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“I just feel at home”; why Saul Garza chose to sign with the Royals

It wasn’t a typical college season for Saul Garza. After playing with the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod League last summer, Garza returned to Baton Rouge for what he thought would be a promising junior year at LSU. But disaster struck when college baseball, and the rest of the world for that matter, was shut down due to COVID-19.

“After the season ended, I spent a few days with my teammates,” Garza said in a phone interview. “It’s tough for all of us just cause of the bond that we had and everything we had coming into the season.