Rico GarcíaBAL · RP

2026 review

Rico García was a swing-and-miss reliever for BAL, his 14.2 SwStr% over 997 pitches the 47th highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, and it showed up in a 3.09 ERA and 0.97 WHIP in 67.0 IP across 75 games, with 5 W, 1 L, 10 SV, 19 HLD and 6 BS, and a 25.7 K% and 8.3 BB% over 265 BF. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 509, he finished 198th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 27th of 575 relief pitchers. His best month was May at a 0.77 ERA in 11.2 IP against a 6.97 ERA in 10.1 IP in Jun. By early May the TDK LABS card liked what it was seeing from him but still had him behind the incumbent closer once that pitcher's health checked out clean; by late Jun it had him back in middle relief with no save path. By late Sep the card had turned, calling him a dominant ninth-inning presence and naming him Baltimore's primary closer.