The Miami Marlins are off to an awful start and have scored the 29th-most runs in the league en route to a 21-39 record, and after 60 games it is time for the team to start shaking things up.
The team made a decision today to part with one struggling injured veteran outfielder to continue giving all the playing time to Jazz Chisholm Jr., Bryan De La Cruz, and Jesus Sanchez.
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Team insider Craig Mish shared on Twitter that the Marlins are DFA’ing Avisail Garcia and will eat his remaining salary for 2024 including another $12 million in 2025 as well as his $5 million buyout in 2026.
Marlins are DFA’ing Avisail Garcia per source. Miami will eat his remaining salary for 2024, another 12 million in 2025 and his 5 million dollar buyout in 2026.
Garcia is in the third year of a 4-year, $53 million deal that he signed after his strong 2021 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Marlins are now still on the hook for about another $25 million owed to him.
This is a lot of money to eat for a team that hates spending money, but there was no justification to continue trotting Garcia out there when the three current outfielders are the most promising players in the lineup.
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Garcia has been a disappointment for the entirety of his Marlins tenure after posting a .582 and .566 OPS over his first two years with the club, and there was certainly not going to be a trade market for him with that kind of money remaining on his deal and being three years removed from his last season with an OPS over .600.
Garcia had just a .635 OPS over 50 at-bats so far this season before going down with a hamstring injury at the end of April.