Luis García, 22, played in 25-straight games after he was called up back on June 1st, putting up a fairly impressive .337/.347/.500 line with eight doubles, a triple, two home runs, a walk, and 19 Ks in 101 plate appearances. His manager, Davey Martinez, talked this past weekend in Texas about the improvement he’s seen since the shortstop debuted in the majors, at 20, three years back in 2020’s 60-game COVID campaign.
“It was understanding the strike zone more for him, and knowing what balls he can hit,” the fifth-year skipper explained. “What balls he hits hard, locations, and once he did that, then we started seeing that he’s been hitting [a fair] amount of balls in the zone very well, and I know he notices that, so his whole approach is to get the ball in, get the ball up, doesn’t have to be in, doesn’t have to be away, it just has to be up in the zone and he’s putting a good swing on each of those pitches.