Bryan Garcia
Bryan Garcia is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.Career
Garcia attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida, where he played for the school's baseball team as a starting pitcher. In 2013, as a senior, he had a 8–1 win–loss record with a 1.23 earned run average. He was not selected in the 2013 MLB draft out of high school and enrolled at the University of Miami, where he played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. In 2016, working as a relief pitcher, he went 2–0 with a 1.89 ERA in 38 innings, set the Miami career record for saves, and won the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.
The Detroit Tigers selected Garcia in the sixth round, with the 175th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed with the Tigers, and made his professional debut with the Connecticut Tigers of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League, and was later promoted to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Class A Midwest League; in 18.2 total innings between both teams, he posted an 0–2 record and 2.41 ERA. He began 2017 with West Michigan and earned promotions to the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League, and the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League. In 52 total games between the four teams, Garcia pitched to a 5–3 record, 2.13 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP.
Garcia tore his ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow in February 2018 and underwent Tommy John surgery on February 15, missing the whole 2018 season. Garcia returned in May 2019, and played for Lakeland, Erie, and Toledo during the 2019 minor league season. He went a combined 3–0 with a 3.05 ERA in 41 innings.
On September 1, 2019, the Tigers selected Garcia's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut on September 2 versus the Minnesota Twins, pitching a scoreless inning in relief.
