WASHINGTON —
Greg Garcia is really good at not playing.
No, really. That is a compliment of the highest order.
Several of the Padres coaches, including manager Andy Green, were utility players at some point in the major league playing careers. To a man, they say it is the hardest thing in the game to do well.
Garcia does it well and attacks it with fervor.
He started the season’s fourth game and hasn’t been in the starting lineup since. He will likely get a second start Sunday against the Nationals and Jeremy Hellickson, something that was determined even before he entered Saturday’s game as a defensive replacement, walked, hit a sacrifice fly and made a fine inning-ending play on a groundball.