Year | W | L | Sv | Hold | IP | H | BB | SO | ER | ERA | WHIP | Rate |
2025 proj | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 46.0 | 41 | 14 | 54 | 21 | 4.01 | 1.185 | 11.3 |
2025 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 42.0 | 38 | 16 | 47 | 15 | 3.21 | 1.286 | 36.0 |
2024 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 59.7 | 55 | 16 | 75 | 28 | 4.22 | 1.190 | 14.4 |
2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 26 | 12 | 33 | 13 | 3.66 | 1.188 | 10.4 |
Date | News |
8/02/25 | Bruce Bochy doubles down on closer after Rangers' collapse vs. Mariners. The Texas Rangers had Friday night's game against the Seattle Mariners in the bag. Bruce Bochy's team took a 3-2 lead into the ninth inning on the road. Robert Garcia, who has been Texas' closer, came in to get the final three outs. Bochy is in the final year of his contract. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers... |
7/22/25 | Rangers' Chris Young reveals Texas' potential trade deadline focus. The Texas Rangers struggled to stay around the .500 mark throughout the first half of the season. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has tried his best to turn things around, including getting himself ejected multiple times. With the trade deadline looming, Texas has become a team to watch. If they do, team president Chris Young wants an upgrade over Robert Garcia in the bullpen. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers... |
6/11/25 | Robert Garcia's journey from 9-to-5 to Texas Rangers' closer role as improbable as it gets. Ross Fenstermaker was a professional scout in the Texas Rangers organization when he swung by a UC Davis baseball game on a spring day nine years ago and watched a big, burly left-handed pitcher throw for his alma mater. “Hey,” Fenstermaker, now the Rangers' general manager, said that day in a text to an area scout who kept tabs on California amateurs, “I think this guy is pretty good.” Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/06/... |
3/03/25 | Robert Garcia believes he has 'ability to do it all,' including Texas Rangers' closer role. Texas Rangers left-handed pitcher Robert Garcia, whom the club acquired in exchange for first baseman Nathaniel Lowe this winter, would like to toss hit hat into the ring for one of the few key open roles on the major league depth chart. “I see myself as a closer at some point in my career,” Garcia said Monday afternoon. Bochy described Garcia as “a big part” of the team's high-leverage plan Saturday morning but couched that with the fact that there aren't any defined roles at this stage of camp. Be the smartest Rangers fan. Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/03/... |
3/01/25 | Texas Rangers Closer Candidate to Make Spring Training Debut Next Week. Jacob deGrom wasn't the only Texas Rangers pitcher that received the date for his first spring training game on Saturday. Robert Garcia, the right-handed reliever acquired in the Nathaniel Lowe trade, will make his debut on Monday in Cactus League action, per The Dallas Morning News. Manager Bruce Bochy revealed the plan at the same time he told reporters that deGrom, the team's top starting pitcher, would throw a live bullpen on Saturday and would make his spring training debut on Friday. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/texas-rangers-... |
2/19/25 | Peace of mind restored for Texas Rangers RP Robert Garcia as lefty returns to mound. This Rangers update is brought to you by Ben and Jerry's makers of “Cheery Garcia,” news. While the Rangers on Wednesday raved about the explosiveness they've seen from Adolis García early in camp, there was encouraging news on the other Garcia front, too. Newly added lefty reliever Robert Garcia seems to have put his bout of forearm irritation behind him. “All the symptoms from before are gone,” Garcia said Wednesday. Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/02/... |
2/15/25 | The Texas Rangers are being cautious with pitchers Robert Garcia, Emiliano Teodo. Newly-acquired reliever Robert Garcia, who may have a late-inning role, may be eager to make an impression on his new team. Garcia, acquired from Washington in the Nathaniel Lowe trade, has yet to throw a bullpen this spring after arriving with some nerve irritation in his left (throwing) forearm. The Rangers believe the injury to be minor, but, given the time at the outset of camp, want to be cautious and relayed that to Garcia in a meeting with Bochy and pitching coach Mike Maddux. Bochy said the Rangers anticipate Garcia throwing bullpens in another “two or three extra days.” Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/02/... |
1/05/25 | Washington Nationals Have Two Significant Tasks Left This Offseason. The Nationals dealt reliever Robert Garcia to the Texas Rangers for Nathaniel Lowe, which helps solve their first base issue. Washington also lured Josh Bell back on a one-year deal to, most likely, be the team's everyday designated hitter. On the mound, the two major moves are in the rotation, where the Nationals brought back Trevor Williams on a two-year deal and signed Michael Soroka on a one-year deal. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/nationals/news/washington-n... |
12/27/24 | Gleyber Torres Turned Down Washington Nationals Over Position Change: Report. Turns out, the Washington Nationals have been busier in free agency than originally thought, according to the New York Post's Jon Heyman. The Nationals have been looking for answers at both first base and third base this offseason. Washington found its answer at first base right before Christmas Day with a trade, dealing reliever Robert Garcia to the Texas Rangers for Nathaniel Lowe. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/nationals/news/gleyber-torr... |
12/23/24 | Texas Rangers continue bullpen rebuild with Shawn Armstrong signing. Is Kirby Yates next?. The Texas Rangers' bullpen reconstruction project reached the final stages. By trading for lefty Robert Garcia on Sunday and signing right-hander Shawn Armstrong to a one-year deal Monday, the Rangers have added four experienced arms to the middle of the bullpen this month. “I'm very happy with the moves we've made,” said President of Baseball Operations Chris Young, who shoved a trade and two free agent deals into a family Christmas trip to Florida. Be the smartest Rangers fan. Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2024/12/... |
4/23/24 | LHP Garcia 2nd Nats player to go on IL with flu. Left-hander Robert Garcia is the second Nationals player to go on the injured list with the flu, joining catcher Keibert Ruiz. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40010772/lhp-r... |
9/14/23 | Robert Garcia and the ‘elite pitch’ that is shaping his Nats future. The Nationals claimed Garcia off waivers from the Marlins on Aug. 1. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/09/14/r... |