Among National League hurlers, only renowned sinkerballers Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe and Jake Westbrook finished with higher ground-to-flyout ratios than Garcia's 1.95 figure this season. The 24-year-old lefty had Tommy John surgery in 2008 but seems to have suffered no ill effects—just ask the Mets, the team Garcia nearly no-hit in his second start of the season. Armed with three average-to-plus pitches, he finished fourth in the National League ERA race at 2.70. One has to go back to Hideo Nomo's 2.45 ERA in '95 to find a rookie qualifier who topped that.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Jaime Garcia Named To Baseball America's 2010 All-Rookie Team
SP Jaime Garcia • Cardinals
Among National League hurlers, only renowned sinkerballers Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe and Jake Westbrook finished with higher ground-to-flyout ratios than Garcia's 1.95 figure this season. The 24-year-old lefty had Tommy John surgery in 2008 but seems to have suffered no ill effects—just ask the Mets, the team Garcia nearly no-hit in his second start of the season. Armed with three average-to-plus pitches, he finished fourth in the National League ERA race at 2.70. One has to go back to Hideo Nomo's 2.45 ERA in '95 to find a rookie qualifier who topped that.
Among National League hurlers, only renowned sinkerballers Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe and Jake Westbrook finished with higher ground-to-flyout ratios than Garcia's 1.95 figure this season. The 24-year-old lefty had Tommy John surgery in 2008 but seems to have suffered no ill effects—just ask the Mets, the team Garcia nearly no-hit in his second start of the season. Armed with three average-to-plus pitches, he finished fourth in the National League ERA race at 2.70. One has to go back to Hideo Nomo's 2.45 ERA in '95 to find a rookie qualifier who topped that.
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