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Marlins To Sign Yimi Garcia

By Jeff Todd | December 12, 2019 at 1:00pm CDT

1:00pm: Garcia’s deal is a Major League contract, per SiriusXM’s Craig Mish (Twitter link).

11:30am: The Marlins have a deal with free agent righty Yimi Garcia, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter). He had been non-tendered by the Dodgers. Details of the agreement aren’t known.

Garcia, 29, certainly fulfills the Marlins’ stated desire for relievers that can put the ball in the zone. He has allowed just 30 walks in 159 2/3 career innings at the game’s highest level. Garcia has also averaged more than a strikeout per frame, with 166 over that same span.

The trouble for Garcia — and the likely reason he was non-tendered by the Dodgers despite a modest $1.1MM projected tab — is that he has yet to figure out how to keep the ball in the yard. Garcia has coughed up 22 long balls in his past 84 2/3 innings. But he rates excellently in terms of fastball spin, curveball spin, hard-hit rate and opponents’ exit velocity despite yielding an exorbitant number of homers (15 in 62 1/3 innings this past season). He’d be controllable via arbitration through 2021 if he can right the ship in a reunion with former Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly.

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32 Comments

  1. MarlinsFanBase

    6 years ago

    Okay that’s one bullpen piece.

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    • VonPurpleHayes

      6 years ago

      Definitely serviceable.

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      • angt222

        6 years ago

        Agreed.

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    • Long Duc Dong

      6 years ago

      Unless you play all your games underwater can’t keep the ball in the park

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      • stan lee the manly

        6 years ago

        Makes sense for him to pitch in one of the worst power parks in the MLB then.

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        • elscorchot

          6 years ago

          They brought the fences in. Not as much of a pitchers paradise, anymore.

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      • MarlinsFanBase

        6 years ago

        We’re at sea level. That’s a start.

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    • rockofloveusa

      6 years ago

      wrong it a flyer buy low and hope high

      Reply
  2. Joegio

    6 years ago

    Trollin trollin trollin keeps those fingers trollin

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    • tycobb016

      6 years ago

      Don’t try and understand ’em, just rope and tie and brand ’em.

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      Reply
  3. 22Leo

    6 years ago

    Good to know he is no longer the Dodgers’ problem.

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    • GOP Lizards

      6 years ago

      He was awful in high leverage situations, but you could say that about most of their relievers.

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  4. BigFred

    6 years ago

    Only 29 years old, so he could be part of the next Marlins contending team in 2026.

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    • stretch123

      6 years ago

      Haha?

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    • OofAndYikes

      6 years ago

      Crazy they gave him a 1 year deal with the option for 6 more, don’t see that very often

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      Reply
  5. stretch123

    6 years ago

    Solid signing. Moving to Marlins park should certainly help him.

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    • Joe Kerr

      6 years ago

      Except they are moving the fences in at Marlins Park. It’s also not like Dodger Stadium is a hitters paradise or anything.

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      • stretch123

        6 years ago

        True but it should still help Garcia. Even with the fences moving in it won’t cause a huge spike in home runs.

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  6. mlbdodgerfan2015

    6 years ago

    “Gopher Ball” Garcia. Cringed at every pitch he threw knowing a good chance it would be hit out.

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  7. 377194

    6 years ago

    I hear they’re bring back Jose Reyes.

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    • rockofloveusa

      6 years ago

      why that the dumb thing i read today??

      Reply
  8. Harwood

    6 years ago

    Best offseason news for the Dodgers so far.

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  9. Big Hurt

    6 years ago

    Yippy for Yimi!!

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  10. wedgeant27

    6 years ago

    This wasn’t a Mets pickup?

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  11. Jordan 5

    6 years ago

    Get ready for the long ball

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  12. Jordan 5

    6 years ago

    Can you say whip lash!!

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  13. horrorluvr

    6 years ago

    Good luck with this gopher.

    Reply
  14. Joegio

    6 years ago

    Yeehaw rawhide

    Reply
  15. BlueSkyLA

    6 years ago

    How does a pitcher with supposedly such a great spin rate serve up so many cement-mixer gopher balls?

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    • Mjm117

      6 years ago

      “……and then consistently pitch an all-star level with the Marlins in 2020. “

      Finished your sentence.

      Reply
  16. 2bbige

    6 years ago

    If you are comfortable w/SO + SO + HR + SO every inning, he is your guy!

    Reply
  17. Dark14ry

    6 years ago

    Thank you Miami for taking this guy off the market and ensuring the Dodgers couldnt bring him back. Typical Dodgers RP. If he comes in with anyone on base, he will give up a big hit with 2 strikes to clear the bases and then proceed to strike out the side.

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