2022 Stats
W-L
4-5
ERA
3.10
WHIP
1.05
K
58
SV
1
2023 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

Gearing up for setup role
Garcia gave up a hit in a scoreless eighth inning during Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Rays.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander didn't allow a run in two innings while pitching for the Dominican Republic during the WBC, and he's also delivered three clean innings for the Jays in Grapefruit League play. Garcia's combined 2:0 K:BB over that time isn't exactly dominant, but he's still set to be one of the primary setup men for closer Jordan Romano in 2023, and he recorded a career-high 22 holds in that role last year.
The right-hander didn't allow a run in two innings while pitching for the Dominican Republic during the WBC, and he's also delivered three clean innings for the Jays in Grapefruit League play. Garcia's combined 2:0 K:BB over that time isn't exactly dominant, but he's still set to be one of the primary setup men for closer Jordan Romano in 2023, and he recorded a career-high 22 holds in that role last year.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
11
How many pitches does Yimi Garcia generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
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41-50
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91-100
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111-120
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 2020
-14%
BAA vs RHP
2022
-5%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .235 | 45 | 23 | 48 | 9 | |||
Since 2020vs Right | .202 | 92 | 16 | 58 | 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 | |||
2020vs Left | .217 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
2020vs Right | .125 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-14%
ERA at Home
2022
-22%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2020Home | 3.05 | 1.06 | 65.0 | 10.5 | 2.6 | ||||
Since 2020Away | 3.54 | 1.11 | 68.2 | 8.0 | 2.6 | ||||
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 | ||||
2020Home | 1.35 | 0.90 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 1.4 | ||||
2020Away | 0.00 | 0.96 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.3 | ||||
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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
3.63K/9
8.6BB/9
2.4HR/9
0.9Fastball
94.7 mphERA
3.10WHIP
1.05BABIP
.269GB/FB
0.99Left On Base
68.3%Exit Velocity
80.4 mphBarrels/BBE
4.4%Spin Rate
2401 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.4%Swinging Strike
10.8%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 first save
Garcia pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn a save over the Yankees on Saturday.
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Collects second win
Garcia (2-4) picked up the win in Wednesday's 6-1 victory over the Orioles, striking out one in a perfect two-thirds of an inning.
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Clean inning in return
Garcia threw a perfect sixth inning in Friday's 5-2 extra-innings loss to the Mariners.
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Reinstated from injured list
Garcia (back) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list Friday.
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Rejoins team, not activated
Garcia (back) is with Toronto for its weekend series at Seattle but has not yet been activated from the injured list, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports.
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