Jaime García

Chicago Cubs

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jaime García threw 17,703 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2018, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2018, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (81mph), Change (82mph) and Curve (73mph).


In 2018, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, is straight as an arrow and has slightly below average velo. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has some natural sinking action. Their slider has exceptional depth and has short glove-side cut. Their change generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their curve has an exceptional bite, has below average velo and has slight glove-side movement.