Luis Garcia
27-Year-Old
15-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 7/1/2024
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Garcia's 2023 season was almost as quickly over as it began. The righty got off to a decent start with 31 strikeouts in 27 innings winning 2 of his first 6 decisions before he joined the long and distinguished list of elbow injuries last season. Garcia had his TJ surgery on May 19th which means we likely will not see him until the late stages of 2024, It is unfortunate as Garcia is a rather fascinating pitcher given his cutter is one of the toughest pitches in baseball on opposing hitters and hit has generated swings and misses over 40% of the time since he ramped up his usage of the pitch in 2021. Like most pitchers in this state, Garcia is an interesting end-game selection in keeper leagues for managers looking to play the fantasy long game, but should otherwise be an afterthought for reset leagues this season. Read Past Outlooks
Goes on injured list
The Astros placed Garcia on the 15-day injured list Thursday, retroactive to March 25, with a right elbow injury, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Garcia will be a candidate to shift to the 60-day IL when the Astros need a 40-man roster spot. He will be out until around midseason while working his way back from Tommy John surgery.
Garcia will be a candidate to shift to the 60-day IL when the Astros need a 40-man roster spot. He will be out until around midseason while working his way back from Tommy John surgery.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-15%
BAA vs RHP
2024
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .245 | 80 | 22 | 78 | 12 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .209 | 108 | 35 | 78 | 14 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .318 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||
2023vs Right | .186 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 3 | |||
2022vs Left | .234 | 68 | 18 | 64 | 12 | |||
2022vs Right | .213 | 89 | 29 | 67 | 11 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-34%
ERA on Road
2024
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 4.43 | 1.13 | 101.2 | 9.5 | 2.1 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.94 | 1.19 | 82.2 | 8.8 | 3.6 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 4.24 | 1.24 | 17.0 | 10.6 | 2.6 | ||||
2023Away | 3.60 | 1.40 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 4.5 | ||||
2022Home | 4.46 | 1.11 | 84.2 | 9.2 | 2.0 | ||||
2022Away | 2.85 | 1.16 | 72.2 | 8.7 | 3.5 | ||||
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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
3.10K/9
10.3BB/9
3.3HR/9
1.0Fastball
92.8 mphERA
4.00WHIP
1.30BABIP
.328GB/FB
0.66Left On Base
74.7%Exit Velocity
81.1 mphBarrels/BBE
4.0%Spin Rate
2376 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.0%Swinging Strike
14.5%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
2021
2020
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.
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Settles with Houston
The Astros and Garcia (elbow) avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.875 million contract Thursday, Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 Houston reports.
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Goes through workout
Garcia (elbow) went through pitchers' fielding practice with his Astros teammates during the club's pre-ALDS workout Thursday, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Pushed to 60-day IL
The Astros transferred Garcia (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Monday.
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Undergoes Tommy John surgery
Garcia underwent Tommy John surgery Friday as scheduled.
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Will undergo Tommy John surgery
The Astros announced Friday that Garcia will undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery and miss the remainder of the 2023 season.
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