It didn’t take lengthy for the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign Yimi García.
That is Blue Jays Nation’s annual 40-man Roster Overview, the place we take a look at the gamers on the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster. We’ll take a look at how the participant carried out in 2024, his season projections for the 2025 season, and any storylines heading into this coming season. On this article, we’ll take a look at Yimi García.
García made his debut approach again in 2014 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and signed with the Blue Jays earlier than the beginning of the 2022 season. In his first season as a Blue Jay, García had a 3.10 ERA and a 3.47 FIP in 61 innings pitched with a 23.5 Ok% and a 6.5 BB%. In 2023, García had a 4.09 ERA and a 3.39 FIP in 66 innings pitched with a 28 Ok% and a 7.8 BB%.
Resulting from a vesting clause in his two-year deal, García was routinely prolonged for the 2024 season and had a 2.70 ERA and a 2.67 FIP in 30 innings pitched, with a 36.5 Ok% and a 7 BB% with the Blue Jays. Over his first 17 video games, he allowed only one earned run in 18 innings pitched for a 0.50 ERA and a 2.44 FIP earlier than posting a 6 ERA in 12 innings to finish his first stint with the group.
Earlier than the 2024 commerce deadline, the Blue Jays traded García to the Seattle Mariners in trade for Jacob Sharp and Jonatan Clase, a superb commerce on the time that solely obtained higher with García re-signing with the Jays. With the Mariners, García had a 6 ERA and a 7.28 FIP in 9 innings pitched earlier than an elbow damage ended his season.
In keeping with Fangraphs’ Steamer, it’s projected that García will submit a 3.47 ERA and a 3.51 FIP in 62 innings pitched with a 27.1 Ok% and a 7.3 BB%. One other projection from OOPSY has the right-handed pitcher ending with a 3.17 ERA and a 3.55 FIP in 62 innings pitched, with a 27.5 Ok% and a 7.9 BB%.
García grew to become the group’s defacto nearer whereas Chad Inexperienced and Jordan Romano handled accidents and Erik Swanson carried out poorly. Hopefully, with the depth the Blue Jays have constructed up within the bullpen this low season, they’ll keep away from that situation. Even then, García has the right alternative for use as a high-leverage reliever alongside Chad Inexperienced.
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