Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Slipping down batting order
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Garcia is starting in right field and batting eighth against the White Sox on Saturday.
Garcia has operated out of the cleanup spot in the Rangers' order for much of the season, but he will bat eighth for the second straight game. Since the beginning of May, Garcia has slashed .192/.235/.315 with one steal, two home runs, nine RBI and a 25.9 percent strikeout rate across 81 plate appearances. Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung, Jake Burger and Joc Pederson will operate in the heart of the Rangers' lineup for Saturday's contest.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Cracks sixth homer in win
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 8-3 win over Colorado.
Wednesday marked the 10th multi-hit game of the season by Garcia, who notched his sixth home run of the campaign as well. The veteran outfielder has hit in the cleanup spot in six of Texas' last seven games, but he's batting a mere .185 with two doubles and four RBI during this span. Fantasy managers should remain patient with Garcia, who entered Wednesday with an elite 15.7 percent barrel rate on the season.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Swipes fifth bag in win
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Garcia went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Tigers.
Garcia doubled and scored in the second inning before crossing the plate again after a stolen base in the third. The 32-year-old entered Sunday in an 0-for-11 skid, though he does have three multi-hit efforts across 10 games in May. On the season, he's hitting .225 with five home runs, 22 RBI, 13 runs scored and five steals across 157 plate appearances.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Drives in two runs Wednesday
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Rangers.
Garcia gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, when he took Tanner Houck deep to left field for a solo homer, and the outfielder added another run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly to center field. Garcia has been hot at the plate as of late, going 6-for-10 with one home run and five RBI over his last three games, and his OPS now sits at .706 through 138 plate appearances this year.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Perfect day at dish
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Garcia went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in Tuesday's win against Boston.
Garcia singled three times, drew a walk and hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the 6-1 victory. It was his fourth multi-hit performance over his last seven games, but he failed to record a hit in the other three appearances. His season OPS only went up from .643 to .679 during that span, and he's collected just one extra-base hit over his last 12 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Logs multiple hits again
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 loss to the Athletics.
While the team slipped back into its offensive funk after exploding for 15 runs Tuesday, Garcia posted two hits for a second consecutive game and was the lone Ranger to deliver with runners in scoring position. He's ready to put April behind him; Garcia batted .204/.250/.312 over 25 games during the month and was recently dropped to seventh in the batting order.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Fills box score in rout
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Athletics.
Garcia was one of three Rangers to log three RBI in Tuesday's rout, and each of his RBI came on a bases-clearing double during Texas' eight-run barrage in the sixth inning. The veteran slugger, who batted seventh in the order for a second consecutive game, still has just one extra-base hit in his last six games and hasn't homered in any of his last eight, batting .191 with two big flies, 10 RBI, eight runs scored over 89 at-bats in April. Garcia does have three stolen bases during that span, though.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Gets break amid slump
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Texas manager Bruce Bochy held Garcia out of the starting lineup Saturday for the first time this season, Henry Schulman of MLB.com reports.
Bochy wanted to give Garcia a mental break amid a 3-for-17 road trip and a rough April overall -- he's slashing .182/.229/.299 through 21 games on the month. "It's fair to say he's not seeing the ball well right now," the manager said. "He's trying to get his timing down. That's what he says -- he's lost right now." Josh Smith replaced Garcia in right field.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Smacks walk-off homer
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a walk-off, two-run homer in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
Garcia ended Saturday's game in dramatic fashion, taking Kirby Yates deep to left field for a two-run home run to give the Rangers their 13th win of the season. Garcia is up to four home runs on the season, two of which have come over his last three outings. He has gone 10-for-36 with two stolen bases, four runs scored, two home runs and five RBI over his last 10 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Productive start continues in win
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's win over the Angels.
After plating a run on a sacrifice fly in the first frame, Garcia launched a 382-foot shot into left-center field to give Texas a 4-1 lead in the third inning. He also struck out twice and has been punched out multiple times in three of the past four games. While the slugging outfielder is batting just .226 over his first 62 at-bats of the year, Garcia has remained productive by piling up three homers, five doubles, seven RBI and four stolen bases through 19 outings.
Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Snaps hitless skid in blowout loss
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Garcia went 1-for-3 in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Cubs.
Although he snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a single in the first inning Monday, Garcia remains without an RBI in his last seven games. The veteran outfielder has now gone just 6-for-34 (.176) with just four RBI so far, but he does have two home runs, three doubles, three walks and two stolen bases through 11 outings.
Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 3-2 win over Boston.
Garcia hit the second of two Texas solo home runs in the sixth inning to erase Boston's lead. It was the second homer in as many days for Garcia, who told Jack Magruder of MLB.com at the start of spring training that his goal is to hit 50 home runs. He reworked his swing during the offseason in an effort to bounce back from a career-low .684 OPS in 2024.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Drives in three runs Saturday
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Garcia went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a two-run double in Saturday's 4-3 win over Boston.
Garcia went 0-for-6 across the first two games of the series, but he played a pivotal role in Texas' win Saturday. He got the Rangers on the board with a two-run double in the first inning, and in his next plate appearance he took Walker Buehler long for a 414-foot solo homer in the fourth frame. Garcia had a down year by his standards last season and is looking to return to his 2023 form, when he registered a .836 OPS with 39 home runs and 107 RBI in 637 plate appearances.
Garcia started in right field and went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's spring game against the Giants.
Garcia returned from a mild oblique strain after an eight-day absence Wednesday as the DH, but the pause in his spring doesn't seem to be an issue. "His timing has been right on," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy told Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News. "He hit three balls hard yesterday, hit another one for the homer today. You see a difference." The downtime may even have been beneficial for Garcia, whose exit velocity was below normal during the first weeks of spring training.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Returns with boom
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Wednesday's Cactus League game against the Reds.
Garcia was making his return after an eight-day absence due to a left oblique strain. The 32-year-old slugger brought his boom stick with him, recording three batted balls in play that were classified as hard hit: a 96.6 mph double, a 105.9 mph lineout and a 110.0 mph flyout. According to Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News, Garcia's average exit velocity over his first eight spring contests was 86.7 mph, a drop from his career average of 91.5 mph. He served as the designated hitter Wednesday and is expected to play right field Thursday.
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