He's a small but striking success story for Amaro-era player development. But will Luis Garcia be part of the next good Phillies team?
In an alternate universe where Larry Greene Jr. and Anthony Hewitt are competing for MVP awards, Jesse Biddle is a consistent 20 game winner and Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez is Cuba’s answer to Hideo Nomo, Luis Garcia is the crowning glory of the Amaro-era Phillies’ unmatched genius for identifying and cultivating baseball talent. The organization signed Garcia in March 2013 after a tryout that followed several years in which the Dominican native had been out of baseball, working as a barber and a mover among other odd jobs.