.11 | 90.0 | 10.7 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 4.58 | 1.22 | 92.1 | 8.6 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.84 | 1.17 | 31.2 | 11.4 | 2.8 | ||||
| 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
5.13K/9
10.9BB/9
2.1HR/9
1.1Fastball
95.8 mphERA
4.24WHIP
1.29BABIP
.365GB/FB
1.67Left On Base
66.4%Exit Velocity
79.9 mphBarrels/BBE
4.0%Spin Rate
2505 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.5%Swinging Strike
13.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Marlins manager Don Mattingly had a quick hook on Anthony Bass as the team's closer after he blew Miami's first two save chances in early April. Enter Garcia, who was awarded the full-time closer role for the first time in his career. He effectively got the job done with 15 saves in 18 chances, but it came with mixed results, as the right-hander started hot before laboring between June and July (6.32 ERA, 1.60 WHIP). Miami was smart to capitalize on Garcia's pending free agency by trading him to Houston. The 31-year-old pitched in middle relief for the Astros, oftentimes during games they were trailing. Garcia still had a decent year overall with a 4.21 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 9.4 K/9 over 57.2 innings. He recently signed with Toronto after gaining some valuable experience in high-leverage, but don't expect abundant saves with his new team.
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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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Expected to avoid IL
Garcia (knee) is expected to avoid the injured list, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports.
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