Fish Stripes · Mar 9, 2023
2023 Marlins Season Preview: Avisaíl García
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OF Avisaíl García
AL All-Star selection in 2017
Signed with Marlins on November 28, 2021 for 4 years/$53M.
2023 is his age-32 season
Heath Bell, Wei-Yin Chen, Mike Morse...Avisaíl García? If 2022 was representative of the player he’s going to be moving forward, the Venezuelan outfielder is a candidate to be added to this infamous list of terrible Marlins free agent signings. At age 31, García recorded career lows in batting average (.224), OPS+ (65), and WAR (-1.1). He also set a career high in strikeout percentage (28.7).