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Joel Garcia

Minnesota Twins (A)

Age: 22

Bats/Throws: R/R

5'10" / 165

DOB: 7/3/2004

(22 years, 4 months, 12 days)

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Season	2026
Team	MIN
Level	MiLB
G	2
GS	2
IP	7.1
K%	25.0%
BB%	8.3%
GB%	28.6%
ERA	6.14
FIP	3.77
WAR

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How Acquired:	Amateur FA (VEN) Dec'22
Birthplace:	Venezuela

Dec'27

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Season	2026
Team	MIN
Level	MiLB
G	2
GS	2
IP	7.1
K%	25.0%
BB%	8.3%
GB%	28.6%
ERA	6.14
FIP	3.77
WAR

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How Acquired:	Amateur FA (VEN) Dec'22
Birthplace:	Venezuela

Dec'27

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Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2023	MIN	DSL	18	2	2	1	11	2	31.1	11.20	4.31	0.57	.349	60.6%	37.3%	5.3%	4.88		3.95	4.00
2024	MIN	CPX	19	2	1	0	6	5	18.0	8.00	0.00	0.50	.235	69.0%	32.7%	4.2%	1.50		2.77	3.17
2025	MIN	CPX	20	2	4	0	11	11	43.0	10.67	2.51	0.21	.351	66.5%	35.8%	2.1%	3.35		2.47	3.06
2025	MIN	A	20	0	4	0	4	4	11.1	7.15	5.56	2.38	.467	45.5%	33.3%	17.6%	16.68	8.47	8.31	6.45
2025	MIN	MiLB	20	2	8	0	15	15	54.1	9.94	3.15	0.66	.385	58.8%	35.0%	6.3%	6.13	8.47	3.69	3.77
2026	MIN	A	21	0	2	0	2	2	7.1	11.05	3.68	0.00	.381	50.0%	28.6%	0.0%	6.14	10.91	3.77	5.37
2027	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5.11	4.93	1.60	.298	67.4%	38.4%		6.18		6.08	5.93	0.0

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2023	MIN	DSL	18	2	2	1	11	2	31.1	11.20	4.31	0.57	.349	60.6%	37.3%	5.3%	4.88		3.95	4.00
2024	MIN	CPX	19	2	1	0	6	5	18.0	8.00	0.00	0.50	.235	69.0%	32.7%	4.2%	1.50		2.77	3.17
2025	MIN	CPX	20	2	4	0	11	11	43.0	10.67	2.51	0.21	.351	66.5%	35.8%	2.1%	3.35		2.47	3.06
2025	MIN	A	20	0	4	0	4	4	11.1	7.15	5.56	2.38	.467	45.5%	33.3%	17.6%	16.68	8.47	8.31	6.45
2025	MIN	MiLB	20	2	8	0	15	15	54.1	9.94	3.15	0.66	.385	58.8%	35.0%	6.3%	6.13	8.47	3.69	3.77
2026	MIN	A	21	0	2	0	2	2	7.1	11.05	3.68	0.00	.381	50.0%	28.6%	0.0%	6.14	10.91	3.77	5.37
2027	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5.11	4.93	1.60	.298	67.4%	38.4%		6.18		6.08	5.93	0.0

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2023	MIN	DSL	2	2	4.88	11	2		1	1	31.1	144	32	21	17	2	15	2	2	0	39
2024	MIN	CPX	2	1	1.50	6	5		0	0	18.0	68	13	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	16
2025	MIN	CPX	2	4	3.35	11	11		0	0	43.0	177	40	19	16	1	12	2	0	0	51
2025	MIN	A	0	4	16.68	4	4		0	0	11.1	68	24	21	21	3	7	4	1	1	9
2025	MIN	MiLB	2	8	6.13	15	15		0	0	54.1	245	64	40	37	4	19	6	1	1	60
2026	MIN	A	0	2	6.14	2	2		0	0	7.1	36	8	7	5	0	3	3	0	0	9
2027	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	6.18	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0			1

