"He was one of those guys in the minor leagues that had success all the way though. His velocities aren't like the velocities that you'd think gets the punch outs he does," manager Don Mattingly explained. "But he's got a real action to his ball. It's one of the things with Andrew [Friedman, president of baseball operations] and the guys will talk about. We talk about spin rates and things like that."
Spin rates were not something that was brought up often, or even at all, in most managerial interviews I've heard in my four years of covering the team.
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Garcia had a minor league strikeout rate of 29.2 percent. In the majors, in all of 15 innings, he's at 30.9 percent. All with a fastball that usually averages 91-92 mph, though this year has climbed over 93 mph, per Brooks Baseball.
"He's real interesting when you take a little deeper look at him instead of just the velocity," Mattingly said. "He's one of those guys that the ball gets on you different than other guys."
Yimi Garcia continues to Impress for Dodgers
