The Yankees signed right-handed pitcher Deivi Garcia for $100,000 on July 2, 2015 out of Bonao, Dominican Republic.

2016

Garcia made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League, where he struck out 61 batters over 48 1/3 innings pitched.  In 12 starts he earned a 1-5 record with a 2.61 ERA while limiting opponents to just a .149 batting average against.  On August 8, 2016 he had one of his best games as a professional, striking out 10 batters in 4 1/3 innings against the DSL Rockies.

2017

He opened the 2017 season back in the Dominican Republic where he was 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA in three games for the DSL Yankees.  The right-hander struck out 18 batters in 15 1/3 innings pitched before being promoted to the Gulf Coast League Yankees West on June 26, 2017.

With the GCL Yankees West, Garcia was 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA in four games, two starts.  He struck out 24 batters in 16 2/3 innings pitched, limiting opposing batters to just a .155 average against him.  His success was good enough for a second promotion to the Pulaski Yankees on July 24, 2017.

With Pulaski, he went 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA in six games, five starts, he struck out 43 batters over 28 innings of work during the regular season.  In the postseason, Garcia made two appearances for Pulaski where he allowed four earned runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched while striking out four and walking five.

2018

Garcia started his season in June with a brief one-game start for the Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League before eventually reporting to the South Atlantic League for his true assignment with the Charleston RiverDogs.

With Charleston he was good, pitching to a 2-4 record with a 3.76 ERA in 40 2/3 innings pitched over eight games started with 63 strikeouts. His time in Charleston was as on August 6 he was promoted to the Tampa Tarpons once again.

In five starts for the Tarpons this past season, Garcia went 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings pitched.  Batters hit just .192 against him, and that performance earned him a promotion to Double-A on September 2.

Garcia went on to have just one start in the regular season for the Trenton Thunder, in that game he did not allow a hit in five innings pitched, striking out seven batters.

Scouting Report

At 5’10” and 163 pounds, Garcia is not an imposing force on the mound.  His fastball is in the low-90s, usually around 91-94 but has hit 96 at times in the past.  He backs it up with a true plus curveball and an average changeup that is developing into an above-average pitch.

Throughout his rise in the farm system, Garcia was praised his maturity and confidence on the mound.  While he does not throw as hard as other pitchers in the system, his pitches tend to play up thanks to the tremendous spin rates he puts up. His delivery generates a lot of deception that batters have trouble picking up at the plate, allowing him to put up some of the strong numbers he had in 2018.

2019 Outlook

Garcia is a surefire candidate to begin the 2019 season in Double-A with the Trenton Thuner where he will get an extended chance to show what he can do against more advanced hitters.