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Luis Garcia
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Reworks delivery
PHouston Astros
March 17, 2023
Major League Baseball forced Garcia to change his windup this offseason, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
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.