DEYBI GARCIA, CATCHER
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Born: February 11, 1992 Height: 5’11” Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right Signed: Int’l Free Agent, 2011, Pittsburgh Pirates How Acquired: International Free Agent Country: Dominican Republic Agent: N/A |
WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES |
Garcia was already 19 when he signed and hasn’t shown much with the bat, but he appears to have some defensive ability behind the plate. He’s shown a good arm, especially in 2013, and he allowed only two passed balls in 61 games caught between 2012 and 2013. He made a quick transition to organizational catcher.
2011 Garcia hit well in very limited playing time in his debut season. 2012 Garcia caught about a third of his team’s games. Other than showing some gap power, he didn’t do much at the plate. 2013 Garcia caught about half his team’s games. He struggled even more at the plate, but threw out 23 of 49 base stealers (47%). 2014 Garcia shared the catching duties at Jamestown with Taylor Gushue and Kevin Krause, catching a little more than a quarter of the team’s games. He may have been called on to catch so much due to minor injuries to Gushue and Krause. He didn’t hit at all. Garcia threw out 23% of base stealers. 2015 Garcia spent the season at Morgantown. He played only sporadically, as he was sharing the backup catcher duties with Daniel Arribas. He didn’t hit at all. Garcia threw out six of 16 base stealers. 2016 Garcia moved down to Bristol. He originally was the third catcher, but he got a lot of playing time after Brent Gibbs got hurt. Garcia again didn’t hit at all, but did manage to collect his first career HR. He threw out 32% of base stealers. Garcia figures to continue filling in somewhere in the lower minors. |
CONTRACT INFORMATION
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2017: Minor League Contract |
PLAYER INFORMATION
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Signing Bonus: N/A MiLB Debut: 2011 MLB Debut: N/A MiLB FA Eligible: 2017 MLB FA Eligible: N/A Rule 5 Eligible: Eligible Added to 40-Man: N/A Options Remaining: 3 MLB Service Time: 0.000 |
TRANSACTIONS
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April 16, 2011: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent. |