2022 Stats
W-L
4-6
ERA
3.39
WHIP
1.21
K
68
SV
3
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
After playing for four different teams in his previous four seasons, Garcia signed a 2-year deal with San Diego and primarily served in a setup capacity. He was especially valuable in fantasy leagues that count holds, notching 20 (T-6th in the NL) during his age-35 season while also contributing four wins and three saves. The right-hander maintained above-average strikeout and walk rates while inducing plenty of ground balls with his 99 mph sinker. His slider (57% whiff rate) and spitter (40%) were fantastic put-away pitches and he slightly increased his usage of both. Garcia is likely third in San Diego's hierarchy for saves behind Josh Hader and Robert Suarez, but expect plenty of holds again in 2023 with the occasional save chance. Read Past Outlooks
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Struggling with walks this spring
Garcia has a 5:5 K:BB through five innings in Cactus League play and has allowed two runs, one of which came on a home run.
ANALYSIS
Garcia also pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, allowing one run and posting a 2:1 K:BB in 2.1 frames. The veteran reliever has struggled with his control at times in his career, though he's posted the best walk rates of his career in the past two campaigns. Garcia is expected to be one of the Padres' top setup men this season, especially with Robert Suarez (arm) and Drew Pomeranz (elbow) likely to begin the campaign on the injured list. He picked up a career-high 20 holds last season and could be impactful in fantasy leagues that count that statistic in 2023.
Garcia also pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, allowing one run and posting a 2:1 K:BB in 2.1 frames. The veteran reliever has struggled with his control at times in his career, though he's posted the best walk rates of his career in the past two campaigns. Garcia is expected to be one of the Padres' top setup men this season, especially with Robert Suarez (arm) and Drew Pomeranz (elbow) likely to begin the campaign on the injured list. He picked up a career-high 20 holds last season and could be impactful in fantasy leagues that count that statistic in 2023.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Luis Garcia generally throw?
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11-20
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121+
What part of the game does Luis Garcia generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-26%
BAA vs RHP
2022
-3%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .276 | 43 | 18 | 43 | 5 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .205 | 70 | 16 | 49 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .247 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .239 | 44 | 7 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .289 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .152 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .389 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .167 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-57%
ERA on Road
2022
-36%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 4.98 | 1.27 | 56.0 | 8.8 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 2.12 | 1.18 | 46.2 | 11.2 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2022Home | 4.05 | 1.17 | 33.1 | 7.8 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.60 | 1.27 | 27.2 | 12.7 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2021Home | 4.50 | 1.06 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2021Away | 1.76 | 0.91 | 15.1 | 7.6 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2020Home | 13.50 | 2.79 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 13.5 | ||||
| 2020Away | 0.00 | 1.64 | 3.2 | 14.7 | 4.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Luis 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
4.00K/9
10.0BB/9
2.5HR/9
0.4Fastball
98.7 mphERA
3.39WHIP
1.21BABIP
.342GB/FB
2.14Left On Base
65.9%Exit Velocity
82.0 mphBarrels/BBE
2.9%Spin Rate
2099 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.4%Swinging Strike
13.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Garcia could be a candidate to factor into the closing picture for the Padres after he submitted a 3.24 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 34:8 K:BB in 33.1 innings for the Cardinals in 2021 before inking a two-year, $7 million deal with San Diego in free agency this winter. He will be opening the year on the injured list with what seems to be an oblique strain, so if any of Dinelson Lamet, Robert Suarez, Emilio Pagan or Pierce Johnson run with the closer's role, Garcia will be stuck pitching in the seventh and eighth innings.
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Remains in setup role
Garcia picked up a hold against San Francisco on Wednesday, striking out the only batter he faced in the eighth inning.
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Notches third save
Garcia saved Saturday's 2-1 victory over Washington, allowing a single and hit-by-pitch in a scoreless ninth inning.
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Window open for saves?
Garcia could see save chances after manager Bob Melvin told Dennis Lin of The Athletic that the team will give Josh Hader "a little break" from the closer role.
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Takes loss Tuesday
Garcia (4-6) was tagged with the loss against Miami on Tuesday as the result of allowing a run on two hits in one inning. He struck out one batter.
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Collects second save
Garcia retired both batters he faced to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Rockies.
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