Luis García
2026Grade
Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.
García allows more bases than most pitchers
The simulator expects him to allow 0.487 bases per batter faced, better than 7% of qualified pitchers. His weakest skill is getting strikeouts (6th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 74 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA.
Pitcher type
Arsenal
Luis García leans on his sinker (47% of pitches). His best pitch has been the splitter, saving 1.2 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 39 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 39 over the same batters faced.
Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.
He cost 3.1 bases against league average across 260 pitches, or 1.2 per 100 pitches.
He rarely throws his four-seam fastball (2% of his pitches).
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his sinker tilts 17 points more toward lefties.
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Luis García's pitch movement, 2026
None of his pitches has clearly moved from its early-season shape.
The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2026, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.
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By appearance
These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles righty bats better than lefty bats, by 0.041 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.033 to +0.049
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.559 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.537 to 0.580, based on 43 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.480 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.518 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.497 to 0.540, based on 31 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.597 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a righty arm (median 0.042). He allows more than the league median against both sides.
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- Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
- The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page
Contact allowed
Batters go up the middle off him most often, but they do the most damage to the pull side.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
Luck check
2 hits off him had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Deserved vs. actual
Batters have been credited with about the bases their contact off Luis García deserved.
Both bars count 58 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 9.00 · WHIP 1.93 · BABIP against 0.375 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs MarlinsMay 13, 2026score only
7 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 1.8
- Above replacement
- +1.9
- vs GiantsApr 3, 2026score only
4 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +1.6
- vs GuardiansMay 9, 2026score only
3 BF · 0 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.1
- Above replacement
- +1.4
- vs AthleticsApr 11, 2026score only
4 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.8
- Above replacement
- +1.3
- vs Blue JaysMay 1, 2026score only
3 BF · 0 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +1.1
Trends
Multi-season trends · Luis García
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his BB% is down, his K% is down, his Barrel% against is down, his GB% against is down, his FB% against is up and his Pull% against is down.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.