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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	7-8-1986
Height	6' 2"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	38 years, 9 months, 27 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 3.62015
: 2.92016
: 2.22017
: -1.02018
: 0.52019
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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	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2008	SLN	10	1	16.0	1	1	14	8	8	4	96	7.9	4.5	2.3	4.5	0%	.208	1.38	7.04	5.63	122	7.08	151.0	-0.3
2010	SLN	28	28	163.3	13	8	151	64	132	9	89	8.3	3.5	0.5	7.3	0%	.292	1.32	3.43	2.70	90	3.95	89.3	2.5
2011	SLN	32	32	194.7	13	7	207	50	156	15	96	9.6	2.3	0.7	7.2	0%	.318	1.32	3.19	3.56	85	3.71	86.3	3.1
2012	SLN	20	20	121.7	7	7	136	30	98	7	97	10.1	2.2	0.5	7.2	0%	.339	1.36	3.00	3.92	83	2.84	65.1	3.3
2013	SLN	9	9	55.3	5	2	57	15	43	6	103	9.3	2.4	1.0	7.0	0%	.300	1.30	3.69	3.58	82	2.98	71.4	1.3
2014	SLN	7	7	43.7	3	1	39	7	39	6	104	8.0	1.4	1.2	8.0	0%	.271	1.05	3.79	4.12	94	3.21	78.6	0.9
2015	SLN	20	20	129.7	10	6	106	30	97	6	92	7.4	2.1	0.4	6.7	0%	.267	1.05	3.02	2.43	85	2.76	64.5	3.6
2016	SLN	32	30	171.7	10	13	179	57	150	26	91	9.4	3.0	1.4	7.9	58%	.305	1.37	4.52	4.67	92	3.88	85.9	2.9
2017	ATL	18	18	113.0	4	7	108	41	85	12	93	8.6	3.3	1.0	6.8	56%	.287	1.32	4.16	4.30	95	4.22	89.9	1.7
2017	MIN	1	1	6.7	1	0	8	3	7	0	105	10.8	4.1	0.0	9.5	47%	.421	1.65	2.39	4.05	106	5.23	111.4	0.0
2017	NYA	8	8	37.3	0	3	41	20	37	6	104	9.9	4.8	1.4	8.9	54%	.327	1.63	4.85	4.82	103	4.48	95.4	0.5
2017	TOT	27	27	157.0	5	10	157	64	129	18	96	9.0	3.7	1.0	7.4	56%	.302	1.41	4.25	4.41	97	4.33	92.1	2.2
2018	CHN	8	1	7.7	0	1	6	6	4	0	102	7.0	7.0	0.0	4.7	54%	.250	1.57	4.42	4.70	107	5.64	126.1	0.0
2018	TOR	25	13	74.3	3	6	76	38	69	13	106	9.2	4.6	1.6	8.4	43%	.297	1.53	5.26	5.93	114	6.34	141.6	-1.0
2018	TOT	33	14	82.0	3	7	82	44	73	13	105	9.0	4.8	1.4	8.0	44%	.292	1.54	5.18	5.82	113	6.27	140.1	-1.0
Career		218	188	1135.0	70	62	1128	369	925	110	95	8.9	2.9	0.9	7.3	56%	.305	1.32	3.78	3.85	91	3.83	86.5	18.5

