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 | |||
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New York Yankees – No. 83 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Bonao, Dominican Republic | May 19, 1999|||
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MLB debut | |||
August 30, 2020, for the New York Yankees | |||
MLB statistics (through 2020 season) | |||
Win–loss record | 4–3 | ||
Earned run average | 4.98 | ||
Strikeouts | 33 | ||
Teams | |||
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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, and was an opener for Game 2 of the 2020 American League Division Series.[16] Only going one and half inning allowing a hit before being pulled for J.A Happ
References
- "Little guy, big arm: Why Yankees' No. 1 prospect Deivi Garcia is so good". NJ.com. September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- 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.
- "Garcia hurls five hitless in Thunder debut". MiLB.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- Sanchez, Mark W. (May 6, 2019). "Meet Deivi Garcia, the 'superstar' pitcher emerging as Yankees' next phenom". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- Davidoff, Ken (July 7, 2019). "Deivi Garcia faces reality of being a stud Yankees prospect". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- 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.
- King, George A. (July 11, 2019). "Yankees' stud prospect Deivi Garcia promoted to Triple-A". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- "New York Yankees Deivi Garcia closing in as big-league bullpen option". Northjersey.com. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- King, George A. (July 13, 2019). "Yankees prospect Deivi Garcia has gotten Aaron Boone's attention". Nypost.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- 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.
- Caldera, Pete (June 23, 2020). "Analyzing the NY Yankees' top 10 prospects: No. 3 Deivi Garcia". Northjersey.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- "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.
- King, George A. (August 30, 2020). "Deivi Garcia's Yankees debut is here, Clarke Schmidt coming soon". Nypost.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- "Deivi Garcia, 21, strong in big league debut as Yankees sweep doubleheader with Mets". ESPN. August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- Snyder, Matt (August 31, 2020). "Yankees top pitching prospect Deivi Garcia dominant in MLB debut". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- Maun, Tyler (October 5, 2020). "Yanks turn to Garcia for ALDS Game 2 start". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)