Garvis Jose Lara is a 6’1″, 175 lb. shortstop from Bani, DR. Born on May 19th, 1996, the lefty batting, righty thrower was signed through the Miami Marlins International free agency program in 2013 for $100,000.
Very few players from each season’s Dominican Summer League squad ever eventually get a taste of the major leagues, somewhere between two-to-five percent. The expectation for these players is somewhere on the order of low-risk, high-reward. Lara’s chances at major league success are slim.
Defensively, Lara has appeared in 126 minor league games at shortstop, and has made 49 errors for a .