2022 Stats
W-L
15-8
ERA
3.72
WHIP
1.13
K
157
SV
0
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Garcia registered his second straight solid season with nearly identical surface stats. His WHIP was a tad lower due to a small dip in walk rate and a fortunate .260 BABIP. However, Garcia's ERA inched up as a result of a few more homers and a drop in strikeout rate. His xFIP and SIERA were almost the same in both seasons, suggesting the small differences were variance. There was some hope the Astros would tweak Garcia's five-pitch mix to help him achieve the next level. They still may, but at least last season Garcia's arsenal remained unchanged, with his cutter and slider doing most of the heavy lifting. Still just 26-years-old, there is time for Garcia to take the next step, even if it's just upping the 28 starts he's registered each of the past two seasons and pitching a little deeper, adding some frames onto last season's career high 157.1. The mid rotation floor is stable, with the potential of more. Read Past Outlooks
Reworks delivery
Major League Baseball forced Garcia to change his windup this offseason, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Garcia used a rocking motion with his arms during his windup in past seasons, but he has been forced to eliminate that as the league institutes a crackdown on deliveries that would be balks according to the letter of the rulebook. As a result, he shortened his windup and made it more compact. Garcia's results in the Cactus League have been positive to this point, as he's allowed only one earned run across five innings while maintaining a 5:1 K:BB.
Garcia used a rocking motion with his arms during his windup in past seasons, but he has been forced to eliminate that as the league institutes a crackdown on deliveries that would be balks according to the letter of the rulebook. As a result, he shortened his windup and made it more compact. Garcia's results in the Cactus League have been positive to this point, as he's allowed only one earned run across five innings while maintaining a 5:1 K:BB.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
85
Last 10 Games
80
Last 5 Games
67
How many pitches does Luis Garcia generally throw?
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11-20
21-30
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41-50
51-60
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
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
-25%
BAA vs RHP
2022
-9%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .256 | 146 | 45 | 148 | 26 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .193 | 187 | 57 | 120 | 17 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .234 | 68 | 18 | 64 | 12 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .213 | 89 | 29 | 67 | 11 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .279 | 75 | 25 | 80 | 13 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .182 | 92 | 25 | 52 | 6 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .250 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .048 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-4%
ERA on Road
2022
-36%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 3.55 | 1.07 | 165.0 | 9.8 | 2.1 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 3.41 | 1.22 | 158.1 | 8.7 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 4.46 | 1.11 | 84.2 | 9.2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.85 | 1.16 | 72.2 | 8.7 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2021Home | 2.39 | 1.01 | 79.0 | 10.3 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2021Away | 4.24 | 1.34 | 76.1 | 9.1 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2020Home | 13.50 | 2.25 | 1.1 | 13.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2020Away | 0.96 | 0.75 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Luis Garcia compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 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 120 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 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.34K/9
9.0BB/9
2.7HR/9
1.3Fastball
94.0 mphERA
3.72WHIP
1.13BABIP
.274GB/FB
0.94Left On Base
74.1%Exit Velocity
82.2 mphBarrels/BBE
5.1%Spin Rate
2387 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.3%Swinging Strike
13.5%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Garcia's first full season in the majors copped him second place in the AL Rookie of the Year voting. Houston did a good job limiting his innings by delaying his debut and giving him extended rest on a handful of occasions. Missing most of the spring on COVID-19 protocol helped the cause early. Garcia tweaked his pitch mix to feature more cutters while his control improvement was buoyed by better location of his four-seam fastball. He employs a five-pitch mix and pitches for an organization adept at adjusting to maximize effectiveness, so there is a good chance Garcia continues to improve. Garcia's flyball rate is above average, but in his case it's beneficial with so many power-suppressing parks in the AL West and his solid K-BB% to minimize traffic. Assuming the Astros loosen the reins a bit, Garcia has a chance to be a fantasy rotation anchor.
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Ends regular season on high note
Garcia (15-8) earned the win Sunday, allowing one run on three hits and one walk over six innings with four strikeouts in a 3-1 win over the Rays.
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Cruises against Diamondbacks
Garcia (14-8) earned the win Tuesday, allowing one run on four hits and no walks over six innings against the Diamondbacks. He struck out six.
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Starting Tuesday vs. Arizona
Garcia will start Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Available in relief
Garcia is available out of the bullpen Sunday against the Orioles, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.
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Status unclear
Garcia is not listed as a starter for next week's series against the Diamondbacks, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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