In 2019, while dominating in Double-A, there was a chance that Deivi García could have reached the bigs. Instead, he struggled a bit in Triple-A and his debut was postponed a few months. Enter 2020: the talented righty was called up in the short season to provide a spark to the Yankees’ rotation, and he did just that.
In 34.1 innings, García had a 4.98 ERA, but with a 4.15 FIP. He struck out 8.65 batters per each nine innings. But perhaps more encouragingly, his BB/9 was 1.57. That number is incredible if we consider that, through three minor league levels in 2019, it was 4.