Our young prince Deivi Garcia had his worst start over the weekend against the Red Sox, only lasting 3 innings and giving up 6 runs. This type of start will happen for any young pitcher, and it’s worth looking into how Deivi has been attacking hitters.

Our young prince Deivi Garcia had his worst start over the weekend against the Red Sox, only lasting 3 innings and giving up 6 runs. This type of start will happen for any young pitcher, and it’s worth looking into how Deivi has been attacking hitters.

Pitch Mix

Garcia throws four pitches – a fastball, curveball, changeup, and slider. This graph shows his pitch % by start:

You can clearly see the two trends here. First, he has been throwing his fastball more. In that start against Boston, he threw it 63% of the time. Second, his changeup has overtaken his curve as the most frequent off-speed pitch.