Without mentioning any service time considerations, Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo talked in late May, before Luis García was called up on June 1st, about how the club wanted to wait to make sure the 22-year-old infielder was ready to play short in the majors when he came up again after debuting in 2020 and playing 110 games (mostly at second base) in ‘20 and ‘21.
“Luis García is one of our prime prospects,” Rizzo told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies days before the Nationals made the move to call him up.