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Launcher Justin Garza was thinking of leaving the game he loved during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 while fighting in the minor leagues.
However, when Garza joins the New York Mets now after an agreement with the San Francisco giants, he accredits a thing to save his career.
A video game.
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Boston’s Red Sox holder, Justin Garza, #63, reacts after renouncing a home run to the Minnesota Twins designated the Byron Buxton baton during the first entry in Target Field. (Jeffrey Becker-USA Today Sports)
“MLB The program actually was a great part about me learning to launch and discover how to launch,” Garza told the New York Post. “It’s very realistic sometimes, just playing that video game.”
Garza is not the only player in professional sports who uses video games to prepare for games or rework his mechanics.
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Garza specifically uses Diamond Mode Diamond dynasty, where he said that different camera angles helped him experience how to use his releases. Using the view of a receiver to launch, he began reworking his arsenal.
Although it was not intentional, I was happy to click on the game.
“Once I started playing more and more, it was like, ‘ok, well, I really have a cutter, I have this four costs, I have this change, and maybe my things can play like this,” Garza told The Post.
The relief launcher of the Red Sox of Boston, Justin Garza, #63, launched during the eighth entrance against the Miami Marlins in Fenway Park. (Bob Dichiara-USA Today Sports)
Garza was a selection of eighth draft of the Cleveland Guardians in 2015, but fought in his first taste of the professional ball. He could only publish a season with an effectiveness of children under five years, having an effectiveness of 3.36 in 2018.
However, the rupture of the pandemic saw Garza as a launcher rejuvenated in the mound.
Garza recorded an effectiveness of 1.59 with 31 strikeouts in 14 triple-a columbus games before being called for the first time in his career. He had 21 appearances in 2021 in the big leagues.
He did not return to the big leagues until 2023, this time with Boston’s red socks, but it was not according to the plan. Garza had an effectiveness of 8.35 in 17 appearances (one beginning) before being transferred to the giants.
Justin Garza, #6 of the San Francisco giants, launches a launch in the ninth entrance against the Sacramento River in Sutter Health Park on March 23, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Scott Marshall/Getty Images)
Garza was in Triple-a Sacramento this year before moving to the Mets.
Garza has played a game with the Mets, throwing two thirds of an entry with two strikeouts in his first appearance.
