At the end of spring training, when Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell told catcher Aramis Garcia that he was on track to make the Opening Day roster, there was a catch.
Bell said he told Garcia that he was on the team “as of now.” He also told Garcia that there was “no guarantee because anything can happen between now and then.” If the Reds added a catcher with a waiver claim or made a trade before the start of the season, Garcia would have lost his spot as the Reds’ backup catcher.
It was another reminder that Garcia still had work to do to prove he could stick at the MLB level.