Deivi Garcia made his long awaited debut two weeks ago and boy was it worth it.
In his first start against the Mets he threw 6 innings of 1 run ball (not earned) racking up 6 K with no walks. His second start wasn’t as good, pitching 4.2 innings against the Orioles. Through two starts he’s thrown 10.2 innings with a 3.38 ERA, 2.96 FIP, 27% strikeout rate and 4.5% BB rate. That is mighty, mighty impressive for a 21 year old. More endearing is his relationship with Erik Kratz, who he refers to as “padre.”
Now that Garcia has made his debut, we finally have Statcast data on him which can tell us how he’s been so effective.