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.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2006	QUD	A	MDW	13	13	77.2	5	4	67	18	80	1		7.8	2.1	0.1	9.3	0%	.306	1.10	2.17	2.91	0	0.00	0.0
2006	PMB	A+	FSL	12	12	77.1	5	4	84	16	51	3		9.8	1.9	0.4	6.0	0%	.327	1.30	3.09	3.85	0	0.00	0.0
2007	SFD	AA	TXS	18	18	103.3	5	9	93	45	97	14	104	8.1	3.9	1.2	8.5	0%	.281	1.34	4.46	3.75	102	4.90	100.5
2008	SLN	MLB	NL	10	1	16.0	1	1	14	8	8	4	96	7.9	4.5	2.3	4.5	0%	.208	1.38	7.04	5.63	122	7.08	151.0
2008	SFD	AA	TXS	6	6	35.0	3	2	26	16	41	0	91	6.7	4.1	0.0	10.5	0%	.302	1.20	2.52	2.06	71	3.17	64.9
2008	MEM	AAA	PCL	13	12	71.0	4	4	74	26	59	6	107	9.4	3.3	0.8	7.5	0%	.315	1.41	4.14	4.44	89	3.71	75.8
2009	PMB	A+	FSL	3	2	12.7	0	1	4	4	16	0	91	2.8	2.8	0.0	11.3	0%	.182	0.63	1.62	0.71	63	2.26	47.5
2009	MEM	AAA	PCL	4	4	21.0	2	0	17	9	22	5	90	7.3	3.9	2.1	9.4	0%	.245	1.24	6.02	3.86	87	2.25	47.3
2009	CRD	Rk	GCL	2	2	4.0	0	1	4	1	3	0	91	9.0	2.3	0.0	6.8	0%	.308	1.25	2.56	4.50	96	3.91	82.3
2010	SLN	MLB	NL	28	28	163.3	13	8	151	64	132	9	89	8.3	3.5	0.5	7.3	0%	.292	1.32	3.43	2.70	90	3.95	89.3
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	32	32	194.7	13	7	207	50	156	15	96	9.6	2.3	0.7	7.2	0%	.318	1.32	3.19	3.56	85	3.71	86.3
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	20	20	121.7	7	7	136	30	98	7	97	10.1	2.2	0.5	7.2	0%	.339	1.36	3.00	3.92	83	2.84	65.1
2012	SFD	AA	TEX	2	2	10.3	1	0	8	0	11	2	93	7.0	0.0	1.7	9.6	0%	.231	0.77	3.66	5.23	87	3.13	65.2
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	1	1	5.0	0	1	4	3	8	1	90	7.2	5.4	1.8	14.4	0%	.333	1.40	4.86	3.60	77	3.00	62.6
2012	CRD	Rk	GCL	1	1	2.3	0	0	4	0	1	0	107	15.4	0.0	0.0	3.9	0%	.444	1.71	2.57	0.00	99	6.44	134.2
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	9	9	55.3	5	2	57	15	43	6	103	9.3	2.4	1.0	7.0	0%	.300	1.30	3.69	3.58	82	2.98	71.4
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	7	7	43.7	3	1	39	7	39	6	104	8.0	1.4	1.2	8.0	0%	.271	1.05	3.79	4.12	94	3.21	78.6
2014	SFD	AA	TEX	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	1	2	1	100	13.5	4.5	4.5	9.0	0%	.500	2.00	9.12	9.00	107	6.55	138.6
2014	MEM	AAA	PCL	1	1	5.0	0	0	3	2	5	1	84	5.4	3.6	1.8	9.0	0%	.167	1.00	5.49	3.60	103	3.65	77.3
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	20	20	129.7	10	6	106	30	97	6	92	7.4	2.1	0.4	6.7	0%	.267	1.05	3.02	2.43	85	2.76	64.5
2015	PEO	A	MID	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	97	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.8	0%	.000	0.00	1.59	0.00	74	2.28	50.1
2015	SFD	AA	TEX	1	1	6.0	1	0	6	0	6	1	106	9.0	0.0	1.5	9.0	0%	.313	1.00	3.46	3.00	90	3.82	83.7
2015	MEM	AAA	PCL	1	1	2.7	0	1	6	2	3	0	85	20.3	6.8	0.0	10.1	0%	.546	3.00	4.72	16.88	99	8.28	181.7
2016	SLN	MLB	NL	32	30	171.7	10	13	179	57	150	26	91	9.4	3.0	1.4	7.9	58%	.305	1.37	4.52	4.67	92	3.88	85.9
2017	ATL	MLB	NL	18	18	113.0	4	7	108	41	85	12	93	8.6	3.3	1.0	6.8	56%	.287	1.32	4.16	4.30	95	4.22	89.9
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	1	1	6.7	1	0	8	3	7	0	105	10.8	4.1	0.0	9.5	47%	.421	1.65	2.39	4.05	106	5.23	111.4
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	8	8	37.3	0	3	41	20	37	6	104	9.9	4.8	1.4	8.9	54%	.327	1.63	4.85	4.82	103	4.48	95.4
2018	CHN	MLB	NL	8	1	7.7	0	1	6	6	4	0	102	7.0	7.0	0.0	4.7	54%	.250	1.57	4.42	4.70	107	5.64	126.1
2018	TOR	MLB	AL	25	13	74.3	3	6	76	38	69	13	106	9.2	4.6	1.6	8.4	43%	.297	1.53	5.26	5.93	114	6.34	141.6
2018	DUN	A+	FSL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.53	0.00	63	2.72	57.5
2018	HER	Wnt	LMP	4	3	15.0	1	0	14	7	8	0	98	8.4	4.2	0.0	4.8	0%	.318	1.40	3.37	3.00	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	258	0.4767	0.4341	0.8304	0.6098	0.2741	0.9467	0.5946	0.1696
2010	2577	0.4622	0.4397	0.7590	0.6071	0.2958	0.8728	0.5585	0.2410
2011	2965	0.4728	0.4533	0.7507	0.5913	0.3295	0.8830	0.5379	0.2493
2012	1753	0.4957	0.4735	0.7398	0.5949	0.3541	0.8897	0.4920	0.2602
2013	826	0.4467	0.4734	0.7468	0.6206	0.3545	0.8646	0.5802	0.2532
2014	631	0.4849	0.4818	0.7368	0.6176	0.3538	0.8783	0.5043	0.2632
2015	1850	0.4984	0.4784	0.7966	0.6421	0.3157	0.9105	0.5666	0.2034
2016	2556	0.4820	0.4480	0.7834	0.5942	0.3119	0.8661	0.6368	0.2166
2017	2488	0.4252	0.4522	0.7360	0.6314	0.3196	0.8743	0.5339	0.2640
2018	1377	0.4328	0.4292	0.7834	0.6292	0.2766	0.9147	0.5556	0.2166
Career	17281	0.4669	0.4549	0.7616	0.6113	0.3185	0.8838	0.5565	0.2384