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2023	MIN	DSL	2	2	4.88	11	2		1	1	31.1	144	32	21	17	2	15	2	2	0	39
2024	MIN	CPX	2	1	1.50	6	5		0	0	18.0	68	13	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	16
2025	MIN	CPX	2	4	3.35	11	11		0	0	43.0	177	40	19	16	1	12	2	0	0	51
2025	MIN	A	0	4	16.68	4	4		0	0	11.1	68	24	21	21	3	7	4	1	1	9
2025	MIN	MiLB	2	8	6.13	15	15		0	0	54.1	245	64	40	37	4	19	6	1	1	60
2026	MIN	A	0	2	6.14	2	2		0	0	7.1	36	8	7	5	0	3	3	0	0	9
2027	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	6.18	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0			1

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2023	MIN	DSL	11.20	4.31	2.60	0.57	27.1%	10.4%	16.7%	.252	1.50	.349	60.6%	98	81	3.95
2024	MIN	CPX	8.00	0.00	16.00	0.50	23.5%	0.0%	23.5%	.191	0.72	.235	69.0%	34	61	2.77
2025	MIN	CPX	10.67	2.51	4.25	0.21	28.8%	6.8%	22.0%	.245	1.21	.351	66.5%	82	58	2.47
2025	MIN	A	7.15	5.56	1.29	2.38	13.2%	10.3%	2.9%	.421	2.74	.467	45.5%	395	197	8.31
2025	MIN	MiLB	9.94	3.15	3.16	0.66	24.5%	7.8%	16.7%	.291	1.53	.385	58.8%	148	87	3.69
2026	MIN	A	11.05	3.68	3.00	0.00	25.0%	8.3%	16.7%	.267	1.50	.381	50.0%	127	78	3.77
2027	Steamer	PROJ	5.11	4.93	1.04	1.60	12.1%	11.7%	0.4%	.287	1.72	.298	67.4%			6.08

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2023	MIN	DSL	11.20	4.31	2.60	0.57	27.1%	10.4%	16.7%	.252	1.50	.349	60.6%	98	81	3.95
2024	MIN	CPX	8.00	0.00	16.00	0.50	23.5%	0.0%	23.5%	.191	0.72	.235	69.0%	34	61	2.77
2025	MIN	CPX	10.67	2.51	4.25	0.21	28.8%	6.8%	22.0%	.245	1.21	.351	66.5%	82	58	2.47
2025	MIN	A	7.15	5.56	1.29	2.38	13.2%	10.3%	2.9%	.421	2.74	.467	45.5%	395	197	8.31
2025	MIN	MiLB	9.94	3.15	3.16	0.66	24.5%	7.8%	16.7%	.291	1.53	.385	58.8%	148	87	3.69
2026	MIN	A	11.05	3.68	3.00	0.00	25.0%	8.3%	16.7%	.267	1.50	.381	50.0%	127	78	3.77
2027	Steamer	PROJ	5.11	4.93	1.04	1.60	12.1%	11.7%	0.4%	.287	1.72	.298	67.4%			6.08

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2023	MIN	DSL	0.82	16.9%	37.3%	45.8%	15.8%	5.3%	52.3%	21.6%	26.1%	82	4.00
2024	MIN	CPX	0.67	18.4%	32.7%	49.0%	41.7%	4.2%	40.4%	32.7%	26.9%	69	3.17
2025	MIN	CPX	0.83	21.1%	35.8%	43.1%	17.0%	2.1%	46.0%	25.7%	28.3%	71	3.06
2025	MIN	A	0.94	31.3%	33.3%	35.4%	23.5%	17.6%	41.7%	27.1%	31.3%	150	6.45
2025	MIN	MiLB	0.86	24.2%	35.0%	40.8%	18.8%	6.3%	44.7%	26.1%	29.2%	88	3.77
2026	MIN	A	0.86	38.1%	28.6%	33.3%	57.1%	0.0%	42.9%	28.6%	28.6%	109	5.37
2027	Steamer	PROJ		20.5%	38.4%	41.1%							5.93

