Jaime García
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 22, #680, St. Louis Cardinals | Mission, Texas
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 10 13 4.67 32 30 0 171.2 150 1.37
2017 5 10 4.41 27 27 0 157 129 1.41
2018 3 7 5.82 33 14 0 82 73 1.54
10 Seasons 70 62 3.85 218 188 0 1,135 925 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 32 10-13 4.67 171.2 150 1.37
2017 27 5-10 4.41 157 129 1.41
2018 33 3-7 5.82 82 73 1.54
10 Seasons 218 70-62 3.85 1,135 925 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 28 1857 380 14 3.7 2.7 87.4 115.0 1.9 23.4 .233 .334 .256 .279 .317 30.5 19.0 5.9 2.43 3.19
2016 29 2578 527 30 5.7 4.0 88.7 116.1 4.5 28.1 .250 .398 .334 .310 .355 35.3 20.2 7.7 4.67 4.05
2017 30 2430 479 26 5.4 3.9 87.2 115.6 4.8 31.9 .258 .425 .324 .325 .366 36.8 19.2 9.5 4.41 4.57
2018 31 1381 249 21 8.4 5.7 91.1 114.4 13.0 31.7 .246 .437 .349 .339 .375 41.8 19.8 11.9 5.82 4.96
Player 8246 1635 91 5.6 4.0 88.3 116.1 5.3 28.7 .248 .398 .316 .312 .353 35.6 19.6 8.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

García relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.8%) ,
Sinker
(32.0%) ,
Slider
(16.0%) ,
Changeup
(12.2%) ,
Curveball
(4.9%) ,


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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
2015 62.4 13.2 21.1 3.4 37.1 40.5 22.4 4.2 46.1 15.5 21.1 4.5 3.7 2.7
2016 58.4 15.2 23.1 3.2 40.8 38.1 20.9 3.4 44.8 16.9 22.4 4.4 5.7 4.0
2017 55.5 17.5 23.0 4.0 38.2 39.7 22.1 6.9 40.1 17.3 23.8 5.8 5.4 3.9
2018 44.2 26.1 22.1 7.6 44.2 34.1 19.3 0.8 32.5 28.1 20.5 6.8 8.4 5.7
Player 56.3 17.1 22.4 4.2 39.7 38.5 21.3 4.2 41.8 18.4 22.2 5.2 5.6 4.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 480 89.2 20.9 -2.8 2.3ARM -4.4 14.0 -1.6 2.3ARM -5.6
2018 Curveball CHC L 67 72.2 68.0 2.4 9.7GLV 0.0 -13.2 4.1 9.7GLV 1.5
2018 Slider CHC L 221 81.0 48.8 6.2 8.4GLV 1.9 -5.5 7.2 8.4GLV 3.0
2018 Sinker CHC L 442 89.2 28.1 3.7 13.2ARM -0.8 6.9 2.6 13.2ARM -1.1
2018 Changeup CHC L 169 81.5 36.4 3.6 14.2ARM 1.4 5.4 2.2 14.2ARM 0.1
2017 Slider NYY L 330 82.3 44.2 5.0 10.8GLV 5.4 -2.4 5.5 10.8GLV 5.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 673 90.8 18.5 -2.7 3.9ARM -4.0 14.9 -2.1 3.9ARM -4.1
2017 Cutter NYY L 114 90.3 20.4 3.4 2.7GLV 1.0 13.4 3.2 2.7GLV 1.2
2017 Changeup NYY L 454 83.2 33.2 3.2 14.0ARM 0.6 6.9 2.9 14.0ARM 0.6
2017 Curveball NYY L 166 74.3 60.9 0.8 10.1GLV 0.5 -9.6 2.5 10.1GLV 1.3
2017 Sinker NYY L 685 90.8 25.3 3.5 12.7ARM -1.9 8.3 2.7 12.7ARM -1.1
2016 Cutter STL L 42 91.4 20.1 3.6 1.7GLV -0.8 13.1 4.8 1.7GLV 2.8
2016 4-Seam Fastball STL L 753 91.1 20.7 -3.2 4.2ARM -3.1 12.7 -3.1 4.2ARM -5.4
2016 Changeup STL L 459 82.8 33.8 1.8 14.2ARM 1.9 6.8 1.6 14.2ARM -0.6
