MLB · 1B · New York Yankees
Luis García Jr.
B/T L/R · 6' 1" · 216 lb · born New York, NY, USA · age 26 · played 1B 262, DH 22 · MLB debut 2020-08-14
Last 14 days (through 2026-10-09): 1 G · .333 AVG · 0 HR · 1 RBI · .833 OPS
543 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
The card rack
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FlagshipLuis Garcia Jr. #OD-196 · 2026 Topps Now Road To Opening Day · 13 recent sales 7N ▲0%
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The rookieLuis Garcia Jr. · 2024 Topps 206 · 0 recent sales 7N ▲0%
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Scout’s note
Luis García Jr., 26, a New York-born first baseman in his seventh big-league year, owns a .268 career average and 360 RBI across 750 games. His last 10 MLB games: .154 with no extra-base hits and 11 strikeouts — a cold stretch for a bat the Yankees count on.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Jr. here — The Buzz August 3, 2026 · The Overnight: 3-for-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI (July 8, 2026) · 3-for-5, HR, 2B, K (May 25, 2026)
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95108.785
- Deserved (xVal)0.41277
- Got (aVal)0.41783
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped0.01331
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $10.25M
- Tax hit
- $10.25M
- Service time
- 5 yr 142 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal A4
On the sheet: A4 · agent Topline Sports
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, New York Yankees.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $6.88M
- Guaranteed
- $6.88M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Luis García Jr.
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Umpire favor
+3.1 net runs over 54 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Luis García Jr.’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- AL Division Series, Game 3 · NYY vs. TB · 1-3
- AL Division Series, Game 2 · NYY vs. TB · 0-4
- AL Division Series, Game 1 · NYY vs. TB · 0-3
- AL Wild Card Series, Game 2 · NYY vs. BOS · 3-5, HR, 1 RBI
- AL Wild Card Series, Game 1 · NYY vs. BOS · 0-1
The line
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