Luis Garcia Aspirations / Trepidations Thread

[JCA-CrystalCity]

He seems like a happy guy. Cheerful. Fun for teammates. He just never seems like he wants to maximize his talent

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Garcia makes me wonder just how many of the players have gotten better after their callup over the last five years. Young hit well enough after his callup and the 1st half of 2024. Not sure about Gray. Certainly Ruiz didn't improve.  Irvin? Parker?  Maybe Lile.

[blue911]

Garcia makes me wonder just how many of the players have gotten better after their callup over the last five years. Young hit well enough after his callup and the 1st half of 2024. Not sure about Gray. Certainly Ruiz didn't improve.  Irvin? Parker?  Maybe Lile.

Most fail regardless of team

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Most fail regardless of team

it's not so much failing as succeeding for a while, like half a season, then tailing. Not really the Garcia story because he stunk in 2020 and 2021, but Young, Irvin, maybe Wood.

[imref]

DWL stats: 16 games, 66 PAs:  .367 / .409 / .533 / .942, 4BBs, 5Ks, 1HR, 7 2B.

[imref]

Andrew Flax after Garcia Jr's HR yesterday:

It is with a heavy heart I must announce: I am in on Luis Garcia for the fifth straight season.

He's only 25!!!! His xwOBA has improved every season! The ceiling has fallen from "passable 2B with 135 wRC+" to "Arraez-level defender with 120 wRC+", but that's still valuable.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Chasing a white whale

[imref]

So far this season in 9 games / 34 PAs: .324 / .324 / .559 with 3 2B, 1 3B, and 1 HR. He's at .2 WAR after posting just .4 for all of last season. Has yet to take a walk, but has only struck out 4 times.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

So far this season in 9 games / 34 PAs: .324 / .324 / .559 with 3 2B, 1 3B, and 1 HR. He's at .2 WAR after posting just .4 for all of last season. Has yet to take a walk, but has only struck out 4 times.

yyou wonder if there's less of an emphasis  on taking walks for him than  with other guys. He's less of a base stealing threat than CJ, Wood, or Young, so there's less value to him just getting on. Maybe it's more on recognizing pitches he can hit well when he swings. Too early to tell. Never did walk much.