The Miami Marlins placed right fielder Avisail Garcia on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left hamstring strain. The team also brought up outfielder Dane Myers and right-hander Emmanuel Ramirez from Triple-A Jacksonville and designated left-hander Kent Emanuel for assignment.
The veteran signed a four-year, $53M contract with the Marlins before the 2022 season and has struggled with injuries and ineffectiveness ever since.
The Miami Marlins have gotten off to a dreadful start this season, being swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Angels at home, and that had led to some boos from the Marlins fans, who were expecting the team to be competitive after a trip to the playoffs in the 2023 season.
For Avisail Garcia, this continues an incredible frustrating season. He’s only been able to play 37 games this year, missing almost all of the May-July portion of the season due to a back injury.
At the All-Star break, the Miami Marlins have been one of the surprise teams of the first half of 2023. Here are the Marlins trending up and down in the first half.
The Atlanta Braves have won seven of their past nine games and are going for a sweep of the host Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon, but that doesn't mean they don't have reasons to worry.
The Miami Marlins made a couple of roster moves Tuesday, per the transactions tracker at MLB.com. Outfielder Avisaíl García has been placed on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness, retroactive to April 29, while infielder/outfielder Xavier Edwards has been recalled in a corresponding move.
The bullpen could be a big issue on Tuesday night when the Atlanta Braves open a three-game series against the host Miami Marlins.
It’s easy enough to see the outfield again being a point of focus at the trade deadline, whether the Marlins are looking to add a veteran bat to stay in the wild-card race or looking to acquire a controllable outfielder as part of another selling effort.
Schumaker played in the majors for 11 seasons before becoming a coach, splitting his playing career between the Cardinals, Dodgers and Reds.
Avisail Garcia hit an eighth-inning grand slam against his former team to give the visiting Miami Marlins a 4-2 comeback victory over Milwaukee on Thursday, denying the Brewers an opportunity to move into the final National League wild-card spot.
The Miami Marlins moved outfield Avisail Garcia onto the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left hamstring strain amid a series of moves. It's the same hamstring that landed Garcia on the IL Aug.
Fellow outfielder Peyton Burdick was optioned in a corresponding move.
It’s easy to criticize seemingly bad moves, but some moves are not that bad. Miami Marlins fans seem to generally agree that The Fish signing Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García was bad.
The Miami Marlins placed outfielder Avisail Garcia on the 10-day injured list and activated fellow first baseman/designated hitter Garrett Cooper on Wednesday.
It’s pretty obvious that signing Avisaíl García was a mistake for the Miami Marlins. The unpopular slugger has been dreadful this season, batting .234/.267/.327 and looking list at the plate.
The Miami Marlins need lineup help as recent games show. It’s also time for The Fish to do our best to get rid of Avisail Garcia, who is a bad contract.
What if the Miami Marlins fixed our struggling lineup with a rebound candidate? The Fish gave some serious lineup needs, that we covered here and here.The biggest problem however is likely this.
It’s clear that there’s something wrong with one of the Miami Marlins’ top off-season acquisitions: RF Avisail Garcia. He’s not playing the way he was expected to at all or even close.
Miami reportedly is hopeful that the inflammation is a minor problem.
Tyler Rogers threw an inside pitch on Avisail Garcia that Bill Miller somehow called a strike.
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