2016 Slider STL L 314 82.5 46.4 6.7 10.9GLV 4.5 -5.5 6.9 10.9GLV 7.2
2016 Curveball STL L 157 76.1 60.3 2.0 11.9GLV 1.9 -11.5 3.4 11.9GLV 5.2
2016 Sinker STL L 818 91.0 27.6 4.9 12.1ARM -1.7 6.0 4.6 12.1ARM -3.3
2015 Cutter STL L 33 90.9 22.3 1.3 2.3GLV 0.2 11.2 3.0 2.3GLV 2.4
2015 Changeup STL L 275 83.6 34.5 3.7 14.2ARM 1.6 5.3 3.5 14.2ARM -0.9
2015 Sinker STL L 593 90.8 26.6 3.6 12.1ARM -1.8 7.0 3.8 12.1ARM -3.6
2015 Slider STL L 328 84.1 42.9 5.4 4.3GLV -0.9 -3.8 4.9 4.3GLV 0.1
2015 Curveball STL L 99 72.9 65.9 2.0 9.5GLV -0.1 -13.3 4.7 9.5GLV 2.8
2015 4-Seam Fastball STL L 401 90.6 23.7 -6.6 4.2ARM -2.7 10.0 -6.2 4.2ARM -4.6
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -9 480 34.8 115 .400 .695 .494 9.8 5.2 12.8 .331 .571 .433 45.6
2018 Sinker -0.4 -2 442 32.0 116 .250 .440 .351 18.5 12.1 20.9 .271 .487 .364 41.6
2018 Slider 1.4 3 221 16.0 76 .086 .186 .178 35.7 53.9 27.2 .130 .243 .219 34.5
2018 Changeup -3.7 -6 169 12.2 52 .267 .467 .389 39.2 21.2 19.3 .220 .406 .326 47.1
2018 Curveball -0.6 0 68 4.9 8 .125 .250 .156 26.3 12.5 8.3 .103 .121 .098 0.0
2017 Sinker 1.7 12 685 28.2 195 .250 .367 .306 17.8 11.3 19.8 .247 .356 .293 36.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 673 27.7 188 .301 .558 .423 14.0 3.2 7.1 .336 .632 .450 46.4
2017 Changeup 0.6 3 454 18.7 107 .235 .347 .306 39.3 21.5 20.5 .236 .347 .287 21.3
2017 Slider -1.0 -3 330 13.6 129 .221 .377 .263 41.9 50.4 29.4 .195 .342 .237 36.7
2017 Curveball -1.5 -2 166 6.8 28 .286 .536 .346 38.3 39.3 33.3 .222 .326 .232 29.4
2017 Cutter 0.3 0 114 4.7 19 .375 .500 .432 22.7 5.3 5.9 .327 .481 .400 26.7
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 67 258 -3 6 -4 -1 -3
2010 686 2,577 5 26 -10 -9 12
2011 929 3,350 11 8 -11 -10 -2
2012 525 1,804 -2 16 -5 -4 5
2013 234 826 -3 5 -1 -2 -2
2014 177 631 -2 1 1 -2 -1
2015 521 1,896 14 17 -3 -6 22
2016 738 2,564 2 10 -12 -8 -8
2017 675 2,465 16 13 -8 -10 11
2018 367 1,380 -7 11 -11 -7 -14
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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 %
2015 1,857 53.4 66.3 86.7 28.1 57.6 41.8 58.8 48.5 20.1 9.1 78.6
2016 2,578 51.6 63.4 84.2 26.9 58.9 43.1 60.1 45.8 21.1 8.0 71.2
2017 2,430 45.8 66.0 82.0 29.8 55.8 40.3 56.5 46.4 25.7 8.0 77.2
2018 1,381 47.9 64.8 88.6 23.5 50.9 40.4 54.6 43.3 21.9 7.5 76.9
Player 8,246 49.7 65.0 84.9 27.5 56.4 41.5 57.9 46.1 22.4 8.1 75.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 78 62 81 89 77 50 82 68 70 41 75 28 33 22 62 94 46
2016 51 46 52 56 49 20 56 44 42 44 53 32 25 23 77 92 36
2017 36 32 36 41 35 21 60 49 17 31 30 61 73 20 73 88 40
2018 15 41 20 13 13 36 17 1 4 32 8 32 8 7 54 81 33
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.8 26 21.9 4 7 16 10 38.5
