The Book on Edgar Garcia

Prospect Info

Edgar Garcia
Born 9/20/1987
RHP, PHI

A young, raw, but very promising prospect signed at the tender age of 16 Dominican Years (that is, 18 or 19), Garcia has always shown the potential to bring spectacular stuff to the mound, but his still-developing control and lack of experience have so far made it impossible to judge exactly how good he'll be.

Garcia has a low-90's fastball that will likely get nastier as he matures, along with a workable slider and a changeup that's better than it should be in one so young.

At various levels of minor league ball in the years since, Garcia has been at times dominant, striking out almost 11 per nine innings way back in 2005. At other times, he's looked afraid to throw anything other than a strike, and he's been hammered as a result. In 2008, for example, he dominated high-A hitters in the FSL (8-2, 3.97 ERA), but fell apart after a promotion to AA Reading (1-7, 8.22 ERA).

Given his inability to put together six consecutive good innings and the creaky condition of the Phillies bullpen, it's not impossible that he'll make an appearance with the big-league team before 2010 is over, if only to give the coaches a good look at his performance under the big lights before his age surpasses his potential.

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