Yimi García (born August 18, 1990) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career[edit]

He signed with the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2009 and spent one season with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers before joining the domestic leagues with the Arizona League Dodgers in 2010 and Ogden Raptors in 2011. In 2012, he had a 3.02 ERA in 40 games with the Great Lakes Loons, including 14 saves. In a late season promotion to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes he had a 2.53 ERA in 9 games.

In 2013 he was 4-6 with a 2.54 ERA and 19 saves in 49 games with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts.

The Dodgers added him to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2013 and promoted him to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. In 47 games for the Isotopes, he was 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA.^[1] He was called up to the Dodgers on September 1, 2014. He made his debut that night, in the eighth inning, against the Washington Nationals. He gave up a hit to the first batter he faced, Bryce Harper, and logged his first strikeout in the Major Leagues, working 2 innings and not giving up any runs.^[2] He pitched in eight games for the Dodgers, allowing only two earned runs in 10 innings. He also struck out nine batters while walking only one. Both of the runs he allowed were on solo homers (by Brandon Barnes and Michael McKenry, both of the Rockies).^[3]

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External links[edit]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)