Rich Garces  
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox

Pitching
I love Garces's sinker. This thing plummets like a rock at 59 feet. Garces can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
With a decent slide step and his constant attention to the running game, Garces limits the damage done by basestealers. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Garces is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Garces has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 SEA 67 55 60 64 56 48 51 51 53 43 0 67 0 62 0 0 23 2 Overhand Active 0 3 13 54 281
1999 SEA 67 62 67 67 56 48 51 51 53 43 0 67 0 65 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 264
2000 SEA 69 62 75 76 56 48 51 51 53 51 0 67 0 65 0 0 25 4 Overhand DL 0 0 0 66 294
2001 SEA 70 64 81 81 56 48 51 51 53 56 0 78 0 67 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 324
2002 PIT 74 65 81 85 56 48 51 51 53 60 0 85 0 67 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 342
2003 PIT 74 70 81 89 56 48 51 51 53 62 0 85 0 69 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 356
2004 PIT 79 71 81 91 56 48 51 51 53 64 0 89 0 69 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 369
2005 PIT 78 72 81 91 56 48 51 51 53 64 0 93 0 70 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 372
2006 TEX 78 72 81 93 56 48 51 51 53 64 0 95 0 71 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 376
2007 TEX 78 70 81 93 56 48 51 51 53 65 0 96 0 71 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 374
2008 TEX 81 74 81 93 56 48 51 51 53 65 0 96 0 71 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 382
2009 TEX 81 74 81 93 56 48 51 51 53 66 0 97 0 71 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 382
2010 BOS 81 74 81 93 56 48 51 51 53 66 0 97 0 71 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 381
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1             -1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.