Ralph Garza Jr.
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 26, #769, Houston Astros | Oklahoma
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 4 3.56 27 0 1 30.1 29 1.25
2022 2 2 3.34 19 0 0 35 17 1.54
2 Seasons 3 6 3.44 46 0 1 65.1 46 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 27 1-4 3.56 30.1 29 1.25
2022 19 2-2 3.34 35 17 1.54
2 Seasons 46 3-6 3.44 65.1 46 1.41
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 27 485 83 6 7.2 4.7 88.9 113.8 11.9 43.4 .237 .400 .309 .317 .364 39.8 22.8 11.0 3.56 4.27
2022 28 514 118 8 6.8 5.2 87.3 109.3 10.4 36.4 .293 .453 .347 .361 .368 38.1 11.1 10.5 3.34 5.63
Player 999 201 14 7.0 5.0 87.9 113.8 11.1 39.3 .267 .429 .330 .341 .366 38.8 16.4 10.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Garza relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(33.3%) ,
Slider
(23.0%) ,
Changeup
(18.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(12.6%) ,
Cutter
(9.9%) ,
Curveball
(2.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 38.6 27.7 26.5 7.2 42.2 38.6 19.3 1.2 31.3 28.9 20.5 10.8 7.2 4.7
2022 43.2 18.6 28.8 9.3 44.9 32.2 22.9 3.4 34.7 21.2 29.7 4.2 6.8 5.2
Player 41.3 22.4 27.9 8.5 43.8 34.8 21.4 2.5 33.3 24.4 25.9 7.0 7.0 5.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 Cutter TB R 51 89.4 19.3 6.5 25 1.1 -3.1 -153
2022 Slider TB R 118 77.5 37.5 -1.3 -3 13.8 0.7 5
2022 Sinker TB R 171 87.8 36.5 0.2 1 16.2 -0.5 -3
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB R 65 91.2 16.1 0.6 4 7.7 0.1 2
2022 Curveball TB R 12 80.0 48.9 -3.0 -6 6.7 -3.3 -33
2022 Changeup TB R 97 83.1 33.4 -0.3 -1 16.4 2.2 16
2021 Curveball MIN R 15 79.3 50.7 -2.7 -5 7.0 -2.0 -22
2021 Changeup MIN R 41 83.9 29.6 -2.0 -6 15.6 1.7 12
2021 Slider MIN R 151 76.7 41.1 -0.3 -1 16.8 3.7 28
2021 Cutter MIN R 42 89.8 22.2 3.5 14 1.9 -0.3 -15
2021 Sinker MIN R 144 90.3 33.1 4.6 16 16.1 -0.6 -4
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 92 92.2 16.7 -0.8 -5 7.1 -0.3 -3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 Sinker 2.9 5 171 33.3 53 .205 .250 .285 9.0 1.9 4.2 .266 .377 .349 37.2
2022 Slider -2.4 -3 118 23.0 32 .286 .429 .347 31.5 18.8 12.2 .248 .349 .301 39.1
2022 Changeup -0.9 -1 97 18.9 25 .333 .458 .358 34.0 20.0 20.8 .364 .465 .375 36.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 65 12.6 16 .500 .571 .503 12.1 6.3 6.3 .341 .422 .376 38.5
2022 Cutter -3.2 -2 51 9.9 21 .300 .750 .448 17.2 9.5 20.0 .328 .834 .502 44.4
2022 Curveball 9.0 1 12 2.3 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 50.0 28.6 .139 .153 .132 0.0
2021 Slider 1.7 3 151 31.1 35 .118 .265 .174 30.6 40.0 22.2 .138 .230 .169 25.0
2021 Sinker 0.2 0 144 29.7 37 .344 .563 .431 13.8 8.1 10.7 .325 .481 .394 48.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 92 19.0 32 .231 .615 .413 19.1 12.5 16.7 .287 .652 .447 59.1
2021 Cutter -0.3 0 42 8.7 9 .250 .250 .278 22.7 11.1 12.5 .342 .416 .371 14.3
2021 Changeup 4.3 2 41 8.5 11 .100 .100 .145 38.1 45.5 33.3 .122 .134 .169 0.0
2021 Curveball -0.8 0 15 3.1 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 96 83.1 97 18.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2022 Curveball 12 80.0 46 11.0 8:00 7:15 45
2022 Cutter 51 89.4 73 14.2 12:45 12:15 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 65 91.2 86 18.1 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 167 87.8 82 17.3 2:15 3:15 -60
2022 Slider 118 77.5 43 16.2 9:15 9:45 -30
2021 Changeup 41 83.9 99 18.3 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 Curveball 15 79.3 60 12.1 8:00 7:15 45
2021 Cutter 42 89.8 66 11.2 12:15 11:30 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 92 92.2 87 16.6 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Sinker 138 90.3 87 17.1 2:15 3:00 -45
2021 Slider 151 76.7 62 18.2 8:45 9:30 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 126 485 2 6 -1 -3 4
2022 151 514 0 6 -3 -3 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 485 47.6 65.4 82.8 28.3 59.7 39.2 65.9 46.0 23.8 8.7 78.6
2022 514 50.0 65.4 85.1 30.4 67.9 41.8 68.6 47.9 20.3 7.4 81.6
Player 999 48.8 65.4 84.0 29.4 64.0 40.5 67.4 46.9 22.0 8.0 80.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2021 16 33 29
2022 3 39 29
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 25.5 5 4.1 1 4 2 2 40.0
2022 23.6 4 4.2 0 2 1 3 75.0
Player 24.6 9 8.3 1 6 3 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 5 4 3 6 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
2022 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
Player 9 9 7 10 8 8 8 9 7 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 11 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.9 88.9 -2.0
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 83.1 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 76.9 77.7 0.8
Exit Velocity 88.9 87.3 -1.6
Launch Angle 11.9 10.4 -1.5
Barrel % 7.2 6.8 -0.4
Hard Hit % 39.8 38.1 -1.7
Sweet Spot % 43.4 36.4 -7.0
xBA .237 .293 0.056
BA .214 .284 0.070
xwOBA .317 .361 0.044
wOBA .309 .347 0.038
xSLG .400 .453 0.053
SLG .411 .425 0.014
K% 22.8 11.1 -11.7
BB% 11.0 10.5 -0.5
Swing % 46.0 47.9 1.9
Whiff% 23.8 20.3 -3.5
In Zone % 47.6 50.0 2.4
Out of Zone % 52.4 50.0 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 30.4 2.1
First Pitch Swing % 29.4 35.9 6.5
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 68.6 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 126 .309 78 5 6.4 48 40 83.3
2022 Shifts 151 .347 89 21 23.6 62 37 59.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 140 19.7 0.0% 1.4% 98 22.9 0.0% 7.1%
2022 142 18.2 2.8% 3.5% 95 20.8 0.0% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution


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