Luis Garcia

Bats R Throws R6'1" 244 lbBorn 1996 Bolivar, VenezuelaDebut 2020Team HOU

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	232	22.9	7.3	3.60	20.0	6.75	98.9
2027							101.8
2028							100.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 94 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Alex Cobb	2016	105.0	104.5	742
2	John Patterson	2006	109.1	77.9	152
3	Rich Hill	2008	106.8	83.9	275
4	Spencer Turnbull	2021	105.0	did not play
5	Kerry Wood	2005	103.0	93.2	86
6	Noah Syndergaard	2021	108.6	101.2	565
7	Yonny Chirinos	2022	106.1	89.4	367
8	Joey Lucchesi	2021	101.5	did not play
9	Caleb Smith	2020	101.1	99.2	500
10	Daisuke Matsuzaka	2009	103.1	102.2	664

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	2	0	0
2023	HOU	5	0	0
2022	HOU	28	0	0
2021	HOU	30	6	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9
2020	HOU	5	0	0
Career		70	6	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									232				101.8
2026*									0
2025	HOU	1	0	3.52	2	2	0	7.7	28	2	1	7	127.7	114.9	142.6
2023	HOU	2	2	4.00	6	6	0	27.0	115	3	10	31	99.4	98.8	98.1
2022	HOU	15	8	3.72	28	28	0	157.3	643	23	47	157	105.8	99.6	105.3
2021	HOU	11	8	3.48	30	28	0	155.3	633	19	50	167	105.8	98.9	104.6
2020	HOU	0	1	2.92	5	1	0	12.3	49	1	5	9	115.1	95.4	110.5
Career		29	19	3.60	71	65	0	359.7	1468	48	113	371	106.0		105.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	6	81.3	-35.3	0.0	0.0	28.6	50.0	0.165	0.177	0.156

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	2	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2023	HOU	P	5	27	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	HOU	P	28	157	4	8	1	2	0.923	-0.4
2021	HOU	P	30	155	10	10	2	1	0.909	-0.9
2020	HOU	P	5	12	0	0	0	0		-0.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	70	17.1 IP, 29% K	2.63
2025	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	32	6.2 IP, 28% K	7.26
2019	A+	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Pit	274	65.2 IP, 39% K	3.04
2019	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	167	43.0 IP, 36% K	2.93
2018	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	290	69.0 IP, 24% K	2.48
2017	Rk	DSL Astros Blue	Pit	47	11.0 IP, 38% K	1.64

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	1	0
Career	6	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	1	1	1.73	2	0	5.2	4	1	0	6	0.77
2021	1	3	8.04	5	5	15.7	13	3	12	21	1.60
2020	0	0	0.00	1	1	2.0	0	0	2	1	1.00
Career	2	4	5.90	8	6	22.9	17	4	14	28	1.36