Garabito Earns ERA Title

Wilmington, DE - Wilmington Blue Rocks' starting pitcher Gerson Garabito earned the ERA title in the Carolina League after posting a 3.16 ERA over 26 starts. The right-hander becomes the first Blue Rock to lead the league in earned run average since 2014 when Glenn Sparkman led the circuit with a 1.56 ERA. Garabito also became the fourth Blue Rocks' pitcher to finish in the top-five in ERA in the Carolina League in the last five years.
 

The San Cristobal, Dominican Republic native entered the season as the 18^th-best prospect in the Kansas City Royals' system per Baseball America and spent the entire 2018 season with Wilmington. In his 26 starts, the 23-year-old posted an 8-6 record to go along with his league-leading ERA. In 142.1 innings of work, he allowed just 50 earned runs during that span and held opponents to a .226 batting average against. He put together 13 quality starts and had a strong second half of the season. After going 2-5 with a 4.30 ERA through his first 13 starts at the Advanced-A level, Garabito went an impressive 6-1 with a 2.15 ERA in the same amount of outings in the second half of the campaign.
Along with leading the league in ERA, Garabito also finished in the top-five in the CL in starts (T-1^st, 26), batting average against (2^nd, .226), innings pitched (3^rd, 142.1) and strikeouts (5^th, 116). Garabito also paced all Royals' farmhands in ERA while finishing third in strikeouts.
Last season, Garabito spent the majority of the year in Low-A Lexington and went 4-5 with a 2.81 ERA in 15 starts.
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