Justin Garza

Bats R Throws R5'10" 170 lbBorn 1994 Glendora, USADebut 2021Team NYMDraft 2012 R26 #803 Cleveland Guardians, Bonita HS (CA)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	120	19.0	8.6	3.06	20.5	6.34	101.7
2027							103.9
2028							102.4

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 73 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	Les Walrond	2008	89.3	did not play
2	Tommy Phelps	2005	90.7	did not play
3	Kaleb Ort	2023	83.9	113.1	93
4	Kevin Gryboski	2005	85.3	41.6	35
5	Jon Edwards	2019	87.7	did not play
6	Ryota Igarashi	2010	90.7	84.6	190
7	Thyago Vieira	2024	85.5	did not play
8	Brian Sikorski	2006	93.6	did not play
9	Matt Carasiti	2023	82.3	51.7	43
10	Zac Rosscup	2019	87.3	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									120				103.9
2026*									0
2025	NYM	0	0	5.40	5	0	0	6.7	28	1	1	3	91.2	98.5	89.7
2023	BOS	0	2	7.36	17	1	0	18.3	91	3	12	17	83.6	99.2	82.8
2021	CLE	2	1	4.71	21	0	0	28.7	128	5	18	29	91.5	105.3	96.9
Career		2	3	5.70	43	1	0	53.7	247	9	31	49	88.6		90.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	5	7	0	0	0		-0.1
2023	BOS	P	17	18	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2021	CLE	P	21	29	2	3	1	1.000	+0.8

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	77	17.2 IP, 26% K	6.28
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	119	26.1 IP, 17% K	7.93
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	196	44.0 IP, 20% K	7.16
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	225	52.2 IP, 27% K	3.45
2023	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	34	8.1 IP, 15% K	4.44
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	121	28.0 IP, 23% K	4.82
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	155	36.1 IP, 21% K	4.74
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	174	42.2 IP, 29% K	4.69
2021	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	86	22.2 IP, 36% K	1.62
2019	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	535	119.0 IP, 20% K	4.99
2018	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	278	68.0 IP, 25% K	3.71
2017	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	424	95.2 IP, 20% K	5.86
2016	Rk	AZL Indians	Pit	50	9.0 IP, 18% K	7.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.212	0.525	0.282	0.411
2023	0.341	0.429	0.380	0.428
2021	0.401	0.322	0.363	0.347

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