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Two years ago today, the Houston Astros’ Luis Garcia was likely feeling pretty good about the direction of his career. After all, that June he had been promoted to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Advanced A Carolina League after posting a 4-0 record and 2.93 ERA at Class A Quad Cities.
It was a long way from the big leagues, but it was also a long way from the Dominican Summer League where Garcia had started his professional baseball journey as a 20-year-old in 2017. Funny how baseball turns out sometimes.