Clippard (60.6 percent). Yet his 9.2 percent home runs per fly ball mark was 75th.

Just 25 years old, the right-hander has some other numbers that might lead one to believe that the best is yet to come, and with some experience and more pitching savvy, he has a bright future ahead of him.

Garcia is primarily a two-pitch pitcher — fourseam fastball and slider. That fourseam fastball produced 33.99 whiffs per swing, according to Baseball Prospectus, which ranked fifth among relievers. His 31.98 percent put-away percentage — the PITCHf/x leaderboard term for whiff rate with two strikes, was second behind Aroldis Chapman at 32.09 percent.

His slider allowed the fourth lowest slugging percentage (.167) and 20th lowest batting average (.167), according to Baseball Prospectus, among relief pitchers who threw thepitch at least 200 times. It’s less of a swing and miss pitch and more of an out-getting pitch.

Garcia has the makings of being an elite reliever if he learns to use the pitches better in tandem, and maybe continues develop a changeup that he threw just 11 times, according to Brooks Baseball.

On top of all that, Garcia was efficient last year. He averaged 14.6 pitches per inning, 17th best in the Majors. On June 7, he recorded four outs on just four pitches against St. Louis, becoming the first reliever to record four outs on four pitches in an appearance since the Rangers’ Brian Shouse on May 27, 2003 at Tampa Bay.

Garcia also allowed 22.7 percent of inherited runners to score (five of 27 inherited runners), well