Rico Garcia #54

Attended St. Louis School (Hawaii) and Hawaii Pacific University...Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 30th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft...Signed by the New York Mets to a Minor League contract, Nov. 11, 2024.

2024

Spent the entire season with Rochester (AAA) in the Nationals organization...Made 55 appearances and pitched to a 3.94 ERA (27 ER/61.1 IP) while recording 20 saves.

2023

Started the season with the Oakland Athletics organization and appeared in seven games in the majors... Posted an 8.31 ERA (8 ER/8.2 IP) with the club...Signed with the Nationals on July 15 and appeared in three games...Allowed four runs over 3.0 innings...Spent most of his season with Las Vegas (AAA) and he pitched in 22 games while recording a 3.20 ERA (9 ER/25.0 IP)…He also pitched in two games for Rochester (AAA) and had a 1-1 record even though he only completed 2.1 innings for them.

2022

Completed his comeback from “Tommy John” surgery in 13 months and combined for a 4-1 record, the first three saves of his career and a 1.99 ERA in 24 minor league appearances, including three starts, with High-A Aberdeen, Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk…also posted a 4.50 ERA and .783 opponents OPS in six relief appearances over three stints with Baltimore...Had a .250 opponents batting average with the Orioles, which broke down to .188 (3-for-16) with a .485 opponents OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .313 (5-for-16) with a 1.076 OPS and both of his home runs against right-handers…his career splits are .250 with an .817 OPS against lefties, .350 with a 1.043 OPS against righties...Stranded all three of his inherited runners but first batters faced were 3-for-4 with two walks...Struck out 60 in 45.1 innings as a minor leaguer, an average of 11.91 strikeouts per nine innings...Held the opposition to a .188 batting average, including .177 (14-for-79) with a .544 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .198 (17-for-86) with a .642 OPS against right-handers...Yielded a .132 average with runners in scoring position…five of the six home runs he allowed came with the bases empty...Stranded his only inherited runner and first batters faced were 6-for-18 (.333) with three walks...Allowed a .125 batting average with two strikes...Combined for a 0.84 ERA in his home ballpark and a 0.73 ERA during day games...Tossed at least one inning in 23 of his 24 appearances, including two or more 17 times…his season-high was 3.0 innings three times...Was named an Orioles Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com.

2021

Spent the entire season on the Injured List after being diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in Spring Training and undergoing season-ending "Tommy John" surgery...Was a non-roster invitee to the San Francisco Giants Spring Training.

2020

Made his first career Opening Day roster with SF and appeared in 12 games posting a 5.40 ERA...Bounced back and forth from the big leagues to the Alternate Training Site three different times...Earned his first career win on Sept. 17 vs. Seattle.

2019

Was invited to Rockies Spring Training, marking his first time in Major League camp... Made his Major League debut with Colorado on August 27 at Boston...allowed six runs on seven hits in 5.0 innings of work...also made one relief appearance for the Rockies on September 17 and allowed one run in 1.0 inning of work...Split the season between Double-A Hartford and Triple-Albuquerque, combining to go 10-6 with a 4.24 ERA (61er, 129.1ip) in 26 starts... Went 8-2 with a 1.85 ERA (14er, 68.0ip) and a .179 opponents average in 13 starts with Double-A Hartford before being promoted to Triple-A.