Garcia started last year at High-A Tampa and finished it at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees then included him to the 40-man roster in November, four years after they signed him for $200,000 out of the Dominican Republic. He entered 2020 as the No. 65 prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America, and had actually been operating at the Yankees alternate site before getting the call Sunday.
Garcia retired the very first nine batters he faced and finished with 6 strong innings, allowing just one unearned run in an excellent start that got ruined late prior to the Yankees came back to beat the Mets 5-2 Sunday in Game 2 of a doubleheader.
Veteran backup Erik Kratz captured Garcia– 19 years his junior– and the collection he constructed with the right-hander while both were at the alternate site appeared to pay dividends Sunday.
Garcia started last year at High-A Tampa and completed it at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He got in 2020 as the No. 65 prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America, and had been working at the Yankees alternate site prior to getting the call Sunday.
” Hes got a really great presence about him,” Boone stated. Hes got a lot of capability and hes got a lot of confidence in that capability.”
“Hes done well down in summertime camp. The reports weve been getting have been strong.
” Hes got an actually great presence about him,” Boone stated. Hes got a lot of ability and hes got a lot of self-confidence in that ability.”
Yankees fans have actually been preparing for Deivi Garcias arrival in The Bronx since last summertime.
The 5-foot-9 Garcia, who has actually drawn contrasts to Pedro Martinez during his rise to the big leagues, looked at ease standing on the Yankee Stadium mound, working rapidly and with confidence through the Mets lineup. He started out 6 and walked none, providing up just 4 singles while flaunting a fastball that peaked at 94 miles per hour and a nasty 12-6 curveball.
The 21-year-olds major league debut was worth the wait.
Deivi Garcia measured up to the hype in his Yankees debut tonightPaul J. BereswillBut Garcia was undeterred, coming right back to get J.D. Davis to ground into an inning-ending double play. He needed just 75 pitches to get through the 6th inning, after finishing six innings simply nine times in 57 starts throughout his four seasons in the minors.
The only blemish was available in the sixth inning, when Jeff McNeil led off reaching on a two-base mistake by Luke Voit and came around to score on a single by Dom Smith that connected the game 1-1.