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
2014-06-21	-	60-DL	-	-	Left	Shoulder	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome		-
2014-03-21	2014-05-18	15-DL	58	43	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2013-05-18	2013-10-31	60-DL	166	121	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Partial Labrum Tear and Partial Rotator Cuff	2013-05-24
2012-10-09	2012-10-23	DTD	14	0	Left	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum with Rotator Cuff Strain and Inflammation	-
2012-06-06	2012-08-19	60-DL	74	64	Left	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum and Partial Rotator Cuff	-
2012-06-05	2012-06-05	On-Alr	0	0	-	Hip	Soreness		-	-
2012-06-05	2012-06-05	On-Alr	0	0	-	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2012-05-27	2012-06-05	DTD	9	8	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-	-
2009-03-27	2009-08-19	60-DL	145	121	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2008-09-08
2008-08-27	2008-09-29	15-DL	33	29	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2008-09-08
2007-07-20	2007-09-16	Minors	58	0	Left	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	SLN	$400,000
2010	SLN	$400,000
2011	SLN	$437,000
2012	SLN	$3,375,000
2013	SLN	$5,875,000
2014	SLN	$7,875,000
2015	SLN	$9,375,000
2016	SLN	$11,500,000
2017	ATL	$12,000,000
2018	TOR	$8,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$59,237,000
10 yr	Total	$59,237,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 47 d	Moye Sports	1 year/$10M (2018), 2019 option

Details

1 year/$10M (2018), plus 2019 club option. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/15/18. 18:$8M, 19:$10M club option ($2M buyout). Annual performance bonuses: $0.5M each for 150, 160, 170, 180 innings pitched. DFA by Toronto 8/25/18. Released by TOR 8/29/18. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 9/1/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 9/4/18. Elected free agency 10/29/18. Retired 1/19.
4 years/$27M (2012-15), plus 2016, 2017 club options. Signed extension with St. Louis 7/13/11. $0.5M signing bonus. 12:$3.25M, 13:$5.75M, 14:$7.75M, 15:$9.25M, 16:$11.5M club option, $0.5M buyout. 17:$12M club option, $0.5M buyout. St. Louis exercised 2016 option 11/2/15. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from St. Louis 12/1/16. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Atlanta 7/24/17, with Twins paying $4,524,590 remaining in salary. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Minnesota 7/30/17. Yankees pay a pro-rated portion of Major League minimum ($184,180), with Twins responsible for balance of 2017 salary ($3,946,967).
1 year/$0.437M (2011). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11.
1 year/$0.4M (2010). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/4/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/28/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by St. Louis 7/10/08.
Drafted by St. Louis 2005 (22-680) (Mission HS, Texas).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	L	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	8.5	18	18	101.0	80	36	87	11	.252	1.15	3.42	3.69	-5.3	-0.6
80^o	8.5	17	17	94.6	80	36	81	11	.265	1.23	3.78	4.07	-8.8	-1.0
70^o	8.4	16	16	90.2	80	36	78	11	.275	1.29	4.04	4.36	-11.1	-1.2
60^o	8.4	16	16	86.5	80	36	74	11	.283	1.34	4.27	4.6	-12.9	-1.4
50^o	8.3	15	15	83.0	80	36	71	11	.290	1.40	4.48	4.84	-14.5	-1.6
40^o	8.3	14	14	79.7	79	36	68	11	.298	1.45	4.70	5.07	-15.8	-1.7
30^o	8.2	14	14	76.1	79	36	65	10	.306	1.50	4.94	5.33	-17.2	-1.9
20^o	8.1	13	13	72.1	78	35	62	10	.315	1.57	5.22	5.63	-18.6	-2.0
10^o	7.9	12	12	66.6	77	35	57	10	.328	1.67	5.62	6.07	-20.3	-2.2
Weighted Mean	8.3	15	15	82.6	79	35	71	10	.288	1.38	4.46	4.81	-14.1	-1.5

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Jaime García threw 17,703 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (81mph), Change (82mph) and Curve (73mph).