Avisail Garcia Reportedly Drawing Interest From 3 Teams With Brewers Emerging as Favorites
By Karl Rasmussen
Avisail Garcia is looking for his next MLB home after a solid season in Tampa Bay with the Rays.
The outfielder is available on the open market and has reportedly piqued the interest of the Rays (his former employers), Brewers and Marlins. The Brewers seem to be the current frontrunners for Garcia, but nothing is official yet and the two Florida-based teams seem to be very much in play.
Brewers, Rays and Marlins are among teams in on Avisail Garcia @josefriverap 1st mentioned Brewers
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 14, 2019
Garcia slashed .282/.332/.464 with 20 home runs and 72 RBI in 2019, logging a serviceable 2.0 WAR. The 20 long balls were a career high for the 28-year-old.
The outfielder was an AL All-Star in 2017 with the White Sox but has failed to replicate his stellar season since. Injuries have also hampered the Venezuelan native, who appeared in just 93 games in 2018 and 125 games in 2019.
Developing news... Avisail García would be close to an agreement with Milwaukee #Brewers. #MLB
— José F. Rivera (@josefriverap) December 14, 2019
After a down year in 2018, Garcia was impressive in 2019 and could parlay his moderate success into a roster spot in the upcoming campaign.