Deivi García

Deivi Anderson García (born May 19, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Deivi García
García with the Trenton Thunder in 2019
New York Yankees – No. 83
Pitcher
Born: (1999-05-19) May 19, 1999
Bonao, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 30, 2020, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Win–loss record3–4
Earned run average5.27
Strikeouts40
Teams

Early life

García was born and grew up in Bonao, Dominican Republic. He has two older brothers. His father, a youth baseball coach, also coached García as a youngster. His mother, a doctor, set aside her career to raise their family.[1]

Career

García signed with the New York Yankees in July 2015 for a $200,000 signing bonus. Though he previously played baseball as an infielder and an outfielder, the Yankees had him become a pitcher due to his throwing arm strength.[1] In 2018, García pitched for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and the Tampa Tarpons of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He made his final start of the 2018 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League.[2][3]

García returned to Tampa in 2019, and was promoted to Trenton after making four starts.[4][5] In July he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[6] After the game, he was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League.[7][8][9] Following the 2019 season, the Yankees added García to their 40-man roster to protect him from becoming eligible in the Rule 5 draft.[10] García was named minor league pitcher of the year in the Yankees organization in 2019.[11]

The Yankees sent García to their alternate training site to begin the 2020 season.[12] He made his major league debut for the Yankees on August 30.[13] He pitched six innings on 75 pitches, allowing four singles, one unearned run, no walks, and had six strikeouts in a no-decision.[14][15] He had a 3–2 record with a 4.98 ERA in six starts during the 2020 season. He started Game 2 of the 2020 American League Division Series.[16] as an opener, pitching one inning before being replaced with J. A. Happ.[17]

García spent most of the 2021 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, pitching to a 6.85 ERA in 90+2⁄3 innings. He was 0-2 with a 6.48 ERA with the Yankees in two major league starts in 2021. He missed time during the 2022 season due to a finger injury, and had a 6.89 ERA for the Somerset Patriots and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He did not pitch in the major leagues in 2022.[18]

The Yankees transitioned García into a relief pitcher in 2023.[19] The Yankees promoted him to the major leagues on May 10.[20] He earned his first major league save and was optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.[18]

References
  1. "Little guy, big arm: Why Yankees' No. 1 prospect Deivi Garcia is so good". NJ.com. September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Franko, Kyle (September 2, 2018). "Thunder clinch EL East title as Yankees No. 12 prospect Deivi Garcia dazzles in debut | Sports". trentonian.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  3. "Garcia hurls five hitless in Thunder debut". MiLB.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. Sanchez, Mark W. (May 6, 2019). "Meet Deivi Garcia, the 'superstar' pitcher emerging as Yankees' next phenom". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  5. Davidoff, Ken (July 7, 2019). "Deivi Garcia faces reality of being a stud Yankees prospect". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  6. Media, Sean Miller | For NJ Advance (July 1, 2019). "Yankees No. 4 prospect Deivi Garcia selected for MLB Futures Game". NJ.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  7. King, George A. (July 11, 2019). "Yankees' stud prospect Deivi Garcia promoted to Triple-A". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  8. "New York Yankees Deivi Garcia closing in as big-league bullpen option". Northjersey.com. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  9. King, George A. (July 13, 2019). "Yankees prospect Deivi Garcia has gotten Aaron Boone's attention". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. Stepien, Garrett (November 21, 2019). "Yankees add seven prospects to 40-man roster to avoid Rule 5 Draft". SportsNet New York. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  11. Caldera, Pete (June 23, 2020). "Analyzing the NY Yankees' top 10 prospects: No. 3 Deivi Garcia". Northjersey.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  12. "Yankees finalize roster: Thairo Estrada, Luis Avilan earn spots, but Jordan Montgomery farmed out … for time being". NJ.com. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. King, George A. (August 30, 2020). "Deivi Garcia's Yankees debut is here, Clarke Schmidt coming soon". Nypost.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  14. "Deivi Garcia, 21, strong in big league debut as Yankees sweep doubleheader with Mets". ESPN. August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  15. Snyder, Matt (August 31, 2020). "Yankees top pitching prospect Deivi Garcia dominant in MLB debut". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  16. Maun, Tyler (October 5, 2020). "Yanks turn to Garcia for ALDS Game 2 start". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  17. "Yanks pull Garcia after 1 inning; Happ surprised". October 7, 2020.
  18. Phillips, Gary (May 10, 2023). "Yankees Notebook: Deivi Garcia makes MLB return as a reliever". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  19. Foley, Conor (March 29, 2023). "SWB media day: Peraza works toward big leagues; new roles for García, Krook; who's here so far". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  20. "Deivi García returns to Yankees, could 'thrive' in new bullpen role". May 10, 2023.
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