Garcia handling hot corner, but for how long?

ATLANTA — After objecting to learning how to play left field while at the big league level, Adonis Garcia was sent to Triple-A Gwinnett to play the position on a consistent basis. He returned to the Majors approximately one month later and surprisingly proved to be serviceable enough at third base for the Braves to view him as a bridge to their future.

Rio Ruiz is knocking at the door and Austin Riley — the Braves’ No. 14 prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com — will spend the next couple of years attempting to prove he will be agile enough to remain a third baseman. But as these two prospects continue to develop, it appears Garcia will continue to serve as the Braves’ primary player at the hot corner — a position where he was once on pace to produce historically poor defensive metrics.

Garcia was charged with seven errors through the first 41 chances at third this past season and exited April with an .876 fielding percentage at the position through the first 137 chances (17 errors) of his career. Dating back to 1915, only two third basemen — Luis Olmo and Gabe Alvarez — who have registered a lower fielding percentage with at least 130 chances.

The Braves’ plan to have Garcia adjust to left field at the big league …

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