2017 22.9 18 20.5 -3 8 10 14 77.8
2018 22.8 13 12.5 1 7 9 6 46.2
Player 22.4 57 54.9 2 22 35 30 52.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 26 24 16 26 20 20 23 21 18 17 21 24 22 20 23 24 16 21 22 23 20 16 28 27 23 24 20 30 25 24 18
2017 18 21 18 22 20 19 25 20 17 17 18 22 23 21 20 22 20 18 23 19 22 21 23 23 20 19 18 24 22 21 16
2018 13 14 9 14 15 11 15 13 11 10 11 15 14 11 13 16 13 12 10 14 12 13 16 14 11 11 11 13 12 11 11
Player 57 59 43 62 55 50 63 54 46 44 50 61 59 52 56 62 49 51 55 56 54 50 67 64 54 54 49 67 59 56 45
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.8 91.1 0.3 ↑ 90.8 -0.3 ↓ 89.2 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 82.8 -0.8 ↓ 83.2 0.4 ↑ 81.5 -1.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.4 80.4 -1.0 ↓ 79.6 -0.8 ↓ 78.9 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.4 88.7 1.3 ↑ 87.2 -1.5 ↓ 91.1 3.9 ↑
Launch Angle 1.9 4.5 2.6 ↑ 4.8 0.3 ↑ 13.0 8.2 ↑
Barrel % 3.7 5.7 2.0 ↑ 5.4 -0.3 ↓ 8.4 3.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 30.5 35.3 4.8 ↑ 36.8 1.5 ↑ 41.8 5.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 23.4 28.1 4.7 ↑ 31.9 3.8 ↑ 31.7 -0.2 ↓
xBA .233 .250 0.017 ↑ .258 0.008 ↑ .246 -0.012 ↓
BA .225 .268 0.043 ↑ .261 -0.007 ↓ .258 -0.003 ↓
xwOBA .279 .310 0.031 ↑ .325 0.015 ↑ .339 0.014 ↑
wOBA .256 .334 0.078 ↑ .324 -0.010 ↓ .349 0.025 ↑
xSLG .334 .398 0.064 ↑ .425 0.027 ↑ .437 0.012 ↑
SLG .299 .448 0.149 ↑ .429 -0.019 ↓ .459 0.030 ↑
K% 19.0 20.2 1.2 ↑ 19.2 -1.0 ↓ 19.8 0.6 ↑
BB% 5.9 7.7 1.8 ↑ 9.5 1.8 ↑ 11.9 2.4 ↑
Swing % 48.5 45.8 -2.7 ↓ 46.4 0.6 ↑ 43.3 -3.1 ↓
Whiff% 20.1 21.1 1.0 ↑ 25.7 4.6 ↑ 21.9 -3.8 ↓
In Zone % 53.4 51.6 -1.8 ↓ 45.8 -5.8 ↓ 47.9 2.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.6 48.4 1.8 ↑ 54.2 5.8 ↑ 52.1 -2.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 26.9 -1.2 ↓ 29.8 2.9 ↑ 23.5 -6.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.8 29.4 0.6 ↑ 29.8 0.4 ↑ 25.0 -4.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 60.1 1.3 ↑ 56.5 -3.6 ↓ 54.6 -1.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 729 .332 587 16 2.7 142 21 14.8
2017 Shifts 665 .322 520 20 3.8 145 42 29.0
2018 Shifts 367 .349 266 6 2.3 101 36 35.6
! 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 %
2010 758 14.0 65.3% 1.5% 407 22.0 1.7% 8.8%
2011 793 13.2 70.0% 0.5% 462 21.4 2.4% 8.0%
2012 455 13.6 67.9% 0.4% 265 22.9 1.1% 8.7%
2013 224 15.7 38.4% 0.9% 116 23.9 0.0% 8.6%
2014 217 15.5 44.7% 0.5% 71 23.1 0.0% 7.0%
2015 605 18.2 17.7% 5.1% 215 25.8 2.8% 24.2%
2016 737 17.8 21.0% 2.0% 388 26.9 2.6% 28.6%
2017 745 18.0 15.6% 2.4% 328 23.9 0.0% 7.3%
2018 437 18.8 5.9% 1.6% 200 24.5 0.0% 10.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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