Luis Garcia
24-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.264
HR
5
RBI
26
R
13
SB
8
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
When he made his major-league debut in August of 2020, just 90 days after his 20th birthday, it sure appeared that Garcia was headed toward a long and prosperous career. It could still happen -- he's still young -- but a lot of the prospect shine has already worn off as he enters his age-24 campaign. Garcia posted a greatly-improved 12.4 strikeout percentage last season, down from 22.3 percent the year before, but he got on base at only a .304 clip and owns a career .295 OBP through his first 1,245 big-league plate appearances. He's not particularly fast, nor does he hit the ball particularly hard, so it's difficult to envision a sudden breakout in 2024. On top of all that, the Nationals aren't guaranteeing that Garcia will be their starting second baseman come Opening Day. Read Past Outlooks
Sitting against lefty
Garcia is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest against Atlanta.
ANALYSIS
With southpaw Max Fried on the hill for Atlanta, the left-handed hitting Garcia will yield to switch-hitter Ildemaro Vargas at second base. Garcia has made just three starts against lefties this season.
With southpaw Max Fried on the hill for Atlanta, the left-handed hitting Garcia will yield to switch-hitter Ildemaro Vargas at second base. Garcia has made just three starts against lefties this season.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+19%
OPS vs RHP
2024
+54%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .613 | 263 | 2 | 23 | .243 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .731 | 765 | 19 | 98 | .278 | ||||
2024vs Left | .506 | 33 | 0 | 4 | .200 | ||||
2024vs Right | .781 | 136 | 5 | 22 | .279 | ||||
2023vs Left | .668 | 129 | 1 | 11 | .261 | ||||
2023vs Right | .696 | 353 | 8 | 39 | .268 | ||||
2022vs Left | .577 | 101 | 1 | 8 | .235 | ||||
2022vs Right | .751 | 276 | 6 | 37 | .290 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+23%
OPS at Home
2024
+113%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .774 | 509 | 12 | 65 | .301 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .629 | 519 | 9 | 56 | .238 | ||||
2024Home | 1.007 | 82 | 4 | 20 | .368 | ||||
2024Away | .472 | 87 | 1 | 6 | .169 | ||||
2023Home | .664 | 242 | 4 | 19 | .259 | ||||
2023Away | .714 | 240 | 5 | 31 | .274 | ||||
2022Home | .817 | 185 | 4 | 26 | .328 | ||||
2022Away | .596 | 192 | 3 | 19 | .226 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Luis Garcia compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. 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 and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.30BB Rate
5.9%K Rate
19.5%BABIP
.306ISO
.157AVG
.264OBP
.308SLG
.421OPS
.729wOBA
.320Exit Velocity
89.0 mphHard Hit Rate
32.5%Barrels/PA
7.1%Expected BA
.260Expected SLG
.449Sprint Speed
24.1 ft/secGround Ball %
47.2%Line Drive %
21.6%Fly Ball %
31.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Garcia opened 2022 with Triple-A Rochester but was promoted to the big leagues at the start of June and had a .275/.295/.408 slash line with seven home runs across 93 games for the Nationals. He initially took over the starting job at shortstop but shifted to the keystone once CJ Abrams was deemed ready to go. Garcia had a manageable strikeout rate (22.3 percent), but an abysmal walk rate (3.0 percent) isn't sustainable for a big-league regular. Garcia should receive plenty of run in 2023 with the Nationals trying to determine what the young infielder can provide, but he'll need to show more than solid contact skills to warrant a regular role long term. He also has only eight steals since the 2019 minor-league season, so he won't provide much value on the basepaths in addition to his low power.
More Fantasy News
Swats fifth homer
Garcia went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's win over the Mariners.
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Pops fourth homer
Garcia went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Monday's victory over the Twins.
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Back in lineup as DH
Garcia (heel) will serve as the designated hitter and bat cleanup in Sunday's game against the Phillies.
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Remains out Saturday
Garcia (heel) isn't in the Nationals' lineup Saturday against the Phillies.
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Scratched due to heel injury
Garcia was scratched from Friday's lineup in Philadelphia due to a right heel injury, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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