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Injury Elbow
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Stats
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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
Facing hitters
Garcia (elbow) threw live batting practice Tuesday, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
ANALYSIS
Garcia has already been ruled out for the rest of the season as he continues to work his way back from a Tommy John procedure he underwent in May 2023. However, the fact he is back to facing hitters after having his throwing program paused in August bodes well for his availability to begin the 2025 campaign.
Garcia has already been ruled out for the rest of the season as he continues to work his way back from a Tommy John procedure he underwent in May 2023. However, the fact he is back to facing hitters after having his throwing program paused in August bodes well for his availability to begin the 2025 campaign.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-15%
BAA vs RHP
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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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Ruled out for 2024
Houston manager Joe Espada said Monday that Garcia (elbow) will not return from the 60-day injured list this season, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Yet to resume throwing
Astros manager Joe Espada said Monday that Garcia (elbow) has yet to resume a throwing program, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Rehab assignment delayed
Manager Joe Espada said that Garcia won't make a minor-league rehab start Sunday as planned due to right elbow soreness, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Throws two simulated innings
Garcia (elbow) threw 30 pitches split across two simulated innings Tuesday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Set for sim game
Garcia (elbow) will throw a sim game either Tuesday or Wednesday, MLB.com reports.
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Set for Tommy John surgery
Garcia will undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the 2023 season, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander has been a pivotal member of the Astros rotation after making his debut in 2020, and his absence represents a massive blow for the defending World Series champions. The surgery means Garcia will miss a good chunk of the 2024 campaign as well.
The right-hander has been a pivotal member of the Astros rotation after making his debut in 2020, and his absence represents a massive blow for the defending World Series champions. The surgery means Garcia will miss a good chunk of the 2024 campaign as well.