The Chicago Cubs have had a need at second base for quite a while. The rotation of Addison Russell, Daniel Descalso and David Bote wasn’t cutting it. Quite frankly, this move should have happened sooner. Robel Garcia has been lighting up minor league pitching since returning to the states. After failing to get above A-ball with the Indians, he left the organization in 2013 and went to play for Team Italy. This is not the same player that was in the Cleveland organization.
We’ve told the story of Garcia before, and we’ve had our eye on him for the last couple of months.