Alcides Escobar fouled a pitch off his knee in an August 30th matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies this past summer, so Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez decided to shift Luis García over to shortstop for the rest of that game, which García started at second, and the manager was asked the next day how he evaluated the 21-year-old infielder at each of the positions at this point in his career.
García, signed out of the Dominican Republic for $1.3M in 2016, has played predominantly at short in the minors on the way up, but with Trea Turner at short in the majors until this past July’s trade to the Dodgers, the young infielder played mostly second base when he came up after Starlin Castro suffered an injury in the 60-game season in 2020.