Rico Garcia

Bats R Throws R5'9" 201 lbBorn 1994 Honolulu, USADebut 2019Team BALDraft 2016 R30 #890 Colorado Rockies, Hawaii PacificContract 1 y/$900,000 (26) 2026: $900,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	146	23.8	8.9	3.30	20.7	6.12	103.3
2027							104.0
2028							103.3

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 92 PITCH+ the next season; 4 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	Zac Rosscup	2019	87.3	did not play
2	Thyago Vieira	2024	85.5	did not play
3	Jon Edwards	2019	87.7	did not play
4	Reed Garrett	2024	86.7	105.2	238
5	Greg Aquino	2009	85.9	did not play
6	Kaleb Ort	2023	83.9	113.1	93
7	Matt Dermody	2022	86.8	63.9	17
8	Josh Smith	2019	88.8	85.5	121
9	Daniel McCutchen	2014	89.0	did not play
10	Justin Lehr	2009	88.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BAL	29	0	0
2023	WSH	10	0	0
2022	BAL	6	0	0
2020	SF	12	0	0
2019	COL	2	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-132.6
Career		59	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-132.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									146				104.0
2026*									210				122.1	104.4	126.5
2025	BAL	0	2	3.15	29	1	0	34.3	142	5	10	38	106.3	99.6	105.9
2023	WSH	0	0	9.26	10	0	0	11.7	60	5	6	10	53.0	101.2	54.1
2022	BAL	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	8.0	35	2	3	2	90.9	96.6	87.4
2020	SF	1	1	5.40	12	0	0	10.0	44	1	4	7	85.5	96.7	82.2
2019	COL	0	1	10.50	2	1	0	6.0	30	3	5	2	51.2	97.6	48.9
Career		1	4	5.27	59	2	0	70.0	311	16	28	59	86.0		85.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2019	1					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	P	29	34	1	1	1.000	-0.1
2023	WSH	P	10	12	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2022	BAL	P	6	8	0	0		-0.1
2020	SF	P	12	10	1	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	COL	P	2	6	0	0		-0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	135	30.1 IP, 27% K	4.49
2024	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	261	61.2 IP, 34% K	3.97
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	113	25.1 IP, 29% K	3.23
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	122	27.2 IP, 30% K	2.98
2022	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	141	34.2 IP, 28% K	2.37
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Pit	29	6.2 IP, 38% K	1.45
2019	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	284	61.1 IP, 18% K	6.92
2019	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Pit	258	68.0 IP, 34% K	1.85
2018	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Pit	267	67.0 IP, 23% K	2.28
2018	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Pit	413	100.0 IP, 24% K	3.42
2017	A	Asheville Tourists	Pit	118	28.0 IP, 25% K	2.57

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2019		0.000	0.000

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