Greg Garcia is coming back to California. The El Cajon, California native has been claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres, per an official team announcement. Garcia has been on the St. Louis Cardinals major league roster for the past five seasons.
The first question that comes to mind for many is, who is Greg Garcia? Garcia was a seventh-round draft pick of the Cardinals in the 2010 MLB draft out of Hawaii. Moving fairly quickly through the minor leagues, Garcia hit .281 with a .380 on-base percentage in 637 career minor league games and continued to show off his on-base ability once reaching the major leagues with St.