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Portrait of Frank Garces

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-17-1990
Height5' 11"
Weight175 lbs
Age34 years, 3 months, 7 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-0.72015
2016
2017
2018
-0.12019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2014 SDN MLB 15 0 9.0 0 0 0 8 1 10 1 94 8.0 1.0 1.0 10.0 0% .292 1.00 2.99 2.00 61 1.93 47.3 0.3
2015 SDN MLB 40 1 38.0 0 1 0 41 22 30 9 91 9.7 5.2 2.1 7.1 0% .288 1.66 6.47 5.21 125 6.25 146.1 -0.7
CareerMLB55147.001049234010929.44.41.97.716%.2921.535.804.601145.43127.2-0.4

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 DAD Rk DSL 15 10 71.7 4 3 1 53 20 115 3 93 6.7 2.5 0.4 14.4 0% .329 1.02 1.27 2.51 63 1.82 37.1
2012 FTW A MID 25 25 121.7 9 6 0 102 55 112 3 101 7.5 4.1 0.2 8.3 0% .294 1.29 3.20 2.81 91 4.10 85.4
2013 LEL A+ CAL 26 26 120.7 7 9 0 131 57 126 15 81 9.8 4.3 1.1 9.4 0% .336 1.56 5.03 5.67 110 6.12 132.9
2014 SDN MLB NL 15 0 9.0 0 0 0 8 1 10 1 94 8.0 1.0 1.0 10.0 0% .292 1.00 2.99 2.00 61 1.93 47.3
2014 SAN AA TEX 51 0 65.3 2 5 8 46 24 74 3 6.3 3.3 0.4 10.2 0% .262 1.07 2.69 1.93 79 2.84 60.2
2015 SDN MLB NL 40 1 38.0 0 1 0 41 22 30 9 91 9.7 5.2 2.1 7.1 0% .288 1.66 6.47 5.21 125 6.25 146.1
2015 ELP AAA PCL 19 0 21.7 1 0 3 17 15 17 2 7.1 6.2 0.8 7.1 0% .242 1.48 5.30 2.91 120 3.76 82.5
2016 ELP AAA PCL 37 18 114.3 6 8 1 129 39 98 16 108 10.2 3.1 1.3 7.7 43% .319 1.47 4.90 4.41 105 4.60 101.6
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 10 4 22.3 0 1 0 18 9 16 1 7.3 3.6 0.4 6.4 0% .254 1.21 3.18 2.82 0 0.00 0.0
2019 CAM AAA MEX 7 7 36.3 2 3 0 41 15 28 4 10.2 3.7 1.0 6.9 0% .322 1.54 5.39 4.46 0 0.00 0.0
2019 VAQ AAA MEX 16 16 95.3 4 8 0 121 31 71 19 11.4 2.9 1.8 6.7 0% .346 1.59 6.24 5.95 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 136 0.5221 0.5074 0.6377 0.6901 0.3077 0.7755 0.3000 0.3623
2015 671 0.4456 0.4486 0.7708 0.6689 0.2715 0.8550 0.6040 0.2292
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 SDN $
2015 SDN $508,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$508,500
1 yrTotal$508,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 166 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by San Diego as a free agent 12/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.5085M (2015). Re-signed by San Diego 3/10/15. Non-tendered by San Diego 12/2/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by San Diego 8/19/14.
  • Signed by San Diego as a free agent 5/12/11 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Texas 9/26/09.
  • Signed by Texas 5/29/09 as a free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 3.5 1 29 6 51.7 41 15 41 6 .239 1.09 3.61 4.05 -5.3 -0.6
80o 0 3.2 0.9 26 5 45.7 39 15 36 6 .253 1.17 3.99 4.48 -6.7 -0.7
70o 0 3 0.8 23 5 41.4 37 14 33 6 .262 1.24 4.27 4.79 -7.5 -0.8
60o 0 2.8 0.7 21 4 37.9 36 13 30 5 .271 1.29 4.52 5.07 -8.0 -0.9
50o 0 2.6 0.6 19 4 34.7 34 13 27 5 .279 1.35 4.75 5.33 -8.2 -0.9
40o 0 2.4 0.5 18 4 31.6 32 12 25 5 .287 1.40 4.98 5.59 -8.4 -0.9
30o 0 2.2 0.5 16 3 28.3 30 11 22 5 .296 1.46 5.23 5.88 -8.4 -0.9
20o 0 2 0.4 14 3 24.5 27 10 19 4 .306 1.53 5.53 6.22 -8.1 -0.9
10o 0 1.6 0.3 11 2 19.5 23 9 15 4 .320 1.64 5.96 6.71 -7.5 -0.8
Weighted Mean02.50.619434.03312275.2771.334.715.29-7.9-0.9

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Frank Garces threw 936 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, including pitches thrown in . In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Change (81mph), also mixing in a Slider (78mph).