The first couple weeks of Spring Training are prime “Best Shape of His Life” season, since there’s little else to talk about.
Usually, those stories are somewhat eye-rollers — these are professional athletes, after all, so they’re either almost always in incredible shape already or were in other-worldly shape in their early 20s.
For Brewers outfield Avisail Garcia, though? That might actually be true.
One of the biggest stories out of the last few days when Garcia reported to his second camp with the Brewers has been the fact that the formerly big-bodied outfielder has lost nearly 40 (FORTY!