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2023	MIN	DSL	0.82	16.9%	37.3%	45.8%	15.8%	5.3%	52.3%	21.6%	26.1%	82	4.00
2024	MIN	CPX	0.67	18.4%	32.7%	49.0%	41.7%	4.2%	40.4%	32.7%	26.9%	69	3.17
2025	MIN	CPX	0.83	21.1%	35.8%	43.1%	17.0%	2.1%	46.0%	25.7%	28.3%	71	3.06
2025	MIN	A	0.94	31.3%	33.3%	35.4%	23.5%	17.6%	41.7%	27.1%	31.3%	150	6.45
2025	MIN	MiLB	0.86	24.2%	35.0%	40.8%	18.8%	6.3%	44.7%	26.1%	29.2%	88	3.77
2026	MIN	A	0.86	38.1%	28.6%	33.3%	57.1%	0.0%	42.9%	28.6%	28.6%	109	5.37
2027	Steamer	PROJ		20.5%	38.4%	41.1%							5.93

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2023	MIN	DSL	31	38	14	6	72	205	277
2024	MIN	CPX	16	24	9	10	55	151	206
2025	MIN	CPX	39	47	23	8	177	368	545
2025	MIN	A	16	17	15	4	94	147	241	86.5	18.3	5	10.4%
2025	MIN	MiLB	55	64	38	12	271	515	786	86.5	18.3	5	10.4%
2026	MIN	A	6	7	8	4	45	70	115	91.6	17.9	2	9.5%
2027	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2023	MIN	DSL	31	38	14	6	72	205	277
2024	MIN	CPX	16	24	9	10	55	151	206
2025	MIN	CPX	39	47	23	8	177	368	545
2025	MIN	A	16	17	15	4	94	147	241	86.5	18.3	5	10.4%
2025	MIN	MiLB	55	64	38	12	271	515	786	86.5	18.3	5	10.4%
2026	MIN	A	6	7	8	4	45	70	115	91.6	17.9	2	9.5%
2027	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1

MLB F-Strike%, SwStr%, CStr%, CSW% are from the Sports Info Solution data source.
All MiLB and Pace data are from Statcast.

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2023	MIN	DSL			71.5%			44.4%		25.7%	39.7%	2.5%	42.2%
2024	MIN	CPX			58.3%			69.2%		45.6%	18.0%	15.0%	33.0%
2025	MIN	CPX			54.1%			64.4%		40.7%	19.3%	13.4%	32.7%
2025	MIN	A	15.3%	72.8%	45.6%	73.3%	83.1%	77.3%	45.3%	38.2%	10.4%	15.4%	25.7%	17.1
2025	MIN	MiLB	15.3%	72.8%	51.5%	73.3%	83.1%	67.9%	45.3%	40.0%	16.5%	14.0%	30.5%	17.1
2026	MIN	A	32.4%	72.7%	47.8%	69.6%	75.0%	72.7%	38.3%	41.7%	13.0%	13.0%	26.1%	19.4

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2023	MIN	DSL			71.5%			44.4%		25.7%	39.7%	2.5%	42.2%
2024	MIN	CPX			58.3%			69.2%		45.6%	18.0%	15.0%	33.0%
2025	MIN	CPX			54.1%			64.4%		40.7%	19.3%	13.4%	32.7%
2025	MIN	A	15.3%	72.8%	45.6%	73.3%	83.1%	77.3%	45.3%	38.2%	10.4%	15.4%	25.7%	17.1
2025	MIN	MiLB	15.3%	72.8%	51.5%	73.3%	83.1%	67.9%	45.3%	40.0%	16.5%	14.0%	30.5%	17.1
2026	MIN	A	32.4%	72.7%	47.8%	69.6%	75.0%	72.7%	38.3%	41.7%	13.0%	13.0%	26.1%	19.4

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A
2023	MIN	DSL	P	11	2	31.1	0	2
2024	MIN	CPX	P	6	5	18.0	1	2
2025	MIN	CPX	P	11	11	43.0	3	3
2025	MIN	A	P	4	4	11.1	0	2
2026	MIN	A	P	2	2	7.1	0	1

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A
2023	MIN	DSL	P	11	2	31.1	0	2
2024	MIN	CPX	P	6	5	18.0	1	2
2025	MIN	CPX	P	11	11	43.0	3	3
2025	MIN	A	P	4	4	11.1	0	2
2026	MIN	A	P	2	2	7.1	0	1

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BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG