Outfielder Avisail Garcia has signed a two year, $20 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Garcia had a resurgent year in 2019 in his lone season with the Tampa Bay Rays hitting a career high 20 HR along with .282 batting average and 72 RBI for the AL Wild Card winner. Originally a member of the Detroit Tigers who made his debut in 2012 when the team won the AL pennant, Garcia was traded to the Chisox during the 2013 trade deadline in the deal which involved Jake Peavy being sent to the Boston Red Sox.
The Venezuelan born Garcia would become an everyday player in 2015. His best season came in 2017 when he finished second in the AL in batting average (.330) to Jose Altuve with a career high 80 RBI and his first All-Star Game selection. But a hamstring injury in 2018 limited Garcia to 93 games with his average falling nearly 100 points to .236. Garcia became the odd man out on the South Side of Chicago with the signing of Cuban sensation Eloy Jimenez. But Garcia proved to be a $6 million bargain in St. Pete.
With Mike Moustakas departing for Cincinnati, Garcia will have the task of providing protection for Christian Yelich in the Brewers order. He doesn't quite have Moustakas' production but is proven hitter. Garcia also has a rifle of an arm in right field. This is a solid signing.
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