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- Updated: May 25, 2016
CHICAGO – Avisail Garcia is a 24-year-old full-time designated hitter who has hit eighth, seventh and eighth over his last three games after sitting for three straight.
That combination of facts doesn’t exactly suggest the highest level of confidence from the organization in a player pegged as a five-tool talent when acquired via trade in 2013. But the White Sox still have his back, although they continue to wait for Garcia’s consistency in approach to shine through.
“Work is there. Talent is there,” hitting coach Todd Steverson said of Garcia. “He wants to hit so bad that sometimes he gets on a go, go level and finds himself swinging at a pitch that probably isn’t conducive to success right out of the gate. And the reflection afterwards is, ‘Why did I do that?’ And that’s the answer. You have to ask yourself, ‘Why did you do it?'”
Added manager Robin Ventura: “He’s going to be out there playing. For him, he just continues to grind through it and get out there and play. Yeah, we are with him.”
Garcia entered Wednesday afternoon’s series finale hitting .176 with 11 strikeouts and one …
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