It’s not typically you see Adolis García on the bench. However with the Rangers’ proper fielder mired in one of many coldest stretches of his profession, supervisor Bruce Bochy determined to hit pause, sitting García for the primary time all season to provide him a psychological reset after a tough April on the plate.
García’s numbers inform the story. By 24 video games, the two-time All-Star is hitting simply .182 for April, with solely 14 hits in 77 at-bats. His season common is up solely barely at .209, with 4 house runs and a .677 OPS—a world away from the facility manufacturing the Rangers have come to count on.
“It’s truthful to say he’s not seeing the ball effectively proper now,” Bochy admitted earlier than the Rangers took on the Giants. “He’s attempting to get his timing down. That’s what he says—he’s misplaced proper now. So that is in all probability a psychological break, getting him to again off a little bit.”
