Christian Garcia

ABOUT CHRISTIAN GARCIA

Right-handed pitcher who debuted with the Washington Nationals in 2012.

He was a pitcher and switch-hitting catcher at Gulliver Preparatory School in Florida.

His favorite baseball players growing up were Ivan Rodriguez and Roger Clemens .

He was born and raised in Miami, Florida.

One of his pitches became his knuckle-curve, which he developed while watching 270-game-winner and seven-time Gold Glove-winner Mike Mussina .