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Maikel Garcia

Kansas City Royals3BBats: R · Throws: R

At a glance

This season

.266

OBP

.326

SLG

.378

OPS

.704

3 HR · 30 RBI · 44 K (4%) · 24 BB · 1139 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

.257

RBI

9-for-35

Across 44 starts in the last 60 days, he averages 4.5 plate appearances per game and gets pulled before his third PA in 7% of them.

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season. The dot is the player's position — further right means better, regardless of metric. Computed across 285 plate appearances (223 balls in play).

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA

.322

Avg Exit V

89.8 mph

Barrel %

4.9%

Hard-Hit %

42.6%

Whiff %

14.1%

K %

15.4%

BB %

8.4%

Split by opposing hand

Hits lefties much harder than righties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.333	.250
OBP	.318	.424	.301
SLG	.404	.510	.346
OPS	.722	.934	.647
Sample	—	59 PA	226 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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6 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	18	.481	.790	.426	11.5%	16.7%	53.2%	6.4%	91.7 mph	9.5°
Changeup	19	.263	.368	.217	16.1%	5.3%	25.8%	0.0%	82.6 mph	10.1°
Cutter	27	.315	.444	.330	19.0%	14.8%	62.5%	12.5%	91.8 mph	3.8°
Slider	60	.182	.257	.260	23.1%	26.7%	29.6%	6.0%	84.9 mph	16.6°
Sinker	72	.203	.297	.346	7.0%	13.9%	50.0%	3.6%	92.6 mph	-2.8°
Four-seam	89	.328	.444	.343	12.5%	11.2%	42.7%	5.5%	91.3 mph	14.4°

Ballpark history

Ballpark	PA	HR	AVG	SLG	OPS
KC	4111	15	.280	—	.500
DET	345	2	.282	—	.475
CWS	331	1	.197	—	.339
MIN	327	1	.290	—	.454
CLE	323	1	.226	—	.435